Jack Kirby Tribute - Blog Posts

Jack Kirby's run on Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen was Rick and Morty before Rick and Morty!

Jack Kirby kicked off his Fourth World saga in the pages of Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen; Durling his legendry solo run on the title in addition to introducing many elements of the Fourth World, the DNA Project (later known as Cadmus) and Intergang.

Kirby also brought back Golden Age Characters such as the Guardian and the Newsboy Legion, whom he had co created with Joe Simon.

Besides Superheroes, New Gods, Super Hippies, Sci Fi Biker, Clones, Corrupt Businesmen and Hi Tech Gangsters; Jack Kirby had room for Don Rickles and the Loch Ness Monster, that just scratching the surface of this Wild Ride of a read.

In honor of the 107th anniversary of Jack Kirby birth, I present a small short but sweet video tribute using sampled audio from an interview he gave as part of Harlen Ellison's The Masters of Comic Book Art.

Aside from my less then perfect drawing of him at work, this video also features some legendary artwork from the King himself.

All which counts under the grounds of fair use, that being I hope you enjoy watching this video as I did making it.

Long Live The King!

A liitle animated gif to celebrate Jack Kirby’s 100th with The Inhumans. Art: Jack Kirby.

As a fan of both Homer Simpson and Jack Kirby, I decided to make an Acrylic painting of his Super Hero alter ego Pie Man; In the Kirby's style in honor of the 106th anniversary of his birth August 28th 1917, I don't know if I succeed but it was fun to paint.

I decided in honor of the 105 anniversary of Jack Kirby's birth to do a another What If, in the same vain as my Cinderella piece last year. Now without ado I present Rick and Morty in a Jack Kirby style collage world.

I'd like show some examples of his work here a page from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #137, published by DC Comics in 1971 but his experiment with collages dates back to the mid sixties during his time with Stan Lee at Marvel Comics.

Here's another example from the classic 1966 Fantastic Four #51 'This Man... This Monster' which is the first apperence of Negative Zone. Kirby would use often use collages to highlight otherworldly other dimensions, this gave me an idea of what his Rick and Morty might have looked like and I took it from there.

Here's a drawing I did few months ago I did of Cinderella. I decided to draw my own 'What If?' version, specifically if she appeared in one Jack Kirby's Bronze Age Sci Fi Epics.

I used some of these characters below as examples for the design. I hope was able capture his style.