HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY, JACK KIRBY

Arnim Zola and Doughboy salute Jack Kirby on what would've been his 90th Birthday.



Evil? Sure. But they respect a worthy opponent/creator.

Some of the tributes from the day:

Kirby Blog
Kirby Blog 2
Kirby Blog 3
Kirby Blog 4
Mark Evanier
Tom Spurgeon has lots of images.
Larry Marder
Kevin Church
Comics Comics has Kirby at work, showcasing both his awesome drawing and his crazy style of working. He drew all of one thing before moving on to the rest!
Tom Brevoort on 40 Marvel covers.

Several of the above have more links...

...and I guess the 4th World Omnibus is coming out NEXT week. And the third is scheduled for November 21st. Two days before my birthday!

A RETURN TO CIVILIZED CONVERSATION

Finished up this page listening to the new Aesop Rock, None Shall Pass. It's pretty awesome. I might even like it better than Bazooka Tooth some day. It's actually poppier than anything he's done AND it's got a lot of guitar — which almost seems contradictory in hip hop. Comics-wise, he namechecks Robert Crumb, Love and Rockets and Charlie Brown/Peanuts (all I noticed on first listen), but it's another lyrically megadense carnival with assistance from Cage, El-P, Blockhead and... Rob Sonic! Hey! Rob Sonic! When is the awesomely titled Sabotage Gigante coming out??? It's been three YEARS since Telicatessen, man!

Speaking of the megadense, the second 4th World Omnibus was originally supposed to come out last week. And then it was pushed back to this week, except it's not appearing on the diamond shipping list anymore and it's not listed for next week either. It's not like this wouldn't have been the perfect time to release it or aything.

AN END TO VIOLENCE

KA-POW!

WORLD WAR JUGS

Biggest of actions!!!



Who the hell knows what page this is anymore.

DIDN'T WORK

I did some dry-brush on the background here. Didn't think it really worked on the original... REALLY thinking it didn't work on the scan. Oh well. Something for me to do at work, I guess.

SINGLE PAYER HEALTH

Hello, my sweet bitches!

So, it turns out I wasn't half as drunk as I thought I was last Wednesday, but I was 100% more ill than I would've guessed. That probably explains why Tropical Story Dean was so laugh-out-loud hysterectical. Anyway, fever, massive conjestion and mucal flow. The whole shebop. Then, istead of recovering, I went and did Manuel Lebor. That sent the remaining illness right into my lungs. Fun times! Nothing quite like coughing snot out of your chest! This is how sick I was — I actually helped someone out in a jam. It's nice to have my head returned and my white blood cells back to doing what they do best: fighting off any tenderness of the heart.

Bla-bla-bla, martyr martyr martyr, feeling better.

Discovered that I never scanned in the above page. Done now. Catching back up to the old works. About three quarters done inking the page I had half pencilled the other day. I must get done soon.

Now, though, exhausted. Need to get my ugly sleep in. Lots of catch up to do there as well.

AND IT WON"T STOP

Till the break of dawn. Instead of moving onto the next scene, I thought I'd spend a little more time with the violence. Never-ending pages!

A BIT MORE OF THE ULTRAVIOLENCE

Easily the most fun I've had doing a page. Olde 27, now with fool inks. Exploding heads and human body as sleeve. It's hard to beat. Also, fun with sound effects and word balloons. Comics as only comics can be. I hope I can make the remaining pages as full of awesome, without the violence.

IT'S THE GUY'S EXPLODING JAW, I LOVE

The first two panels of what was supposed to be page 27 of issue 9, in pencil form:

BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!

BLAM! It's never too late for a summer blockbuster. I took what was supposed to be page 27 of issue 9 (now, probably page...40?) and transformed it from 2 panels to 4.

These are my pencils for the last two panels of the page:



In the future, shell casings will eject outwards from the hand holding the pistol. SCIENCE!

"DIE YOU PIECE OF DIE DIE" may be the best line I've written to date.

Part of me is considering giving Stanley another human-body shield...