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Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
THE COMICS JOURNAL SITE FINALLY REVIEWS THE MOST RECENT KIRBY HISTORY BOOK
And they show 10% of the rare Kirby art that is presented in it.
Read it (or just look at the rare art) at:
http://www.tcj.com/reviews/the-secret-history-of-marvel-comics-jack-kirby-and-the-moonlighting-artists-at-martin-goodmans-empire/
Read it (or just look at the rare art) at:
http://www.tcj.com/reviews/the-secret-history-of-marvel-comics-jack-kirby-and-the-moonlighting-artists-at-martin-goodmans-empire/
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Friday, February 14, 2014
A 60 YEAR MYSTERY SOLVED?
This Kirby cover, derived from Joseph Hirsch‘s painting High
Visibility Wrap, has been mentioned in the first two monthly Kirby columns at http://www.tcj.com/ leading to speculation
whether it was a swipe or a homage. The answer depends on if the 1944 painting
from the prolific American artist was well-known by the average comic consumer in 1954.
According to my research the first and most accessible pre-Internet place to see the painting
(along with 136 other war-related paintings) was a book published in 1945 titled
MEN WITHOUT GUNS. You can read the entire book for free at http://archive.org/details/MenWithoutGunsAbbottPaintings
I did searches of indexes of numerous publications but couldn't find any indication that the painting had been published in any of them or had been exhibited in any museums from 1944 to 1954.
Master Researchers Michael Vassallo and Blake Bell have come up with new information and a more probable theory of where Kirby saw the cover-inspiring painting.
The answer is on page 84 of
THE SECRET HISTORY OF MARVEL COMICS:
JACK KIRBY AND THE MOONLIGHTING ARTISTS
AT MARTIN GOODMAN'S EMPIRE.
I did searches of indexes of numerous publications but couldn't find any indication that the painting had been published in any of them or had been exhibited in any museums from 1944 to 1954.
Master Researchers Michael Vassallo and Blake Bell have come up with new information and a more probable theory of where Kirby saw the cover-inspiring painting.
The answer is on page 84 of
THE SECRET HISTORY OF MARVEL COMICS:
JACK KIRBY AND THE MOONLIGHTING ARTISTS
AT MARTIN GOODMAN'S EMPIRE.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Does Greg Theakston hate women or is Dewey Cassell misinformed?
Theakston credits this cover to Kirby and Sinnott but Cassell says it is penciled AND inked by Marie Severin...
When CCG grades this issue they credit the cover to Kirby and
Verpoorten.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
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