Show us your Golden Age Kirby covers!

[Hepcat]

Show us your Jack Kirby covers from the Golden Age of comics!

 

 

[BB-Gun]

There is something magical about Kirby covers.

[Timely]

[Sqeggs]

 

I wonder how he was going to pull the trigger on that tommy gun while wearing boxing gloves? Gotta give him style points for wearing his hat in the ring, though.

[Brenmark]

 

 

 

[batman_fan]

My favorite

 

[Hepcat]

 

Well one thing's for sure. Kirby knew jack about drawing wallflowers. Sue is hot!

 

[Bronty]

easy tiger

 

I hope I won't offend anyone but I gotta get something off my chest that the Adventure cover above is screaming at me. Kirby covers (and art) I love. The #1 comics artist there ever was IMO. And Simon covers are pretty decent too.

 

But the combination of Kirby & Simon just makes me ill. There I said it!

 

 

[Cat-Man_America]

[font:Times New Roman]I don't know Bronty, I like 'em all. I'm givin' everything here a big hand. Nice thread, Hepcat!

 

Speaking of hands...

 

 

 

 

Does this look more like a straight or Kings over Jacks to you guys?[/font]

 

[Timely]

[font:Times New Roman]I don't know Bronty, I like 'em all. I'm givin' everything here a big hand. Nice thread, Hepcat!

 

Speaking of hands...

 

 

 

 

Does this look more like a straight or Kings over Jacks to you guys?[/font]

 

 

More like a Straight Flush!

[Hepcat]

My favorite

 

 

I love the Newsboy Legion! I can't decide which I like better, the Newsboy Legion or Sandman and Sandy.

 

 

[Hepcat]

I hope I won't offend anyone but I gotta get something off my chest that the Adventure cover above is screaming at me. Kirby covers (and art) I love. The #1 comics artist there ever was IMO. And Simon covers are pretty decent too.

 

But the combination of Kirby & Simon just makes me ill.

 

Interesting! In general I don't like the look of Golden Age superhero artwork because overall it's simply too crude. But the Simon & Kirby efforts are an exception. I somehow like the idiosyncratic look Simon & Kirby artwork displays.

 

[Cat-Man_America]

I hope I won't offend anyone but I gotta get something off my chest that the Adventure cover above is screaming at me. Kirby covers (and art) I love. The #1 comics artist there ever was IMO. And Simon covers are pretty decent too.

 

But the combination of Kirby & Simon just makes me ill.

 

Interesting! In general I don't like the look of Golden Age superhero artwork because overall it's simply too crude. But the Simon & Kirby efforts are an exception. I somehow like the idiosyncratic look Simon & Kirby artwork displays.

 

 

[font:Times New Roman]The difficulty I have understanding your assertion is that GA art can't be easily generalized. There is a plethora of high quality art worthy of appreciation. Perhaps you just haven't seen enough well rendered GA art to acquire the taste!

 

We're on the same page with S&K, but it's doubtful you'll find more sophisticated cover and/or interior art at any point along the comic continuum than created by the likes of Lou Fine, Reed Crandall, Ruben Moriera, Matt Baker, Alex Schomburg, Irv Novick, Jack Cole and Syd Shores; that's just for starters.

 

The work of these artists is far from the exception, and excluding Matt Baker, all pre-'45 GA. Here are some random examples of their talents (wrapped in spoilers so that the focus of your thread remains on topic)...

 

Lou Fine:

 

 

 

Reed Crandall:

 

 

 

Rubimor (Ruben Moriera):

 

 

 

Matt Baker:

 

 

 

Alex Schomburg:

 

 

 

Irv Novick:

 

 

 

Jack Cole:

 

 

 

Syd Shores:

 

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[MrBedrock]

[MrBedrock]

[MrBedrock]

[MrBedrock]

[MrBedrock]

And a little later...

[Cat-Man_America]

[Cat-Man_America]

[font:Times New Roman]I'd better slip this one in now before Bedrock posts a copy! [/font]