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| 1970: Fantastic Four #94 Jack Kirby |
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| 1973: Fantastic Four #140 John Buscema |
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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I remember in a Comics Journal interview John Buscema said how he'd rip apart Kirby comics and use them for reference. Well, here's all the lifts he did from the Kirby comics for research. It proves one thing. That there was pressure to copy and evoke the Kirby style in all the comics. Kirby was the most influential artist that made Marvel into the corporate brand name it would evolve into. I don't think any other creator contributed as much as Kirby did. Without him there would be no Marvel Comics and it would have been a footnote in history. Stan Lee would have been a retired insurance sales man by now or for that matter a used car salesman.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and for the cogent commentary, R. Lloyd. Yes, it's been illuminating (for me anyway) to look at Big John's FF and get an idea of what Kirby issues he used as his "primer." Buscema reinterprets, but the Kirby influence is quite unmistakable. .
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