Musk must have many terrible things in store for us this year. We must look inside of his mind to find them before it’s too late!
Category: Comic Books
Pulse-Pounding ALL JOE Post!
Joe Sinnott felt his inking style meshed best with John Buscema’s drawings, and I agree with that. But it’s Joe’s work with Jack Kirby that will be best remembered. Here is a prime example.
Joe on Gene Colan was a surprisingly good pairing.
Gil Kane was his own best inker. Joe’s inking worked, but it wasn’t an ideal match-up.
Neal Adams and Joe were two masters of comic book art who admired each other’s work, but their styles weren’t complementary.
The cover art by Buscema for Silver Surfer #1 has Joe’s name written in pencil, but it was obviously inked by Frank Giacoia. Okay, so this post isn’t 100% Joe!
Late Breaking News
Not so much late breaking news as just late, as this item is from a few days ago.
Disney Vs. Ditko Ends
After more than two years, Disney and subsidiary Marvel have reached a settlement with the estate of acclaimed comic book artist Steve Ditko.
https://deadline.com/2023/12/marvel-court-termination-disney-spider-man-dr-strange-1234843941/
Words of Warning
You got that right, Cap!
Maximum Jack and Joe
From 1967, in the final months of 12″x18″ original art, before the reduction to 10″x15″, this is one of Jack Kirby’s most impressive splash pages.
Frank Giacoia’s name had been penciled in as inker, but the assignment went to Joe.
Frank inked the Iron Man story in that issue, over Gene Colan’s pencils.
Houseroy History
This is some deep “inside baseball,” except it’s about comic books. Funky Flashman is Jack Kirby’s bitter parody of Stan Lee, and Funky’s flunky is Houseroy. He’s a dig at Roy Thomas, who is depicted as being Smithers to Stan’s Mr. Burns, without the gay overtones.
My feeling is that Jack misrepresented Roy, who was pivotal to Marvel’s success during the second half of the 60’s, into the first half of the 70’s while Kirby was at DC. Roy talks about Funky and Houseroy, 50 minutes into this 2-hour interview.
I’m still shaking my head in disbelief from the time five years ago, when Roy and my buddy Bismo teamed up for this bit of fun craziness.