{"id":2580,"date":"2010-09-19T19:11:03","date_gmt":"2010-09-19T18:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/?p=2580"},"modified":"2010-09-19T19:11:03","modified_gmt":"2010-09-19T18:11:03","slug":"the-king-the-d-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/2010\/09\/19\/the-king-the-d-men\/","title":{"rendered":"The King &amp; The D-Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/tumblr_l7x3a6Hb6p1qahmfso1_1280.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2567\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/2010\/09\/19\/the-king-the-d-men\/tumblr_l7x3a6hb6p1qahmfso1_1280\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/tumblr_l7x3a6Hb6p1qahmfso1_1280.png\" data-orig-size=\"856,1280\" 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=\"tumblr_l7x3a6Hb6p1qahmfso1_1280\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/tumblr_l7x3a6Hb6p1qahmfso1_1280-200x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/tumblr_l7x3a6Hb6p1qahmfso1_1280-684x1024.png\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2567\" title=\"tumblr_l7x3a6Hb6p1qahmfso1_1280\" src=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/tumblr_l7x3a6Hb6p1qahmfso1_1280.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/tumblr_l7x3a6Hb6p1qahmfso1_1280.png 856w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/tumblr_l7x3a6Hb6p1qahmfso1_1280-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/tumblr_l7x3a6Hb6p1qahmfso1_1280-684x1024.png 684w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/tumblr_l7x3a6Hb6p1qahmfso1_1280-624x933.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Jersey based artist <a href=\"http:\/\/drawblairdraw.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blair Campbell<\/a> created this portrait of <strong>Jack Kirby<\/strong> &#8220;kicking the snot out of <strong>Darkseid<\/strong>&#8221; to celebrate Jack&#8217;s recent 93rd birthday. A self confessed &#8220;novice illustrator&#8221; Blair\u00a0decided earlier this year that\u00a0it was time to get serious about his art and &#8220;hone his skills&#8221; with a daily drawing blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/drawblairdraw.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Draw, Blair! Draw!<\/a> Each day at the blog has a different theme and Blair frequently takes requests such as this homage to Kirby&#8217;s cover to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicvine.com\/x-men-x-men\/37-6694\/\" target=\"_blank\">The X-Men #1<\/a> featuring the students of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hogwarts\" target=\"_blank\">Hogwarts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/tumblr_l73tdzg1cH1qahmfso1_1280.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2579\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/2010\/09\/19\/the-king-the-d-men\/tumblr_l73tdzg1ch1qahmfso1_1280\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/tumblr_l73tdzg1cH1qahmfso1_1280.png\" data-orig-size=\"960,1280\" 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=\"tumblr_l73tdzg1cH1qahmfso1_1280\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/tumblr_l73tdzg1cH1qahmfso1_1280-225x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/tumblr_l73tdzg1cH1qahmfso1_1280-768x1024.png\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2579\" title=\"tumblr_l73tdzg1cH1qahmfso1_1280\" src=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/tumblr_l73tdzg1cH1qahmfso1_1280.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/tumblr_l73tdzg1cH1qahmfso1_1280.png 960w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/tumblr_l73tdzg1cH1qahmfso1_1280-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/tumblr_l73tdzg1cH1qahmfso1_1280-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby-vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/09\/tumblr_l73tdzg1cH1qahmfso1_1280-624x832.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey based artist Blair Campbell created this portrait of Jack Kirby &#8220;kicking the snot out of Darkseid&#8221; to celebrate Jack&#8217;s recent 93rd birthday. A self confessed &#8220;novice illustrator&#8221; Blair\u00a0decided earlier this year that\u00a0it was time to get serious about his art and &#8220;hone his skills&#8221; with a daily drawing blog, Draw, Blair! Draw! 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