Monthly Archives: June 2005

–Link– FF Movie

Posted on June 24, 2005 by Bob

No, not any links to the FF movie. As many of you know, there’s a movie based on the Fantastic Four due to be released soon. It’s not known at this time exactly what, if any, credit Kirby will get on the film, but it will almost certainly be less than he deserves (never mind the financial compensation). Also be prepared for a slew of newspaper, magazine and web articles that mention the film but don’t mention Kirby. Given that, I think it would be a good idea, especially among anyone reading this who has a weblog or site, or post on related message boards, to make sure you always mention Jack Kirby as creator or co-creator of the FF whenever the movie comes up, and maybe link to a relevant web site. A few recommended ones:

Mark Evanier’s Kirby stuff:
http://povonline.com/Jack%20Kirby.htm

The Jack Kirby Collector:
http://www.twomorrows.com/kirby/

In particular #9 and #33
http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=57&products_id=281
http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=57&products_id=235

A few TJKC articles:
http://www.twomorrows.com/kirby/articles/33ff15.html
http://www.twomorrows.com/kirby/articles/23notes.html

Google search for TJKC articles on FF

A few from this particular site, if I may

http://jackkirbycomics.blogspot.com/2004/09/fantastic-four-51-this-man-this.html

http://jackkirbycomics.blogspot.com/2005/03/marvel-milestone-edition-fantastic.html

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Admin – Weblog format

Posted on June 24, 2005 by Bob

Been modifying the look of the weblog at bit, obviously. Let me know what you think, if anything looks wrong on any browers/systems and anything like that.

Feel free to comment on anything else, too. I see from my counters that I’ve had a decent uptick in visitors in the last few weeks, almost triple the daily hits from the beginning of the month (either that or a lot of spiders/bots). Let me know what kind of stuff you enjoy about the weblog, what kind of stuff you’d like to see more of or less of.

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–Link– San Diego Kirby panel

Posted on June 23, 2005 by Bob

Mark Evanier has posted his San Diego Con panel discussion schedule, including as in most years a Jack Kirby panel. If you’ll be there, here’s the time. If you’re not, THE JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR will no doubt run a transcript in a future issue as usual (recent comments on the Jack Kirby Mailing List suggest that the TwoMorrows folks might have another thing related to Kirby for the Con)

Friday, July 15
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM / Room 8

THE ANNUAL JACK KIRBY TRIBUTE PANEL

Another gathering, another batch of recollections about the
man they still call the King of the Comics. With STEVE SHERMAN, SCOTT
SHAW!, Kirby lawyer PAUL S. LEVINE and ROBERT KATZ, manager of the Kirby estate, plus others to be named later.

Full Evanier Schedule

San Diego Comic-Con site

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Kid Colt Outlaw #92 [1960] – Cover

Posted on June 23, 2005 by Bob

KID COLT was a character that pre-dated Kirby at Marvel, and was the main western character who he didn’t redesign. He did draw a lot of covers for the series, including this early gem inked by Dick Ayers.

KidColtOutlaw92_366.jpg

I really like the composition of this one, with the multiple levels, almost a 3-D effect. The faces of the horses are great as well. Also kudos to the anonymous Marvel production types of the era for a lot of little touches in the colouring, and the way that horse’s leg comes in front of the title card (on the other hand, that giant CCA stamp covering part of the logo is an eyesore).

Published 1960

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Eternals #16 – Big City Crypt

Posted on June 23, 2005 by Bob

The beginning of the story has the end of the big fight against the cosmic powered Hulk robot of the last two issues. That whole thing kind of fizzles out, I think it’s safe to say that Kirby’s heart wasn’t in this plotline as much as most.

The battle does bring the Eternals into a long hidden underground lair, where an ancient enemy has been awakened. Ikaris is pulled under first, and Makarri follows. After Zuras stops a fire with his powers he follows.

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He recognizes the enemy as Dromedan the Brain-Snatcher, who is forcing Ikaris and Makarri to fight each other. Zuras frees them of Dromedan’s control and faces off against his old foe.

As I said, the Hulk robot thing ended weak, but the rest of the issue is stronger, especially the bits of Zuras’ character. While obviously sharing some characteristics with previous Kirby god/rulers (Highfather/Odin/Zeus), he’s a very different character in some fundamental ways.

Mike Royer inks the 17-page story and Frank Giacoia inks the cover (where “Ikaris” is spelled wrong).

Published 1977

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