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| 1969--Avengers #63 by Genial Gene Colan and Avengers #68 by Our Pal Sal Buscema Standard strongman shot. |
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 just found your blog about a week ago and have spent a lot of time perusing old posts. Tremendous research!
ReplyDeleteI hadn't realized Buscema and Kane borrowed so much from Kirby, but then again, I have read more than once that Marvel artists (especially in the '60s) were urged to do just that. On the other hand, Dick Ayers once told me that he was never advised -- by Stan Lee or anyone else -- to ape Kirby.
Hi Silver Fox, thanks for stopping by! And that's interesting about Ayers--any more tibdits you can share?
DeleteA little over twenty years ago, I paid Dick Ayers to illustrate three pages of a seven-page origin story for a character I was submitting to several comic publishing houses. We corresponded briefly during this period, and once, when my friend Laura and I were travelling in New York, I convinced her to go to White Plains so I could call him on a pay phone and ask if Laura and I could visit him. He said yes! I was actually in his studio, marveling (pun intended) at the many sheets of classic original artwork on his walls. If you're interested in seeing his work on my concept -- a boy superhero series set in the 1960s, making Mr. Ayers the perfect artist to draw it -- go here for the full story!
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ReplyDeleteThank you for the link. That is certainly some exquisite artwork there by the late great Mr. Ayers.
Btw I left a comment on your Ayers Tribute post, but it does not seem to have been published yet. I know it's an older post, but I wanted to let you know how moving your tribute was.
http://silverfoxlair.blogspot.com/2014/05/dick-ayers-1924-2014-rip-comical.html
Due to dozens of spam comments that showed up on old blog entries of mine, I enabled comment moderation for any post older than 14 days. That's why your comment on my Ayers tribute didn't post until a few minutes ago. So glad you've been enjoying my blog. Yours is a lot of fun, too.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of tributes, I only heard about Rich Buckler's death a month or so after he left us. That was quite a shock.
Similar but Sal's is better
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