CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: KIRBY IN THE AVENGERS...

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

KIRBY IN THE AVENGERS...

Images copyright MARVEL COMICS

No, not the movie - the comic. I purchased The COMING Of The AVENGERS recently (a beautifully recoloured reprint of the first ish - well-worth having) and was surprised to see what looks like a young JACK KIRBY as one of RICK JONES' BLEEDIN' IRRITATIN' TEEN BRIGADE. (I'm sure that's their full title.) Above is the cover by Jack and DEAN WHITE) and below is a teenage JK standing behind and to the right (our right, that is) of Ricky-boy himself.

Well, whaddya think, Criv-ites? Is it Kirby or not? Answers on a postcard please to... (okay, just leave them in the comments section).

7 comments:

baab said...: its either kirby or princess eugenie,I think thats her name.; 18 April 2012 at 14:09
Kid said...: Are you saying that PRINCESS Eugenie is related to KING Kirby? (Okay, I grant you...it IS a wide-eyed Kirby.); 18 April 2012 at 14:36
baab said...: I forgot we were dealing with royalty there Kid.
Well spotted.; 18 April 2012 at 18:08
Dougie said...: Wow! I never noticed that before. I'm convinced.; 18 April 2012 at 18:27
Kid said...: A stogie would clinch it.; 18 April 2012 at 19:06
joe ackerman said...: wow, that cover is butt ugly.; 26 April 2012 at 22:57
Kid said...: Thor's face certainly is - but I like the rest of it.; 26 April 2012 at 23:02

About the artist:

From 1985 to 2000 A.D. (little joke there), I contributed to a variety of high profile comics and magazines for various companies.

For IPC/FLEETWAY/EGMONT, I freelanced as a lettering and logo artist on various weekly comics and monthly magazines, and also as a resize comic artist and spot illustrator on pocket books, summer specials and annuals.

For MARVEL U.K., BLACK LIBRARY, REDAN and USBORNE BOOKS, I again freelanced as a lettering artist, also working as a restoration artist for MARVEL U.S., restoring and re-creating certain pages of JACK KIRBY art for their MARVEL MASTERWORKS editions.

I also lettered the MARVELMAN sample pages submitted to MARVEL U.S. when they were considering acquiring the character, which - as we all now know - they DID.

Supplied comic strips, cartoons and illustrated advertisements for local business campaigns and newspaper publication on a professional basis since the age of 16. Did my first paid art job for publication at 14 or 15 for Lanarkshire Education Board.

Have also made TV appearances as a collector of memorabilia.

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Just some of the titles I worked on are:

2000 A.D. * JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE * DICEMAN * SONIC The COMIC * JUDGE DREDD, LAWMAN Of The FUTURE * CRISIS * REVOLVER * EAGLE * TIGER * BATTLE ACTION-FORCE * BUSTER * WHIZZER & CHIPS * WHOOPEE * NIPPER * SCHOOL FUN * ACE VENTURA, PET DETECTIVE * The REAL GHOSTBUSTERS * DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE * COUNT DUCKULA * RUGRATS * The TRANSFORMERS * DEATH'S HEAD * THUNDERCATS * GALAXY RANGERS * DRAGON'S CLAWS * SINDY * MARVEL MASTERWORKS * The TROLLS * LOADED * INFERNO * WARHAMMER * ROSE BLACK.

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