Comments for Simon and Kirby http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby Sun, 20 May 2012 00:53:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Evolution of Kirby Krackle by J. David Spurlock http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/3997/comment-page-1#comment-19178 J. David Spurlock Sun, 20 May 2012 00:53:30 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=3997#comment-19178 When I was a kid in the '60s, we named them "Power Globules" When I was a kid in the ’60s, we named them “Power Globules”

]]> Comment on Spirit World by Harry http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4404/comment-page-1#comment-19177 Harry Sat, 19 May 2012 20:51:09 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=4404#comment-19177 Rick, I'll grant you that a short biography of Colletta would have been appropriate. But how do you know that Colletta provided the tones? Seeing similar tones on a piece of original art by no means proves that Vince did it on the original art let alone for Spirit World. Rick,

I’ll grant you that a short biography of Colletta would have been appropriate.

But how do you know that Colletta provided the tones? Seeing similar tones on a piece of original art by no means proves that Vince did it on the original art let alone for Spirit World.

]]> Comment on Spirit World by Rick http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4404/comment-page-1#comment-19176 Rick Sat, 19 May 2012 14:46:58 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=4404#comment-19176 Rand-The tones were done directly on the original art by Colletta. I've seen one page for sale; a splash for $600. Sadly this book contains very little credit for Vince, who is only mentioned in passing in Mark Evanier's text piece. He inked the only published issue and while a bio of both Jack and Mike Royer are included there is no bio of Vince Colletta. The stories, from the unpublished #2, inked by Royer(used as filler in 70's DC mystery magazines) are quite good but give Vinnie a break! This book is incredibly over priced containing no extras or unpublished art. Rand-The tones were done directly on the original art by Colletta. I’ve seen one page for sale; a splash for $600. Sadly this book contains very little credit for Vince, who is only mentioned in passing in Mark Evanier’s text piece. He inked the only published issue and while a bio of both Jack and Mike Royer are included there is no bio of Vince Colletta. The stories, from the unpublished #2, inked by Royer(used as filler in 70′s DC mystery magazines) are quite good but give Vinnie a break!
This book is incredibly over priced containing no extras or unpublished art.

]]> Comment on The Truth About Will Eisner and Wonderman by jane lynn http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2930/comment-page-1#comment-19162 jane lynn Thu, 17 May 2012 21:26:37 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=2930#comment-19162 as George on Seinflet said :"It is not a lie if you beleive it" as George on Seinflet said :”It is not a lie if you beleive it”

]]> Comment on Spirit World by Mark Evanier http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4404/comment-page-1#comment-19158 Mark Evanier Thu, 17 May 2012 08:41:42 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=4404#comment-19158 The cover was a Neal Adams redraw of a cover that Jack put together with some drawings and some collage. No Tom Palmer in it at all. The cover was a Neal Adams redraw of a cover that Jack put together with some drawings and some collage. No Tom Palmer in it at all.

]]> Comment on Harvey Horror: Black Cat Mystic #59 by Steve Robertson http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4392/comment-page-1#comment-19151 Steve Robertson Mon, 14 May 2012 03:33:28 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=4392#comment-19151 Hey Harry, You bring up the idea that Joe + Jack were probably drawing on science fiction ideas from the pulps in crafting stories like "The Great Stone Face", and I'm sure that you are quite correct. Back in the 1970s, when Mike Thibodeaux and I would help Jack and Roz to set up a table at various Southern California comic conventions, one of the things that we were always carrying around from the Kirbys' garage were boxes of old pulp magazines of Jack's to offer for sale. I remember discussing H P Lovecraft with Jack, and he would enthusiastically say something like "Those old Pulp writers were the best!". Anyway, what really prompted me to write was your observation about the story "Today I am A....?!" probably coming from a pulp story influence that would ultimately lead to Kirby + Lee's X-Men. I'm sure that you are correct about this, because I actually remember reading a story in a science fiction anthology compiled from the 1940s about a remote island where mutants who referred to themselves as "Homo-Superior" were hiding out to protect themselves from the misunderstanding of normal humans. I'm sure that I still have the book somewhere in a box, but I haven't seen it in a number of years. Maybe another reader can help us out here? Best, Steve Hey Harry,
You bring up the idea that Joe + Jack were probably drawing on science fiction ideas from the pulps in crafting stories like “The Great Stone Face”, and I’m sure that you are quite correct. Back in the 1970s, when Mike Thibodeaux and I would help Jack and Roz to set up a table at various Southern California comic conventions, one of the things that we were always carrying around from the Kirbys’ garage were boxes of old pulp magazines of Jack’s to offer for sale. I remember discussing H P Lovecraft with Jack, and he would enthusiastically say something like “Those old Pulp writers were the best!”. Anyway, what really prompted me to write was your observation about the story “Today I am A….?!” probably coming from a pulp story influence that would ultimately lead to Kirby + Lee’s X-Men. I’m sure that you are correct about this, because I actually remember reading a story in a science fiction anthology compiled from the 1940s about a remote island where mutants who referred to themselves as “Homo-Superior” were hiding out to protect themselves from the misunderstanding of normal humans. I’m sure that I still have the book somewhere in a box, but I haven’t seen it in a number of years. Maybe another reader can help us out here?
Best,
Steve

]]> Comment on Spirit World by Craig M. http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4404/comment-page-1#comment-19147 Craig M. Sun, 13 May 2012 04:42:11 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=4404#comment-19147 Has anyone ever remarked on the art of the cover? Two of the insets look like Neal Adams/Tom Palmer work. Or is maybe Gene Colan/Tom Palmer? Has anyone ever remarked on the art of the cover? Two of the insets look like Neal Adams/Tom Palmer work. Or is maybe Gene Colan/Tom Palmer?

]]> Comment on Harvey Horror: Black Cat Mystic #58 by Harry http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4384/comment-page-1#comment-19142 Harry Fri, 11 May 2012 23:08:02 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=4384#comment-19142 The change was probably at Harvey's request. While the thicker boards make creation easier (they work well with T-squares) handling them afterwards is more of a hassle. I can say that from personal experience having borrowed art from Joe Simon's collection for scanning. I never had to take a complete comic book worth of illustration boards but even a single long story would be a struggle. No problem when it was Strathmore. The change was probably at Harvey’s request. While the thicker boards make creation easier (they work well with T-squares) handling them afterwards is more of a hassle. I can say that from personal experience having borrowed art from Joe Simon’s collection for scanning. I never had to take a complete comic book worth of illustration boards but even a single long story would be a struggle. No problem when it was Strathmore.

]]> Comment on Harvey Horror: Black Cat Mystic #58 by Harry http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4384/comment-page-1#comment-19141 Harry Fri, 11 May 2012 23:03:52 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=4384#comment-19141 Your right. So it was just all inked with black ink. I have seen red or blue used to indicate color stop-out but not in this case. Your right. So it was just all inked with black ink. I have seen red or blue used to indicate color stop-out but not in this case.

]]> Comment on Harvey Horror: Black Cat Mystic #58 by Steve Robertson http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4384/comment-page-1#comment-19140 Steve Robertson Fri, 11 May 2012 16:40:44 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=4384#comment-19140 One thing I've noticed about the original Kirby art for Black Cat Mystic is that all of the art for #58 is drawn on the heavy, non-flexible boards (I haven't seen the art for the "Help" story), while the art that I've seen (cover and "Stone Face" story) for #59 is drawn on the lighter Strathmore-type flexible boards, so apparently this time period is when S+K switched over, for whatever reason. Steve One thing I’ve noticed about the original Kirby art for Black Cat Mystic is that all of the art for #58 is drawn on the heavy, non-flexible boards (I haven’t seen the art for the “Help” story), while the art that I’ve seen (cover and “Stone Face” story) for #59 is drawn on the lighter Strathmore-type flexible boards, so apparently this time period is when S+K switched over, for whatever reason.
Steve

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