{"id":214,"date":"2009-08-31T20:13:09","date_gmt":"2009-08-31T20:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/31\/jack-kirby-draws-mickey-mouse\/"},"modified":"2013-07-29T23:17:29","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T23:17:29","slug":"jack-kirby-draws-mickey-mouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/2009\/08\/31\/jack-kirby-draws-mickey-mouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Kirby draws Mickey Mouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the early 1990s, Jack KIRBY was asked to produce a piece for a coffee table book, &#8220;The Art of Mickey Mouse.&#8221; Kirby produced two pieces &#8211; both inked by Mike THIBODEAUX.<\/p>\n<p>One piece, &#8220;The Sorcerer&#8217;s Apprentice,&#8221; was not used.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1382\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/2009\/08\/31\/jack-kirby-draws-mickey-mouse\/sorcerersapprentice\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1382\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1382\" data-attachment-id=\"1382\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/2009\/08\/31\/jack-kirby-draws-mickey-mouse\/sorcerersapprentice\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/SorcerersApprentice.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1366\" 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=\"1991 &amp;#8211; The Sorcerer&amp;#8217;s Apprentice\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Pencil art by Jack KIRBY.&lt;br \/&gt;\nInk art by Mike THIBODEAUX.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Produced in 1991 for &amp;#8220;The Art of Mickey Mouse.&amp;#8221; Unused.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Scanned from page 172 of &amp;#8220;The Art of Jack Kirby.&amp;#8221; Blue Rose Press, Orange California, USA: 1992. Ray WYMAN, Jr.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;1991 &amp;#8211; The Sorcerer&amp;#8217;s Apprentice&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/SorcerersApprentice-263x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/SorcerersApprentice-899x1024.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-1382 \" alt=\"1991 - The Sorcerer's Apprentice\" src=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/SorcerersApprentice-899x1024.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/SorcerersApprentice-899x1024.jpg 899w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/SorcerersApprentice-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/SorcerersApprentice-624x710.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/SorcerersApprentice.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1991 &#8211; The Sorcerer&#8217;s Apprentice<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">This one was:<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1381\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/2009\/08\/31\/jack-kirby-draws-mickey-mouse\/mickeymouse\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1381\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1381\" data-attachment-id=\"1381\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/2009\/08\/31\/jack-kirby-draws-mickey-mouse\/mickeymouse\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/MickeyMouse.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,688\" 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=\"1991 &amp;#8211; Mickey Mouse\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Pencil art by Jack KIRBY.&lt;br \/&gt;\nBlack ink art by Mike THIBODEAUX.&lt;br \/&gt;\nColor art by Craig YOE.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Produced in 1991 for &amp;#8220;The Art of Mickey Mouse.&amp;#8221;&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;According to Craig YOE, the book&amp;#8217;s co-editor, the original art was part of a touring exhibition in Japan.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;1991 &amp;#8211; Mickey Mouse&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/MickeyMouse-196x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/MickeyMouse.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1381\" alt=\"1991 - Mickey Mouse\" src=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/MickeyMouse.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/MickeyMouse.jpg 450w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/MickeyMouse-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1991 &#8211; Mickey Mouse<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">with color art by the book&#8217;s co-editor, Craig YOE. Craig posted about this piece <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/superitch.com\/?p=1839\">on his blog<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">, which is the source for the scan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Click on any of the graphics in this article for more information:<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"625\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:3,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kirbymuseum.org\\\/blogs\\\/effect\\\/2009\\\/08\\\/31\\\/jack-kirby-draws-mickey-mouse\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:51583985}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 625px; height: 286px;\" data-original-width=\"625\" data-original-height=\"286\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 198px; height: 286px;\" data-original-width=\"198\" data-original-height=\"286\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/2009\/08\/31\/jack-kirby-draws-mickey-mouse\/captainglory\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"194\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"282\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"1379\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/CaptainGlory.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1187,1724\" 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=\"1968 &amp;#8211; Captain Glory\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Pencil art by Jack KIRBY.&lt;br \/&gt; Black ink art by Frank GIACOIA.&lt;br \/&gt; Color art by Jack KIRBY.&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In his book, &amp;#8220;Kirby: King of Comics&amp;#8221; (Abrams: 2008), Mark EVANIER states that this piece was a &amp;#8220;presentation drawings (sic) for a proposed new version of Captain America.&amp;#8221;&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;John MORROW used the art on the cover of the 37th issue of his magazine Jack Kirby Collector (Twomorrows Publishing: Winter 2003), wherein he states that the character was conceived as &amp;#8220;Captain Victory.&amp;#8221;&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The character was re-named Captain Glory as part of the &amp;#8220;Kirbyverse&amp;#8221; project from The Topps Company in 1993.&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/CaptainGlory-206x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/CaptainGlory-705x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/CaptainGlory.jpg?w=194&#038;h=282&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/CaptainGlory.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/CaptainGlory-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/CaptainGlory-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/CaptainGlory-624x906.jpg 624w\" width=\"194\" height=\"282\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"194\" data-original-height=\"282\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"1968 - Captain Glory\" alt=\"1968 - Captain Glory\" style=\"width: 194px; height: 282px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> 1968 &#8211; Captain Glory <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 189px; height: 286px;\" data-original-width=\"189\" data-original-height=\"286\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/2009\/08\/31\/jack-kirby-draws-mickey-mouse\/captainglorycover\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"185\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"282\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"1380\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/CaptainGloryCover.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,612\" 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=\"1993 &amp;#8211; Captain Glory cover\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Cover to Captain Glory #1, published in 1993 by The Topps Company, Inc.&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In his book &amp;#8220;Kirby: King of Comics&amp;#8221; (Abrams: 2008), Mark EVANIER cites Don Alan ZAKRZEWSKI as adapting Kirby&amp;#8217;s 1968 original for this cover.&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/CaptainGloryCover-196x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/CaptainGloryCover.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/CaptainGloryCover.jpg?w=185&#038;h=282&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/CaptainGloryCover.jpg 400w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/CaptainGloryCover-196x300.jpg 196w\" width=\"185\" height=\"282\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"185\" data-original-height=\"282\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"1993 - Captain Glory cover\" alt=\"1993 - Captain Glory cover\" style=\"width: 185px; height: 282px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> 1993 &#8211; Captain Glory cover <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 238px; height: 286px;\" data-original-width=\"238\" data-original-height=\"286\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/2009\/08\/31\/jack-kirby-draws-mickey-mouse\/art_of_mickey_mouse_cover\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"234\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"282\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"1378\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/art_of_mickey_mouse_cover.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"730,879\" 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=\"1993 &amp;#8211; The Art Of Mickey Mouse cover\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Disney Editions: 1993&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/art_of_mickey_mouse_cover-249x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/art_of_mickey_mouse_cover.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/art_of_mickey_mouse_cover.jpg?w=234&#038;h=282&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/art_of_mickey_mouse_cover.jpg 730w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/art_of_mickey_mouse_cover-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/art_of_mickey_mouse_cover-624x751.jpg 624w\" width=\"234\" height=\"282\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"234\" data-original-height=\"282\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"1993 - The Art Of Mickey Mouse cover\" alt=\"1993 - The Art Of Mickey Mouse cover\" style=\"width: 234px; height: 282px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> 1993 &#8211; The Art Of Mickey Mouse cover <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early 1990s, Jack KIRBY was asked to produce a piece for a coffee table book, &#8220;The Art of Mickey Mouse.&#8221; Kirby produced two pieces &#8211; both inked by Mike THIBODEAUX. One piece, &#8220;The Sorcerer&#8217;s Apprentice,&#8221; was not used. This one was: with color art by the book&#8217;s co-editor, Craig YOE. Craig posted about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2230,"href":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions\/2230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}