Category Archives: Mister Miracle

Fourth World Romance

Gustav Kirby

Mr Miracle and Big Barda have the greatest love story in comics, so this it’s my little homage”.
Many thanks to Argentinian artist Mauro Bueno for this heartfelt tribute. You can find more of Mauro’s art at his blog, here.

Happy Birthday Jack!

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’.

jackkirby

Ashley Holt

jack kirby 96 birthday colors

Mike Sullivan

Kirby def by Jorge Freire 2

Jorge Freire

Jack and thecrackle machine

Lanc Godwin

pun878020

Kenn Thomas

Jack Kirby-The Man Who Would Be KING!!!

Steven John Vasquez

jkb

Peder Riis

kirby-birthday

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.

JackPortrait

Jason Garrattley

N5CYUY57tDEuLqyEv1DETsTFv9-unshM05zHiGBIjpk,8eo68PhsMMnKeex-cWanGN9xbWnmJfQw0BaIJE86YvQ

Derek Langille
For an extra visual treat check out Derek’s Flickr collection of 165 Kirby Double-page spreads.

Kirby 2013 Final Lettered 150

J.A. Fludd

Kirby-Birthday-2013

James Burns

JK BIRTHDAY 2013 FINAL

Marc Basile

kirby_bday_2013_blog

Brendan Tobin

Also joining in the Birthday celebrations with non-portrait pieces:

001 (2)

Jeff McKenzie

photo

Volker Stieber

KIRBY

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.

jack miracle

jack il surfista

jack e monster

jack e demon

jack space

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!

 

 

Asgard Meets the Fourth World 3

Travis Ellisor treats us to some of the latest commissioned artwork from his ComicArtsFans galleryAsgard Meets the Fourth World.

AM4W016

Kanto vs. Fandral by Drew Rausch

SnareserSABS3

Mister Miracle & Big Barda vs. The Enchantress & The Executioner by Nate Snareser

 

The Pit and the Pendulum

A typical day at the office Mister Miracle and co., courtesy of Pete Von Sholly.

Asgard Meets the Fourth World 2

Many thanks to Travis Ellisor for sharing the latest commissioned artwork from his ComicArtsFans gallery, Asgard Meets the Fourth World. Hogun vs. Mantis by Phil Hester  Hela vs. Mister Miracle by Cory Smith

Surtur vs. Orion by Andrew Ross MacLean

Kirby Sketchcards

Just a small selection of the Kirby character sketchcards that New York based artist Cory Smith has been posting over at his Twitpic gallery. Cory took up a daily sketch challenge in June of last year and has notched up an impressive 168 cards so far. The full gallery, as it stands, can be found here and you can find more of cory’s work at his blog and DeviantArt page.

A big Kirby-Vision thanks goes out to Travis Ellisor for the link to Cory’s Gallery.

Mr. Miracle, Super Escape Artist

Mister Miracle struggles to free himself from yet another diabolical trap, courtesy of Brendan Tobin.

Asgard Meets the Fourth World

Many thanks to Travis Ellisor for sharing just some of the Kirby related commissions he has collected under the banner of “Asgard Meets the Forth World.”

Brian Churilla

Chuck BB

Brendon & Brian Fraim

You can see more from Travis’ collection over at Comicartfans, which includes work from past Kirby-Vision contributors Ron Salas, Joel Carroll and James Harren.

Taking a Dip

Another daring escape by Mister Miracle courtesy of Wisconsin based illustrator and designer Bill Kuffel. You can find a selection of Bill’s illustration, comics and design work at his website – here – or share in his love of collecting and drawing toys at his blog – here.

Family

The Inhuman royal family and the dynasties of Apokolips and New Genesis as depicted by Brazilian artist Daniel HDR. Daniel’s has worked in various titles published by Avatar, Dark Horse, Image, Marvel and DC Comics. He has also worked in advertising and teaches classes on illustration and comic book creation. Be sure to take a look at Daniel’s blog for more.