Kirby King Of Comics - Coffee Table Book

CatFang · Kirby King Of Comics - Coffee Table Book

A new book by Kirby's longtime friend and assistant, Mark Evanier, is part biography, part coffee table art book. The text of this lavishly-illustrated, 224-page, large format book runs 35,000 words, but Evanier says he's also working on a 500,000 word biography.

Thought all you Marvel fans might want this as it looks to be a very nice thing. I don't know if it will be out in this country or not. Many of these things seem not to be. I'm trying to get my hands on "The Art of P Craig Russell" which is a 250 page retrospective, but it only seems available from the US and the shipping will be a killer.

Anyway - back to Kirby from the official PR Channels:

From Publishers Weekly
As a teenager, future television and comics writer Evanier became an assistant to Jack Kirby, one of the foremost artists in the history of American comics. Kirby played a major role in shaping the superhero genre, not only through his innovative, dynamic artwork but through collaborating with Stan Lee to create classic Marvel characters like the Fantastic Four, the Hulk and the X-Men. Evanier has now written this magnificently illustrated biography of his mentor. Rather than employing the academic prose that one might expect from an art book, Evanier, a talented raconteur, tells Kirby's life story in an informal, entertaining manner. Although Evanier does not delve into psychological analysis, he brings Kirby's personality vividly alive: a child of the Great Depression, a creative visionary who struggled most of his life to support his family. The book recounts how Kirby was insufficiently appreciated by clueless corporate executives and close-minded comics professionals. But the stunning artwork in this book, taken from private collections, makes the case for Kirby's genius. A landmark work, this is essential reading for comics fans and those who want to better understand the history of the comics medium—or those who just want to enjoy Kirby's incredible artwork. (Mar.)
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Book Description
Jack Kirby created or co-created some of comic booksÂ’ most popular characters including Captain America, The X-Men, The Hulk, The Fantastic Four, The Mighty Thor, Darkseid, and The New Gods. More significantly, he created much of the visual language for fantasy and adventure comics. There were comics before Kirby, but for the most part their page layout, graphics, and visual dynamic aped what was being done in syndicated newspaper strips. Almost everything that was different about comic books began in the forties on the drawing table of Jack Kirby. This is his story by one who knew him well--the authorized celebration of the one and only King of Comics and his groundbreaking work. The book includes a gatefold by Alex Ross.

Batmanuel

Which reminds me, i need to order a couple of these Smile

CatFang

Can you get me a copy of The Art of P Craig Russell then?

Details are:

# Hardcover: 256 pages
# Publisher: Desperado Publishing (25 Jul 2007)
# Language English
# ISBN-10: 0979593913
# ISBN-13: 978-0979593918

If you can let me know and I will cancel the order I have with a bookshop that is trying to source it for me.

It is my Valentine's present from Cy so is very important Very Happy

Batmanuel

See what i can do, no peace for the wicked.
So you like the PCR art then, beautiful isn't it, and the book you got in the shop the other day, is it not gob smackingly good, see comics may have stared in the forties, got bogged down in the fifties and exploded in the sixties, but they really didn't come to life until the seventies. and by the eighties, well, Alan Moore, Frank Miller, David Lloyd, Jamie DeLano, say no more guv...say no more Smile

PS. Will email you Smile

CatFang

Thanks.

I already had one thing by P Craig Russell (his adaptation of The Ring Cycle) and loved the art.

The KillRaven stuff (especially Volcana's origin) just blew me away.

Must...have...more...pretty...art...