Archive for April, 2007
Monday, April 30th, 2007
Credit Where Credit Is Due
The recent edition of Time magazine (May 7) has a very short article about a new Hulk movie. It provides a time line which starts with:
MARVEL COMICS: Created in 1962 by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby …
It is nice to see a national publication take the time to get the credits correct. Too [...]
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Saturday, April 28th, 2007
Bill Draut And His Imitator, Jack Kirby
First Love #69 (October 1956) “Remember, I’m Your Girl”, page 1, pencils and inks by Bill Draut
With the period having 1956 cover dates Kirby was pretty much the only artist working on the Prize romance titles (Young Romance, Young Love and Young Brides). During this time Bill Draut and John Prentice who had previously been [...]
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Saturday, April 28th, 2007
Jack Kirby’s Austere Inking, Chapter 4, Prize Covers
Simon and Kirby always seem to put special effort into their covers. So it is on the covers that we are most likely to find the use of techniques such as picket fence or drop strings. In the last chapter we saw how in the Prize romance interior art these Studio Style methods disappeared by [...]
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Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
Joe Simon on CNN
I do not have cable so I knew I would not see Joe Simon’s appearance on CNN. But through the magic of YouTube I can now view it as can you.
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Saturday, April 21st, 2007
The Black Rider Rides Again, And Again
Gunsmode Western #47 (July 1958) “Trouble In Leadville” page 1 pencils by Jack Kirby
Like “The Raiders Strike” in Gunsmoke Western #51 this Black Rider story with an “M” job number is probably inventory left over from before the Atlas Implosion. One reason that I have been reviewing some of Kirby’s work that might have been [...]
