Archive for January, 2008
Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Al Avison Did Not Need Any Help
In my last post for The Art of Romance I discussed the question of Kirby layouts. I gave some evidence to discount the use of Kirby layouts for some of the artists. However I also gave an example where I do believe Jack did provide layouts for another unidentified artist. As that serial post progresses […]
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
Horrible Mort Meskin
By 1954 Mort Meskin had been providing work for the Simon and Kirby studio for four years. Even more important then the amount of time spent was the volume of work; Mort executed more work for S&K then any other studio artist. There were even periods that Mort’s page production rates exceeded Kirby’s who was […]
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008
The Art of Romance, Chapter 2, Early Artists
(Young Romance #1 - #4)
Young Romance #1 (September), art by Jack Kirby
Simon and Kirby had a pretty consistent modus operandi for developing a new title. Basically it called for Jack Kirby providing much, if not most, of the initial art. This M.O. was adhered to with Young Romance, for the first four issues Jack drew […]
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Saturday, January 5th, 2008
The Art of Romance, Chapter 1, A New Genre
(Young Romance #1 - #4)
I am sure when most fans think about Simon and Kirby they have in mind titles like Captain America, Boy Commandos, Stuntman, Boys’ Ranch, Fighting American, and so on. Super heroes, kid gangs, and lots of action. No doubt about it, those were great comics. Fans, particularly the more die hard […]
