CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: KLASSIC KIRBY KOMIC KOVERS

Friday, 15 December 2017

KLASSIC KIRBY KOMIC KOVERS - MWOM #15...

Images copyright MARVEL COMICS

Well, okay... I'm cheating a little. However, the above pin-up was the back cover of The MIGHTY WORLD Of MARVEL #15 back in 1973, so it qualifies under the description because of that. I've also included the JIM STARLIN front cover (below) just so you don't feel shortchanged. (And yes, you're right - that SPIDEY drawing does looks as if it might be a ROMITA patch. If so, that's three artists for the price of one (not counting the inkers), so whatcha all complaining about?

Incidentally, the Saturday this comic came out (January 6th, the cover's dated a week ahead) was the day we got our first dog, PRINCE.

2 comments:

-3- said...: That Submariner back cover was actually a re-purposed pin-up from Fantastic Four #11.; 15 December 2017 at 17:52
Kid said...: Yup, knew that, 3. See my post 'A Fishy Tale Of Four Subs...'.; 15 December 2017 at 18:02

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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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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