KirbyJack Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 I knew you had some killer sets! So glad to assist on your avatar! Tom I appreciate it ! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 (edited) An awesome accomplishment So, what is your next collector's quest? Edited November 8, 2013 by RICK STARR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Sweet looking copy (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Fantastic collection/obsession & thanks for sharing the pics ! -bc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 An awesome accomplishment So, what your next collector's quest? Actually considering selling some stuff, but not the pre heroes. Anyone wanna buy some funny books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Town Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Great stuff, KirbyJack. Pretty amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 OUTSTANDING!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Great stuff, KirbyJack. Pretty amazing. When Ghost Town calls a pic amazing that's a good compliment ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Seeing Roy's ST 89 in the for sale thread (just sold btw, the ask was 1500, unclear if any discount but a quick sale so probably not), made me think. I find it interesting how Kirby gave his dragon-type PH monsters' faces some human aspects. I think this had to be a conscious decision. I don't recall ever seeing dragon-like creatures such as Grogg and FFF with faces quite like that before.... typically you saw long necks and long snouts, more serpentine in the neck and perhaps sort of bird like (winged creatures after all) in the mouth. This type of thing. as opposed to kirby's more human faces... Now I know that in the stories (IIRC) they are aliens rather than dragons... but still... he certainly could have drawn them either way and its curious he chose to humanize them. Its a pretty drastic departure from the established conception of what a dragon's face looked like - so I presume there had to be an element of wanting to make it easier for the reader to relate to the monster. A sort of marvel version of DC's gorilla covers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korvac Saga Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 On this cover Kirby also utilizes human facial features to create a much more compelling and scary creature than if he had just drawn a big beetle. Don't know if anyone ever asked him about this approach, clearly it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Great stuff, KirbyJack. Pretty amazing. When Ghost Town calls a pic amazing that's a good compliment ! I felt a surge of pride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korvac Saga Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Great stuff, KirbyJack. Pretty amazing. When Ghost Town calls a pic amazing that's a good compliment ! I felt a surge of pride. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageComics Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 We respond to faces. Just think about how some automobiles actually have a personality when you look at the front end of the car. Kirby was brilliant in trying to evoke a reader's response through his story telling. He wasn't always the best at facial expressions admittedly and yet in the case of the monsters he probably realized that a monster with some humanistic expression was more menacing than just a cold faced insectoid or lizard. That scarlett beetle wouldn't have been nearly as effective if it was just a cold, expressionless insect. Brilliant stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 I agree, but what about Krang? Monstro? Titano? Those are all pretty straight ahead renditions with little humanization. Seems to me like this is something he might have started doing around 1961/1962? Can we think of any earlier examples than that? To my way of thinking he started with doing more straight ahead big bug / big monster type stuff and didn't really start humanizing the faces (as much) until the middle of the runs. Not saying he never did it early on, but it seems to have gotten more common as he went along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Happy Birthday, Bronty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Thx bud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Happy birthday Dan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlasFan Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 (edited) I agree, but what about Krang? Monstro? Titano? Those are all pretty straight ahead renditions with little humanization. Seems to me like this is something he might have started doing around 1961/1962? Can we think of any earlier examples than that? To my way of thinking he started with doing more straight ahead big bug / big monster type stuff and didn't really start humanizing the faces (as much) until the middle of the runs. Not saying he never did it early on, but it seems to have gotten more common as he went along Interesting analysis...My favorite big bug head Kirby monster - with some human traits - has to be the INSECT MAN! oh...and happy B-day, Marvel monster bro! Edited November 9, 2013 by AtlasFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Thx guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 No posts in a week?? How about some STs' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
