Comments for Simon and Kirby http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:49:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Evolution of Kirby Krackle by Jimmy http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/3997/comment-page-1#comment-18599 Jimmy Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:49:10 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=3997#comment-18599 The Kirby Krackle and use of fractal patterns makes me wonder if Jack delved into LSD in the 1960's. This seems like someone who took some acid. The Kirby Krackle and use of fractal patterns makes me wonder if Jack delved into LSD in the 1960′s. This seems like someone who took some acid.

]]> Comment on Blue Bolt Covers by Harry http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4283/comment-page-1#comment-18584 Harry Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:57:21 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=4283#comment-18584 Stan, As I wrote, I have no problems with thinking that Rowland might have been the artists for BB #1 cover, but I find little to convince me either. The "mistakes" you cite may be nothing more that when Rowland did BB #2 he used as a model not the actual story art by Simon but the previous cover. As for the BB #3 cover, the same thing that convinces me that Simon, not Kirby, was responsible for the main figure convinces me that Joe, not Jack, did the other figures. That is problems handling the perspective in the figures. A problem I do not remember Kirby exhibiting except in his earliest work. Stan,

As I wrote, I have no problems with thinking that Rowland might have been the artists for BB #1 cover, but I find little to convince me either. The “mistakes” you cite may be nothing more that when Rowland did BB #2 he used as a model not the actual story art by Simon but the previous cover.

As for the BB #3 cover, the same thing that convinces me that Simon, not Kirby, was responsible for the main figure convinces me that Joe, not Jack, did the other figures. That is problems handling the perspective in the figures. A problem I do not remember Kirby exhibiting except in his earliest work.

]]> Comment on Blue Bolt Covers by Stan Taylor http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4283/comment-page-1#comment-18581 Stan Taylor Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:21:03 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=4283#comment-18581 Hi Harry, I have no problem crediting the cover of #1 to Rowland. Often when someone other than the strip artist does the cover mistakes in the details show up. The odd thing here is that the same mistakes show up on both #1 and 2. The lightning bolt on the cowl, the loose fitting gloves, the cuffed boots, the bulky 3-D belt. The loose fitting shorts. The wrong cape. The strange details on the gloves. What are the chances that some other anonymous artist would have come up with the same details that aren't found in the comic strip? As for the woman on #1, it was a common occurance to have someone else do the backgrounds. On the cover by Simon, I think the background warriors charging with Bolt were by Kirby. I've seen those same body shapes before. Stan Hi Harry,
I have no problem crediting the cover of #1 to Rowland. Often when someone other than the strip artist does the cover mistakes in the details show up. The odd thing here is that the same mistakes show up on both #1 and 2. The lightning bolt on the cowl, the loose fitting gloves, the cuffed boots, the bulky 3-D belt. The loose fitting shorts. The wrong cape. The strange details on the gloves. What are the chances that some other anonymous artist would have come up with the same details that aren’t found in the comic strip? As for the woman on #1, it was a common occurance to have someone else do the backgrounds. On the cover by Simon, I think the background warriors charging with Bolt were by Kirby. I’ve seen those same body shapes before.
Stan

]]> Comment on Evolution of Kirby Krackle by James Robert Smith http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/3997/comment-page-1#comment-18564 James Robert Smith Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:36:14 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=3997#comment-18564 I wonder about the minor things like this that have made Jack Kirby's work so much more unique. This is the kind of thing that went so far to influence so many other budding comic book artists. It's obvious it was with Kirby for many years, but it seems to me that Joe Sinnott brought it to the fore. I wonder about the minor things like this that have made Jack Kirby’s work so much more unique. This is the kind of thing that went so far to influence so many other budding comic book artists. It’s obvious it was with Kirby for many years, but it seems to me that Joe Sinnott brought it to the fore.

]]> Comment on My Joe by Max G http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4213/comment-page-1#comment-18556 Max G Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:45:04 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=4213#comment-18556 I don't think we'll truly appreciate Joe Simon for years to come and realize his many more achievements and contributions to the comic book medium. He along with Kirby were great innovators, visionaries and businessmen that most of today's creators seem to lack. I met Joe a few times, the earliest at a Greenberg show in the 1990s. He was part of the Harvey Comics group. I stopped by and said hello to Carmine Infantino, who asked, "How do you know me?" "C'mon Carmine, who doesn't know you." Many of fans in attendance had no idea who these 'old guys' were. Joe is part of a legacy we are losing. I don’t think we’ll truly appreciate Joe Simon for years to come and realize his many more achievements and contributions to the comic book medium. He along with Kirby were great innovators, visionaries and businessmen that most of today’s creators seem to lack. I met Joe a few times, the earliest at a Greenberg show in the 1990s. He was part of the Harvey Comics group. I stopped by and said hello to Carmine Infantino, who asked, “How do you know me?” “C’mon Carmine, who doesn’t know you.” Many of fans in attendance had no idea who these ‘old guys’ were. Joe is part of a legacy we are losing.

]]> Comment on The Next Two Simon and Kirby Library Volumes From Titan by Harry http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4273/comment-page-1#comment-18553 Harry Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:31:47 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=4273#comment-18553 Yes all of Kirby's sci-fi work for Harvey will be included. Yes all of Kirby’s sci-fi work for Harvey will be included.

]]> Comment on The Next Two Simon and Kirby Library Volumes From Titan by David Simpson http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4273/comment-page-1#comment-18552 David Simpson Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:53:33 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=4273#comment-18552 Greatly looking forward to this. The Kirby sf material that I've seen from the mid-50s, mostly via black and white UK reprints of Race For The Moon, is some of the best work I've seen from Kirby. Hopefully this will include all of his SF work published by Harvey. Greatly looking forward to this. The Kirby sf material that I’ve seen from the mid-50s, mostly via black and white UK reprints of Race For The Moon, is some of the best work I’ve seen from Kirby. Hopefully this will include all of his SF work published by Harvey.

]]> Comment on The Next Two Simon and Kirby Library Volumes From Titan by Richard Bensam http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4273/comment-page-1#comment-18545 Richard Bensam Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:36:59 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=4273#comment-18545 Improved quality <i>Race for the Moon</i> pages? I wouldn't have thought it was possible for me to want the science fiction volume even more than I already did, but now I do. Improved quality Race for the Moon pages? I wouldn’t have thought it was possible for me to want the science fiction volume even more than I already did, but now I do.

]]> Comment on Joe’s Dedications by Bob Cosgrove http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4232/comment-page-1#comment-18492 Bob Cosgrove Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:22:45 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=4232#comment-18492 Thanks very much for sharing these. If I have a favorite, it's the S & K portrait Joe did for your Black Magic volume. Thanks very much for sharing these. If I have a favorite, it’s the S & K portrait Joe did for your Black Magic volume.

]]> Comment on My Joe by Harry http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4213/comment-page-1#comment-18480 Harry Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:31:01 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=4213#comment-18480 I have photos of the panel including Joe with Captain America. I have photos of the panel including Joe with Captain America.

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