CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: PART TWO OF JACK KIRBY'S CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN COVER & IMAGE GALLERY...

Sunday, 20 July 2014

PART TWO OF JACK KIRBY'S CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN COVER & IMAGE GALLERY...

Images copyright DC COMICS

No, your eyes do not deceive you - I've moved some of the images from part one over to here, in order to allow me to add new images to the previous instalment. So, although you've already seen some of these pages, this post also contains half a dozen new ones to thrill and amaze you. Well, what are you waiting for, readers? JACK KIRBY's pulsating piccies lie before you - and don't forget to revisit the now expanded version of part one - or return for the penultimate serving of the CHALLEGERS Of The UNKNOWN - coming soon to CRIVENS! (Absolutely the best blog you've ever read in the last 30 seconds.)

6 comments:

Anonymous said...: Kid, I was listening to a series on Radio 4 Extra recently called "Journey Into Space " from around 1955 and that featured four space adventurers lead by (I think) Jet Morgan - here we've got four space adventurers lead by ACE Morgan !; 21 July 2014 at 14:08
Kid said...: Except that the Challengers' adventures weren't restricted to space. However, it is an interesting similarity.; 21 July 2014 at 15:01
vwstieber said...: Issue 12's octopus cover is my absolute fave of the Challs, in fact, it's one of my favorite covers ever, period.; 21 July 2014 at 19:56
Kid said...: It's very nice, sure enough, WS - but I wish Wally Wood had inked it.; 21 July 2014 at 20:20
John Pitt said...: You know, coloured differently, that could easily be Marvel Girl on "The Traitorous Challenge"!; 20 August 2014 at 15:54
Kid said...: Or Sue Storm, or just about every female character drawn by Jack, I think, JP. A lot of his characters tended to look alike.; 21 August 2014 at 01:27

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.

Copyright Notice:

Images remain the property of their respective copyright owners and are used here only for the purpose of review, promotion, and nostalgia.

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In the case of images culled from my own collection where copyright of an item isn't mine, I impose no copying restrictions on fellow bloggers.

(Although, if you don't allow copying on your own site, then you really shouldn't be copying from others, should you?)

And while you can credit this blog if you like, it's not mandatory. Who has time to make notes of every casually visited site during an idle browse of the internet?

In the case of anyone copying images of my own artwork and calligraphy, I affirm my right to be identified as the creator, and any such copying should not be for the purpose of monetary or material gain. (Unless it's mine.)

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