Posted by: WebHobbit | May 24, 2013

Jack Kirby Coffee Table Book Kickstarter!

Look at this:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1478125734/personal-look-into-the-life-of-jack-kirby-the-king

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Jeremy Kirby (Jack’s grandson) is Kickstarter funding a Coffee-Table sized book of Jack Kirby photos, art and a never before seen by the public 96 page play Jack wrote called “the frog prince”. For those poor souls ignorant of the great Jack Kirby here is a tiny over view:

Jack Kirby is arguably the greatest comic-book artist of all time. He co-created the Marvel Universe…here is a partial list of characters: Thor, the Fantastic Four, Captain America, Silver Surfer, Dr.Doom, the Hulk, the original X-Men & Galactus. On his own and with other companies he did these (among others) – Kamandi, New Gods, Forever People, Mister Miracle & Captain Victory. He also designed (and did much of the art I believe) for the Thundarr the Barbarian cartoon.

As a life long fan of the man’s work I am absolutely getting in on the Kickstarter for this…at least at the $50.00 level.

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Posted by: WebHobbit | May 24, 2013

Top 100 Comicbook Covers – #97

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097-Secret Invasion-03-Gabriele Dell'Otto

Number 97:

Secret Invasion #3 (Marvel – 2008)

Cover art by Gabriele Dell’otto

Brian Michael Bendis’s epic Marvel Event “Secret Invasion” was a cool sci-fi mini-series (with a ton of tie-ins & cross-overs naturally) involving the alien Skrulls taking over earth by replacing many well-known super-heroes. Many of the covers featured art reminiscent of 50′s & 60′s sci-fi films and pulp magazines. I loved it. The cover to issue 3 by painter Gabriele Dell’otto is no exception. I love the upside-kiss pose. Spider-Woman’s hair flowing down and her hands/fingers are poking at him like a…well, like a spider. Iron Man has his visor up and he looks beaten/tired and ready to give in to her “attack”. The colors are striking and the logo is at once cool and over the top Roger Corman B Movie. This cover is perfection in comic art. How the heck did it get way down here at number #97???

Check back later today/tonight for #96 in the count-down of my favorite comic-book covers.

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Posted by: WebHobbit | May 23, 2013

Top 100 Comicbook Covers – #98

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098-Ultimate Spider-Man-66-Mark Bagley

Number 98:

Ultimate Spider-Man #66 (Marvel – 2004)

Cover art by Mark Bagley
Colors by Richard Isanove

In my opinion Mark Bagley is one of the top 10 Spider-Man artists of all time. Ultimate Spider-Man #66 features his take on Wolverine. I love the way he’s leaping up behind Spider-Man in front of a full moon. Richard Isanove’s colors really pop here too.

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Posted by: WebHobbit | May 22, 2013

Top 100 Comicbook Covers – #99

The count-down of my 100 favorite comic covers continues. Did you miss #100? It’s here. Now for #99 presented in a “Retina-Ready” format. Just click on the rather large thumbnail below to load a 2,048 pixel height version.

099-Shogun Warriors-19-Herb Trimpe

Number 99:

Shogun Warriors #19 (Marvel – 1980)

Cover art by Herb Trimpe

A lot of fan-boys my age remember their beloved Mattel Shogun Warrior toys and I had those too…but when I think Shogun Warriors I remember the short-lived but crazy fun Marvel comic. This cover by the tragically under-rated Herb Trimpe has a fantastic angled perspective that emphasizes the huge size of the Shoguns. Good stuff. Come back tomorrow night for #98.

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Posted by: WebHobbit | May 21, 2013

Top 100 Comicbook Covers – #100

I’m going to rescan many (eventually all?) of my comic collection’s cover images in “Retina Ready” resolutions and High Quality settings with low compression. See here for the technical specs:

http://lrpctechblog.com/comic-books/cover-scanning-in-the-retina-age/

So I decided to share my Top 100 here -one cover per post as I have time. I’ll try to do at least one a day. This is in count-down style starting with 100 and working my way up to my number one favorite of all time. Now do understand I only considered books that are already indexed and scanned in my current collection as of right now. Many great books are NOT yet part of the 5,000 or so I currently have covers scanned for.

100-X-Treme X-Men-35-Salvador Larroca

Number 100:

X-Treme X-Men #35 (Marvel Comics – 2004)

Cover art by Salvador Larroca
Colors by Liquid!

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This is a great example of Larroca’s stuff where they colored directly over his pencils with NO INKING whatsoever! Awesome and clean. I like the black costumes….Storm is rocking the short hair and Rogue is sexy and confident. What’s not to like? Check back tomorrow night for #99.

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