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Eric Smearman
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A couple Kirby comics gave me particularly vivid bad dreams: the "Cro-
Magnon Jimmy" from SUPERMAN'S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN and the first
issue of THE DEMON. I had both of these comics before I was old
enough to read by myself. I'd pore over the pictures over and over
fascinated by how different his work was from Curt Swan, Dick Dillin,
Neal Adams or John Romita. I literally read his books to pieces. His
monsters, like Etrigan and the aforementioned Caveman Olsen, were
especially fearsome to my eyes and my overactive imagination! I'm
astonished that those nightmares didn't cause my folks to nip my
comics habit in the bud.
Edited by Eric Smearman on 28 August 2017 at 2:31pm
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Adam Schulman
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My appreciation for Jack Kirby was pretty huge by the time I was 12 and realized that it wasn't just Stan Lee who was responsible for all the Marvel characters of the 1960s.
Whether or not I liked -- or even loved -- his artwork very much depended on who was inking it. Still does. Dick Ayers, Chic Stone, Joe Sinnott -- looks beautiful. Vinnie Colletta -- can't look at it. (Can't look at Colletta on anyone's pencils, really.)
I realize that some people really like Mike Royer because he was very faithful to Kirby's pencils, but in all honesty Kirby was the type of penciller whose work needed embellishment, not merely tracing.
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Charles Valderrama
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Honestly, I learned to appreciate Mr. Kirby throughout my years in college, thru my classes with instructors like Harvey Kurtzman, Gene Colan and Will Eisner. I saw the beauty of his pencilled pages, the dynamic composition and amazing storytelling abilities... that set the course for the entire comics industry.
Such an incredible legacy!!
-C!
Edited by Charles Valderrama on 28 August 2017 at 7:38pm
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Shaun Barry
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May his legacy live on for another 100 years, and hundreds more after that!
Happy 100th to the true King of Comics.
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John Byrne
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My appreciation for Jack Kirby was pretty huge by the time I was 12 and realized that it wasn't just Stan Lee who was responsible for all the Marvel characters of the 1960s.•• No, it was also Steve Ditko.
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Mark McMurray
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LOL!!
(And true!!)
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Steve Coates
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Hey, here is a link to download the Comic Con Jack Kirby Souvenir book in PDF
https://www.comic-con.org/toucan/jack-kirby%E2%80%99s-100th- birthday
This is my first link so I am keeping my fingers crossed that it works.
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Steve Coates
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Comic-con.org
Try this
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Dale Lerette
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Never noticed this before, but the day this was posted was actually my birthday, too. Looking back in my younger years I didn't really appreciate Jacob Kurtzberg very much. This would have been mid-to-late 70's. It just seemed to me there were many realistic artists coming out which caught my young eye. But as I grew into adulthood I also grew to appreciate how much of a creative powerhouse he was. I would like to think his spirit continues to inspire through his artwork he left behind.
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Robert Bradley
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I can't say I am a Kirby devotee, but anyone who has read comics should understand his contribution to modern American comics.
And also, just because, I'm going to list my four favorite Jack Kirby inkers -
1. Joe Sinnott 2. Wally Wood 3. Bill Everett 4. George Klein
I would have loved to have seen more inked by Barry Windsor-Smith and John Romita.
And also by JB of course! It would have been interesting like the Ditko art he inked in that Avengers Annual (the number of which escapes me).
Edited by Robert Bradley on 30 August 2017 at 12:45pm
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Daniel Beziz
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For a while, when I was just a kid that read the comic books left over by my uncles, there were only a couple of names of artists that meant something to me.
Stan Lee was this little voice in my head, like a guide to this amazing universe.
Jack Kirby was the action, in your face, 100 things going on at once and still, you were never lost. And in the middle of this, you could almost be brought to tears with Ben Grimm's despair and his touching relationship with Alicia.
The kid I was, and still is, worshipped every panel from Jack Kirby I read then. And 20 years later, I realized I only knew a fraction of his body of work. I can't say I love it all, but I love a huge part of it, and always will.
Long story short, the only other names that, even as a small kid, I recognized as artists I wouldn't want to miss a story by, were John Byrne, Ross Andru and John Buscema.
A few others I later learnt to love, maybe as much (John Romita Sr, Neal Adams...), but those were the first and forever my favorite.
And Jack Kirby leads the charge.
Edited by Daniel Beziz on 31 August 2017 at 8:57am
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John Byrne
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Thanks for putting me in such great company!
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