Monthly Archives: August 2007

Panels – A most fabulous mechanism

“A most fabulous mechanism” is a pretty good description of almost any Kirby machine. I’d certainly hate to leave one behind if I was forced to destroy my volcano based lair.

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from Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #148 [1972]

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Panels – ZINNNG

Though he’d get a lot better very quickly, Kirby’s early stuff is a lot of fun, rough edge and all, especially in showing expressions on faces and conveying movement.

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from The Complete Jack Kirby #1 [1997]
(reprinting Famous Funnies #73 [1940])

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Panels – Ben likes his cake

Ah, that’s the spirit of teamwork that you like to see.

But my favourite part of this panel is the giant hunk of cake that Ben is having with his coffee.

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from The Human Torch #5 [1975]
(reprinting Strange Tales #105 [1963])

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Panels – Silent Fox

That’s a great looking ancient face of experience. A lot of nice throwbacks to Kirby’s long history in western comics in this issue, too.

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from Fantastic Four #80 [1968]

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-Link- Last call for KING OF COMICS content

Mark Evanier posts that he’s in the home-stretch of compiling content for his upcoming KIRBY: KING OF COMICS tome. If you have a Kirby original that you think the book wouldn’t be complete without, and can provide a high quality scan quickly, now is the time to contact Evanier about it.

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