Machine Man custom action figure courtesy of John Catania. John writes: “I used a Famous Covers action figure as the base and everything else was my creation. I went for the classic Kirby foreshortening pose in this picture. I hope you enjoy!”
Category Archives: Machine Man
Happy Birthday Jack!
Posted in Ashley Holt, Big Barda, Brendan Tobin, Captain America, Craig Peters, Darkseid, Derek Langille, Fantastic Four, Galactus, J.A. Fludd, Jack Kirby, James Burns, Jason Garrattley, Jeff McKenzie, Jorge Freire, Kamandi, Kenn Thomas, Lanc Godwin, Les White, Machine Man, Marc Basile, Medusa, Mike Sullivan, Mister Miracle, OMAC, Peder Riis, Renato Stevanato, Silver Surfer, Steven John Vasquez, The Avengers, The Demon, The Hulk, Thor, Volker Stieber, Yellow Claw.
Today marks the 96th anniversary of Jack Kirby’s birth and to celebrate KIRBY-VISION proudly presents our annual portrait gallery in honour of ‘The King of Comics’.
Jorge Freire
Craig Peters
Craig writes, “I’m more a writer than an artist, so I took one of my favorite pieces of Jack’s work and … well, rewrote it.” – Click Image to enlarge.
Derek Langille
For an extra visual treat check out Derek’s Flickr collection of 165 Kirby Double-page spreads.
Also joining in the Birthday celebrations with non-portrait pieces:
Jeff McKenzie
Volker Stieber
Les White
And finally, Italian Renato Stevanato gifted not one but five portraits which will form part of his own celebratory post at his blog, cartoonstherapy.
A huge thank you to all the artists who took the time to contribute to today’s Birthday celebration, making it our biggest portrait gallery ever. And of course a huge thank you goes out to Jack Kirby for his continuing inspiration. Long live The King!
Threely Dan
Posted in Absorbing Man, Dan McDaid, Darkseid, Devil Dinosaur, Ikaris, Kamandi, Machine Man, Metron, OMAC, Orion.
Playing catch-up with Dan McDaid.
Marvel meets DC as Orion grapples with the Absorbing Man as a mysterious stranger looks on (clue: it’s Loki).
A plethora of Kirby characters in this recent commission piece.
Celebrating Keith Giffen’s reboot of OMAC, with colours by Kyle Latino.
Machine Man
Wonderful reinterpretation of Machine Man #1 courtesy of Malachi Ward. You can see the original by Kirby and Royer here.
Machine Man
Machine Man AKA Aaron Stack, serial number Z2P45-9-X-51, courtesy of Jay Piscopo.