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Recommendations for good Jack Kirby works

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bminor:
Narf,
When I look at a original Kirby drawing and then look at a Kirby drawing inked by Royer. I see his work not added too or subtracted from.
What I am trying to say Royer did not add his own "style" to Kirby's work.
When Everett inked him you saw Kirby underneath and Everett's unmistable and  beautiful style overlaying Kirby's pencils.
The same would go for Wally Wood. There is no mistaking Woods style overlaying Kirby.
Vince Colletta the same, his fine brush stroke is unmistakeably Colletta.

As a young lad I never saw Kirby artwork in it's penciled state. I did eventually see some for the first time in the Steranko History of Comics. That beautiful full page of Captain America jumping over a bunch of Nazi's. It was like looking at a Royer inked page, (in my opinion).
Respectfully your,
bminor

Geo (RIP):
I'm with Narf on this. I liked his early stuff much more then the what I felt was rushed work of his later years. His art started changing in the early '60 at Marvel, to a looser style which I didn't care for so much.
The man was great, you have to give him that no matter what.
His influence carried a lot of weight on how and what comic books looked like.

Please remember everyone, these are just options, not hard facts.
So go easy on folks that don't hold the same feeling/options you do.


Geo

narfstar:
I guess I would say that Kirby needed some hiding. I respect Royer's desire and ability to let Kirby shine. I just think that what Simon added to the mix made Kirby look even better. I just did not like how Kirby started to make everyone look like a body builder even the women. Others liked the look and that is cool too.

Yoc:
It took me a long time to warm up to Kirby as well.
I was big on Adams, Perez, Ploog, Smith and Wrightson early on and LOVED the early Ditko 'Dr Strange' I finally got to read in the old b&w novel sized reprints.  My dear old dad turned me onto Walt Kelly and I'm forever thankful for that.

-Yoc

darkmark (RIP):
Well, I've always liked Jack...at least up through the New Gods.  After that, you could see the weaknesses in his writing, and his inability to understand that led to his downfall.  At least until he got into animation, thank God for which.  I met Jack, attended his birthday party, and am glad I had a chance to cross paths with him.  With Lee and Ditko, he recreated comics in the Sixties.

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