Showing posts with label Jack Kirby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jack Kirby. Show all posts

Thursday, December 09, 2010

Ponder This


If Jack Kirby were a young and hungry artist today, do you really think he would go into comics?

Let's think about this for a moment - the pay is...so/so, unless you're a "hot" artist or a legend, you're working freelance no matter where you work in the industry, and your career length is fairly arbitrary. And let's not talk about the whole "creator's rights" issues.

Forgive me for thinking so, but I think part of the reason that storytelling and composition skills among "Big Two" comic artists has so degraded over the last 10-15 years is because those people all left the industry for the greener pastures of video games and web animation, where they'd likely get a better chance of making a long time living.

Just a thought. Maybe someone can enlighten me if I'm wrong here.




Saturday, September 11, 2010

Pick the Best Caption





Dammit, what's wrong with me that it's been this long since I put some Kirby stuff up here?

Yeesh.

Friday, February 22, 2008

Because there's no such thing as too much love for the King

Kirby that is. Enjoy this shiny wacky meme and see if you can spread it on!


You Might be a Jack Kirby Character if....






-you part your hair on the right.
-you own a bulletproof shield.





-you've ever destroyed a city
-your eyebrows are pencil thin and upswept, or look like saw blades attached to your forehead
-you are still fighting Nazis….in 2005
-your beard stubble grows in perfect vertical lines
-you constantly refer to yourself in the third person




-you have oversized hands with big, blocky fingers
-you tend to be surrounded by orphaned street kids whom you have to constantly keep out of trouble
-you are from a secret kingdom located in a hidden valley
-VERILY! THOU DOST SPEAKETH IN A MANNER AS WENCE SHAKESPEARE DIDST ROAM THE EARTH! AND THOU MAKES ALL MANNER OF PROCLAIMATION WITH GREAT ROBUSTNESS AND VIGOR!



-your friends are asking you to take a joyride on untested military equipment
-you were experimenting with radiation during the 1960s when everyone else was experimenting with drugs
-a haze of energy and big black dots constantly surrounds you

-your name is immediately followed with a dramatic title or simile (i.e. “THE SENTINEL OF SECURITY!” or “THE HORROR THAT WALKS LIKE A MAN!”)



-you find yourself performing amazing gymnastic feats during everyday life (i.e. you do cartwheels while grocery shopping, or you do a flying somersault into your car).
-you can give dissertations on ethics and good citizenship while performing amazing gymnastic feats.
-you mock your opponent’s technique and strategy WHILE you are handing them a beating.





-you’re a cigar-chomping tough guy with a heart of gold from the Bronx.