{"id":455,"date":"2010-10-18T20:10:54","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T20:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/365fourth\/?p=455"},"modified":"2010-10-18T20:10:54","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18T20:10:54","slug":"where-fourth-art-thou-the-concepts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/365fourth\/2010\/10\/18\/where-fourth-art-thou-the-concepts\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Fourth Art Thou? The Concepts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Just to keep up the context, here courtesy of the Kirby Museum archives (and John Morrows&#8217; wicked awesome mag, <em>The Jack Kirby Collector<\/em>, from whence they were scanned) are the concept drawings Jack used for his presentation to DC Comics in 1970, depicting characters in his Fourth World pitch. Top row: Darkseid (left) and Metron on his Mobius Chair (right); inks by Jack Kirby. Second row: Orion (left) and Lightray (right); inks by Don Heck. Third row: Mister Miracle (left) and Mantis (right); inks by Don Heck.]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/365fourth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/10\/Kirby4WConcepts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"456\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/365fourth\/2010\/10\/18\/where-fourth-art-thou-the-concepts\/kirby4wconcepts\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/365fourth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/10\/Kirby4WConcepts.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"675,1439\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kirby4WConcepts\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/365fourth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/10\/Kirby4WConcepts-140x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/365fourth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/10\/Kirby4WConcepts-480x1024.jpg\" src=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/365fourth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/10\/Kirby4WConcepts.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Kirby4WConcepts\" width=\"675\" height=\"1439\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/365fourth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/10\/Kirby4WConcepts.jpg 675w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/365fourth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/10\/Kirby4WConcepts-480x1024.jpg 480w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/365fourth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/10\/Kirby4WConcepts-624x1330.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Just to keep up the context, here courtesy of the Kirby Museum archives (and John Morrows&#8217; wicked awesome mag, The Jack Kirby Collector, from whence they were scanned) are the concept drawings Jack used for his presentation to DC Comics in 1970, depicting characters in his Fourth World pitch. 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