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| Giant-Size Avengers #1 (1974) Rich Buckler |
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| Tales of Suspense #84 (1966) Jack Kirby |
Comic book swipes and homages, along with art that appears to have been--at least in part!-- inspired by other art. And there's lots of the Silver Age Fantastic Four here because that was just about my favorite comic book back then!
Many of you have let me know that some of my image pairings & arrangements pop up in other venues such as Facebook Swipe groups (esp. the great COMICS SWIPES Facebook group). Well, I'm flattered the posts are popular and that people enjoy PANELOCITY's swipes and "inspired bys", regardless of where they are presented. After all, the Internet is meant for sharing, right?
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It looks like Rich Buckler is the Kirby Swipe King. Perhaps that is why he was replaced and we didn't see much of him after Deathlok. I wonder if he did swipes for Deathlok or it was entirely original work. It makes you wonder how much is the real artist and how much is swiping from other artists. I realize it must be tough to put out a monthly book but how many times can you trace Kirby panels and re-use them in other issues. I am sure the artists and editors at Marvel were on to this and that is why his run didn't continue. Why not just hire Kirby if they wanted the Kirby look so bad. Oh that's right, Kirby was at DC at the time creating New Gods and Kamandi and The Demon, OMAC and those other books that were considered "failures" and were rebooted with different artist and writer teams. A lot of them are still being re-booted today. Especially when DC uses the New Gods villains in the DC animated movies on DVD
ReplyDeleteHi Kirby Fan 1234,
DeleteThanks for the comments--you make a number of good points, not the least of which is Kirby was a one of a kind talent whose influence is felt to this day.
I've never read Deathlok but based on the small sample I've seen--mostly panels online--the art doesn't seem to be based on recognizable KIrby panels. Maybe later on I will take a closer look to see if anything pops out. And from what I've seen of the letters back then, readers were aware of--and appreciated--Buckler's different styles: Deathlok was Buckler without the Kirby reference, as opposed to his work on the Fantastic Four and Thor. Both styles had their fans.
In interviews (such as in The Jack Kirby Collector #29) Buckler has maintained that the Marvel brass encouraged his Kirby adaptations. However I do find it interesting that Buckler left the FF book just a few months after Kirby returned to Marvel in 1975.
Btw, for a change of pace in February I'll be looking at John Buscema's 1970s FF run; he too used the Kirby FF as reference. It may not be as obvious as Buckler's, but it's there. Hope you'll stop by and thanks again for the incisive comments.