Jack Kirby Museum

Devil Dinosaur and Moonboy Heroclix. Here’s an old website,...

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:41:21 -0400

Devil Dinosaur and Moonboy Heroclix.

Here’s an old website, “Devil Dinosaur Devotees”

New entry on WhatIfKirby

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:54:00 -0400

Trustee Tom Kraft posts scans from the Museum’s Original Art Digital Archive on his site WhatIfKirby.com. Here’s the initial splash from Marvel’s August 1964 Journey Into Mystery 107.

All right, after a few hours…. It’s from the cover...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:40:30 -0400

All right, after a few hours…. It’s from the cover of the 17 February 1968 Eagle and Boys’ World, a copy was recently donated to the Kirby Museum by collector, scholar and longtime supporter Tom Morehouse. BONUS: look at how they grey-toned and turned Kirby’s five page story into two pages.

Yep. It’s a teaser. If you know where this piece, colored...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:36:53 -0400

Yep. It’s a teaser. If you know where this piece, colored this way, was published, speak up!

Ok, we know it’s been three weeks since our last post - -...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:42:00 -0400

Ok, we know it’s been three weeks since our last post - - here’s a scan of Kirby’s pencil art for the final splash from “Spawn” (New Gods 5, Oct-Nov 1971) to try to make up for it.

“This way for action!” - a full sized photocopy of...

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:34:05 -0400

“This way for action!” - a full sized photocopy of Jack Kirby’s pencil art for the cover for his story “The Rocks Are Burning!” that was first published by Marvel Comics in Captain America 197, dated May 1976.

Some nice drawings of the women in that last panel, don’t...

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:50:09 -0400

Some nice drawings of the women in that last panel, don’t you think? This is another full-sized photocopy of a pencil art panel page that Jack Kirby intended for DC’s “True Life Divorce” magazine from 1970/71. Lettering art by John Costanza.

Yet another full-sized photocopy of Jack Kirby pencil art from...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:40:49 -0400

Yet another full-sized photocopy of Jack Kirby pencil art from 1970/1971. It’s a panel page from his story “The Other Woman!”, intended to be published in DC’s aborted True Life Divorce magazine.

Full sized photocopy of Jack Kirby’s pencil art for the...

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:47:00 -0400

Full sized photocopy of Jack Kirby’s pencil art for the first page of his story “The Other Woman!” Lettering art by John Costanza. Intended for publication by DC Comics in a “True Life Divorce” magazine from 1970-1971.

To celebrate our passing 800 tumblr followers, here’s...

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 19:27:00 -0500

To celebrate our passing 800 tumblr followers, here’s a four panel Kirby-techno-palooza! Yep, it’s a full sized photocopy of Kirby pencil art, with his margin notes, and Stan Lee’s dialog lettered by Sam Rosen. For what? “The Madness of the Moleman!” published by Marvel Comics in their August 1969 Fantastic Four 89.

Yes, there is a photocopy of Kirby’s pencil art for the...

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:00:31 -0500

Yes, there is a photocopy of Kirby’s pencil art for the Captain America 193 cover. Thanks for asking!

What looks like Kirby pencil art with tones added by the fine...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:42:12 -0500

What looks like Kirby pencil art with tones added by the fine folks at Steranko’s Supergraphics - scanned from the cover of Comixscene 5, dated July-August 1973.

Jack Kirby’s first page for the unpublished True Life...

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:28:35 -0500

Jack Kirby’s first page for the unpublished True Life Divorce - a full size photocopy of his pencil art with inked lettering.

JACK KIRBY!!!! SD Comic Con 1990 (by ytshawzam a.k.a....

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 08:13:34 -0500

JACK KIRBY!!!! SD Comic Con 1990 (by ytshawzam a.k.a. oldnerdybastard)

You want a New Gods cover? Ok, here’s a photocopy of Jack...

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:26:13 -0500

You want a New Gods cover? Ok, here’s a photocopy of Jack Kirby’s pencil art for the cover to his story “Darkseid and Sons!” first published by DC Comics in New Gods 11, dated October-November 1972.

Another trimmed photocopy of Jack Kirby pencil art - this time...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:28:29 -0500

Another trimmed photocopy of Jack Kirby pencil art - this time of page 15 of his story “Spawn” published by DC Comics in New Gods 5, dated October-November 1971.

That’s right, it’s a photocopy of Jack Kirby’s...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:00:34 -0500

That’s right, it’s a photocopy of Jack Kirby’s pencil art for page 21 of his story “The Glory Boat!” - published by DC Comics in New Gods 6, dated December 1971/January 1972.

Here’s a scan of a trimmed photocopy of Jack Kirby’s...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:05:19 -0500

Here’s a scan of a trimmed photocopy of Jack Kirby’s pencil art for page 13 of his story “Spawn”, which was first published by DC Comics in New Gods 5, dated October-November 1971.

I found some incorrect information on Wikipedia and YouTube, so...

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:44:34 -0500

I found some incorrect information on Wikipedia and YouTube, so I made this. I’m in the process of updating the McCartney page in the Kirby’s Real Folks exhibit. - Rand

seanhowe: Jack Kirby, Neal Adams, Mike Friedrich, Bernard...

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:47:10 -0500

seanhowe:

Jack Kirby, Neal Adams, Mike Friedrich, Bernard Lansky at San Diego Comic Con in 1973; photograph by Shel Dorf. More here.