Black Bolt

Black Bolt courtesy of Loston Wallace.

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FF & Doom

Dan Hipp creates “nerdy pop-culture art” in a singular, colourful style that’s always striking and comical. He is the creator of The Amazing Joy Buzzards, Gyakushu and the forthcoming all-ages book, Stray Days. You can find a plethora of Dan’s work at his blog and Flickr.

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Black Bolt

Black Bolt by Philip Bond“sample art for the ol’ portfolio” via flickr.

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Bucky

From a recent Comic Twart theme, Evan Shaner’s James Buchanan ‘Bucky’ Barnes.

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Fantastic Four #1

Paul Sizer recreates Jack’s iconic Fantastic Four #1 cover for Green Brain Comics FF 50th tribute exhibition.

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Across the Universes

Thanks again to Enrico Salvini for this latest Giorgio Comolo gallery, which mixes Kirby creations from both Marvel and DC Universes.

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Threely Dan

Playing catch-up with Dan McDaid.

Marvel meets DC as Orion grapples with the Absorbing Man as a mysterious stranger looks on (clue: it’s Loki).

A plethora of Kirby characters in this recent commission piece.

Celebrating Keith Giffen’s reboot of OMAC, with colours by Kyle Latino.

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New Gods Tattoo

Kirby-love knows no bounds as demonstrated by Vincent Iadevaia and his New God Tattoos by Myles Karr.

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Cosmic Gallery

Squeegee that third eye for a gallery of cosmic proportions by Giorgio Comolo, courtesy of Enrico Salvini.

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Devourer and Herald

Galactus and the Silver Surfer courtesy of Loston Wallace.

“Here’s a commission I did a while back. This was fun to do because the client asked me to do something interesting. He wanted me to draw them in a style that was a combination of Jack Kirby meets John Buscema! I did my best to merge the two marvel “house” styles of the Silver Age, and I’ve gotten a lot of positive reaction from this piece. The inking is all brush work, done with a #3 Kolinsky Red Sable Raphael brush. It sure was a joy to do, so I hope you’ll enjoy it!”

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Fourth World

Presenting another Kirby inspired track from poet/songwriter Angelo Worthy.

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Fourth World

For the chosen few. And it don’t stop. Back once again, yes of course y’all. The Uni-Friend with a burner for your Source Wall. Pick up your Solar Phone. The Caller is on the line. It’s easy to rise and shine after the escape artist breaks all the ties that bind. Beautiful Dreamer, I was born to fly. It’s a miracle I’m still alive. I’m like a Spartan child thrown off the edge of the cliff for his impairments, who grew a pair of Aero Disks and didn’t perish. See me soar in the wind, call me the Air apparent. Child of God, call me the Heir apparent. Birth of a new age, call me the Era parent. Aura shines brightly like the hair of Paris. My special effects are set to Alpha. If I met Omega, I bet I would get a positive outcome. They try to stop me, but I breathe the Apokoliptic mist of Miracles and I’m Scot Free. They wanna see me in an early grave. But my skin is a Jack Kirby page. Heiros Gamos, cause of the stigmata. Cover me with panels of armor like Big Barda.

chorus (X4)

Angelo Worthy. We’re in the Fourth World. Apokolips, New Genesis. Rise of the New Gods. Sit in the Mobius Chair. Now you’re sailing on the Dimension Winds. The Winds of Infinity! Taaru!!!!!

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Tales of Suspense #78

Sam Hiti recovers Kirby and Giacoia’s Tales of Suspense #78.

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Comic Strip Kirby

Tim Miner channels Kirby through a secession of classic comic strip characters including Hagar, Beetle Bailey, the Family Circus, Nancy and the Katzenjammer Kids. You can find more of Tim’s work (and that of his Daughter Gracie) at the fantastic 5 Minute Marvels blog.

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Sersi

Sersi the Eternal, courtesy of British illustrator Dave Windett. Dave is perhaps best known for his work on a variety of animated characters including Inspector Gadget, Ace Ventura, Bugs Bunny, Scooby Doo and Sesame Street. He has also produced educational books, business manuals and comics for the Scandinavian market as well as providing illustrations for everything from magazines and websites to mobile phones, games, and children’s shoes. You can find more of Dave’s work at his website and blog.

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Character Wednesday

Many thanks to Steven Russell Black for contacting Kirby-Vision with the news that the collaborative art project Character Wednesday now has a new home. The blog (previously featured at Ferret Press) has been up and running for a couple of weeks now and the first two characters to find themselves rendered by the collective are Etrigan the Demon and Captain America. Presented below is just a small selection of some of the contributions so far. Be sure to check out the blog for many more.

Tim McClurg

Dmitry Sharkov

Andy Bennett

Brent Bowman

Steven Russell Black

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Geek Tragedies

Classic Kirby covers parodied by Josel Nicolas (art) and Adam David (colour & design) to accompany Carljoe Javier’s book of short stories, Geek Tragedies. The book is a mixture of “realist fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, and horror …zombies, alien-hands, comic book geeks, convention-attending promo girls and an iPod time machine”. You can find out more about the book and the creation of these covers here and here. Geek Tragedies is available for Kindle via Amazon.

Original covers below by Kirby, Ayers and Sinnott.

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New Gods

Imaginary New Gods cover (created for Jon Morris’ DC Fifty-Too! blog) by Brooklyn based artist Benjamin Marra. Benjamin’s comic credits include the self-published titles Night Business, Gangsta Rap Posse and The Incredibly Fantastic Adventures of Maureen Dowd. His illustration work has also appeared in a number of publications including Rolling Stone, Playboy, Radar and The New York Times Book Review. You can find more of Benjamin’s work at his blog and website.

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Galactus Gallery 2

Time to feast your eyes on a second Galactus Gallery by Giorgio Comolo, courtesy of Enrico Salvini.

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Happy Birthday Jack!

Today marks the 94th anniversary of Jack Kirby’s birth and to celebrate KIRBY-VISION proudly presents our annual portrait gallery in honour of ‘The King of Comics’.

Luis Chichón

Lanc Godwin

Rob Drew

J. A. Fludd

Marc Basile

David Terry

Rob Steibel

Jason Garrattley

David Clayton

Giorgio Comolo

Brendan Tobin

A huge thank you to all the artists who took the time to contribute to today’s gallery. Long live The King!

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CAPTAIN “DEAD”

Minneapolis based artist Sam Hiti repanels Kirby and Giacoia from Tales of Suspence #78. Sam’s comic work includes the self-published Tiempos Finales and the sketchbook volumes Ghoulash 1 & 2. His latest book, Death Day, is previwed at his website and you can find sketches and production work from numerous projects at Sam’s blog – here.

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Four Music

Please be upstanding L.A. based poet/songwriter Angelo Worthy who presents two rather magnificent compositions inspired by Kirby characters. These songs are part of a series of comic book and video game related works which feature tributes to Batman, Green Lantern, Spider-Man and many others. The full EPIC playlist can be found at YouTube. For more from Angelo check out his pages at MySpace and Facebook.

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Fantastic Four

I sonicaly flame on since you wanted these rays cosmic. Audibly A-bombin’ I bodily paint targets. Wanna see change? Watch as the modeling clay hardens. Unstable Particles all have became solid. I’ve got Ben Grimm tendencies. Thick skin harder than the water underneath penguins feet. And after I speak this word you’ll see pictures. My rhymes will expand your mind like Reed Richards. You can call me Mr. Fantastic. You benefitted when I invented hallucinogenic elixirs. My heat signature forms a fiery baptism. Sound mind and body. Perceive it with your bat-vision. 85% didn’t hear a thing. Brushed it off as a hair brained conspiracy. While the rest with the radar sense used the secret information to aid our quest. Harnessing the technology of the Deviants depends upon the proper heating of the ingredients. Then the surface layers begin to gear up after the subterranean levels erupt. Labels keep the Masters so I make art in an apartment like Alicia Masters. I’m like Black Bolt, speech is impact full. Sound murals hit, you feel like you’ve been tackled. Sounds from the underground like Mole Man. I change your skin color like Soul Man. And give you what you’re askin’ for. This Rap is for the Fantastic Four.


Galactus

I sit motionless atop the Seat of Power waiting to discover another planet to be devoured, Lest my celestial body become emaciated, my gargantuan hunger must be satiated. So one by one, I leave planets conquered with only occasional interference from the Watchers. I let a deep breath fill the lungs. Then, exhale to let the silver tongue send verses to surf into your person for the purpose of heralding the imminent emergence of the Worldship. My forces effortlessly penetrated your defenses with Power Cosmic that I demonstrate in your dimension. Your attention encourages my body of work, providing proper nourishment for its assured existence. My digestive processes set your skull afire. My stomach functions as an Ultimate Nullifier. The blessing I bestow upon the lay beings is the honor of palliating my cravings. Yet in a matter of time I will again need a planetary life force to sustain me. I’m a day tripper. Clairaudient living embodiment of Jacob Kurtzberg’s illustration work. Aura Tattooed with tech from Taa II. Exoskeletal ancient alien fossils. Deep space exploration archaeological. Got you diggin’ into my chronicles tryna find the bones. You oughta know that my exhalation demonstrates a successful excavation. The Boy of Fire prophesied by Uatu. Some people tell me you watch too many cartoons.

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Galactus Gallery

A huge thank you to Enrico Salvini for sharing this collection of Galactus artwork by Italian artist, Giorgio Comolo. Giorgio works as a professional advertising illustrator who developed an early love for superheroes and the men who drew them, Jack Kirby in particular. You can find more from Giorgio’s work at Red Sector Art.

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Last call for Birthday Gallery Submissions

There’s still a few days left for submissions to our annual Jack Kirby birthday portrait gallery to celebrate Jack’s 94th birthday on Sunday 28th August.

The deadline for inclusion is Friday 26th August. All submissions can be sent to the usual address, please mark your emails “Birthday”. Thank you.

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FF 50

Evan “Doc” Shaner‘s tribute to the Fantastic Four on their recent 50th Anniversary.

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Orion vs. Destroyer

Apokolips vs. Asgard in this recent commission piece from Andy Kuhn.

Kirby-Vision thanks Mark Kardwell for the heads-up on this one.

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