Mario Zuccarello pays homage to “the creative genius who has built a large part of American comics, my hero number one, Jack Kirby”.
Category Archives: Jack Kirby
Cover Versions
Two recreated Kirby covers courtesy of French web designer and “amateur penciller and painter” Michel Ravey. Michel states: “It’s amazing how his covers, which had to be done probably in as little time as possible being productive as he was, were always just so right in terms of dynamics, motion, action. I always end up with something dull and static in comparison when I try to recreate one of his covers. But then like I said, I’m just doing that for fun in my spare time, so I guess it’s OK!”.
You can find more of Michel’s artwork, including several finished and un-finished cover re-creations, at his website – here.
The Demon
A panel from The Demon #7 recreated by illustrator/inker/writer Gary Martin. Gary has worked for all the major comic companies on such titles as Spider-Man, Batman, Star Wars and Mickey Mouse. He is best known for his work with Steve Rude on Nexus and Moth and author of two volumes of The Art of Comic Book Inking. You can find more of Gary’s work at his website and comicartfans gallery.
Original art by Jack Kirby and Mike Royer (via What If Kirby).
Tales of Suspense #78
Geek Tragedies
Classic Kirby covers parodied by Josel Nicolas (art) and Adam David (colour & design) to accompany Carljoe Javier’s book of short stories, Geek Tragedies. The book is a mixture of “realist fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, and horror …zombies, alien-hands, comic book geeks, convention-attending promo girls and an iPod time machine”. You can find out more about the book and the creation of these covers here and here. Geek Tragedies is available for Kindle via Amazon.
Original covers below by Kirby, Ayers and Sinnott.
Happy Birthday Jack!
Today marks the 94th anniversary of Jack Kirby’s birth and to celebrate KIRBY-VISION proudly presents our annual portrait gallery in honour of ‘The King of Comics’.
David Clayton
A huge thank you to all the artists who took the time to contribute to today’s gallery. Long live The King!
Last call for Birthday Gallery Submissions
Posted in Jack Kirby.
There’s still a few days left for submissions to our annual Jack Kirby birthday portrait gallery to celebrate Jack’s 94th birthday on Sunday 28th August.
The deadline for inclusion is Friday 26th August. All submissions can be sent to the usual address, please mark your emails “Birthday”. Thank you.
Team Work
A second post this week from Marc Basile as he tackles, with his usual flair, a couple of pieces from some of Jack’s more crowded 1960’s books.
Original artwork by Jack Kirby, please click to expand. Avengers artwork via comicartsfans.
This Blog Wants You
No new posts this week as Kirby-Vision takes a short break, so here’s a reminder of our call for contributions for our annual Jack Kirby birthday portrait gallery.
Sunday 28th August marks the 94th anniversary of the birth of Jack Kirby. To celebrate the occasion, Kirby-Vision would like to invite all of our readers to send in their portraits of ‘The King of Comics’.
You can find our previous galleries here and here, both of which were a great success. We’re looking forward to seeing what you can all come up with this year and if you can’t find the time to contribute, then please spread the word to any Kirby fans that you may know.
The deadline for inclusion is Friday 26th August. All submissions can be sent to the usual address, please mark your emails “Birthday”. Thank you.
A Kurtzberg Gallery
Many thanks to Minneapolis artist Jason Sandberg for inviting Kirby-Vision to feature a selection of his Kirby inspired artwork. Jason credits Kirby as a catalyst for his “love of drawing” and these acrylic painting’s “mix aspects of different Kirby drawings into a new composition, I try to paint the canvas as if I were Jack”. Jason has exhibited his work in Minnesota and Manhattan and has appeared in print in various national indy art magazines. You can find more of Jason’s work at his website – here.
Clockwise from top left: The Kurtzberg Monster vs U.S. Army, The Kurtzberg Skyline, The Kurtzberg Sprinter, The Kurtzberg UFO, The Kurtzberg Paradise and The Kurtzberg Aristocrat.