#JackedKirby - Thor and Surfer... Jack and Walt... 💥💥💥 Jack Kirby is widely hailed as being one of the greatest comic book CREATORS in the universe, but most people don’t realize how much of an influence his work has on the next couple of generations of comic artists & writers that followed him... and this piece in particular has not one but TWO of those stories! 💥💥💥 In The Jack Kirby Collector #Issue14 (published in February of 1997) there is an interview with the great Walt Simonson. Walt is a titan in the comic book field in his own right, but has widely acknowledged Kirby’s influence over his artistic stylings. The issue features a great article and interview that focuses on Simonson’s love of Kirby’s works, his own runs on Kirby characters Thor, Manhunter and the New Gods... it’s just an awesome read. But the real gem is the pics that are included! 💥💥💥 Inside #Issue14 we see this awesome Thor & Silver Surfer cosmic pin-up that was created by Jack for fellow artist Carl Taylor. Kirby traded this pinup for a piece of Taylor’s art, which he happened to be fond of. It is a breathtaking space-scape, with both Thor and Surfer conveying might and power galore! It was created and traded in 1977... 💥💥💥 Pic 1 of this post is Jack’s original pencils of the pin up. (pic 1) As was normal in issues of the Kirby Collector, a current artist was asked to ink/color Jack’s original pencil design. This task was completed by Walt Simonson himself, and we can see the black and white inks (Pic 2, appeared in the Collected Omnibus edition) and the full colored finished piece that adorned the back cover of #Issue14 of The Jack Kirby Collector (Pic 3). An awesome original piece from The King and an awesome job finishing it up by Walt!!! Well done by @twomorrowspubs for documenting and sharing the whole process!!! 💥💥💥 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #PinUp #Thor #SilverSurfer #CosmicKirby #CarlTaylor #WaltSimonson #TJKC #TheJackKirbyCollector #TwoMorrows #Comic #Comics #ComicBook #ComicBooks #70sComics #ComicsOfThe70s #ComicArt #IGComicArt #IGComics #ComicsOfIG #ComicBooksOfIG #Inking #Pencils #Covers https://www.instagram.com/p/BvhPul0BfXW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=177ibn6kn67rk
