Different styles of classic artwork from your favourite artists

[Rob Allen]

Jack Kirby could also draw in a zany comedy style, completely different from his usual work. He only got to do it in a few annuals and Not Brand Ecch in the 60s.

[dan bailey]

Jack Kirby could also draw in a zany comedy style, completely different from his usual work. He only got to do it in a few annuals and Not Brand Ecch in the 60s.

As well as in a couple of the Mad knockoffs of the mid-'50s, if memory serves.

[Cei-U!]

I love Kirby's Not Brand Echh-style art. You could see how much he enjoyed cutting loose, indulging his silly side and poking fun at his own bread-and-butter.

Cei-U!
I own 100 pairs of stretch socks!

[dan bailey]

I own 100 pairs of stretch socks!

From, as I've noted before, the only iteration of the Silver Surfer I've ever liked.

I love that story.

(Of course, it's no secret that I love Not Brand Echh, period.)

[Jezebel Bond]

I know I have these somewhere, but can someone confirm the original CRAZY comics (pre-magazine size) were reprints of NBE? I think I'll have to dig them out to see what a couple of you are talking about.

[dan bailey]

I believe that's right.

The story in question is "The Silver Burper" (or something very close to that) by Lee & Kirby. It's the highlight of NBE #1; I encountered it in the "Worst of" issue, #10, which in the tragically vanished inaugural Christmas lists of 2005 I ranked as my 5th favorite comic ever.

Outisde NBE, though, the GCD shows reprint appearances only in in Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby #2 & Fantastic Four Omnibus #2.

[Jezebel Bond]

I believe that's right.

The story in question is "The Silver Burper" (or something very close to that) by Lee & Kirby. It's the highlight of NBE #1; I encountered it in the "Worst of" issue, #10, which in the tragically vanished inaugural Christmas lists of 2005 I ranked as my 5th favorite comic ever.

Outisde NBE, though, the GCD shows reprint appearances only in in Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby #2 & Fantastic Four Omnibus #2.

Ok, thanks for that, with some luck I might be able to get 5-6 of these NBEs on loan over the weekend. It's one of those titles I've heard of, but never really paid attention to even though it's Marvel.

And by the way, took you of the i-list...

[dan bailey]

Cool. I've no desire to give or get aggro; I've got plenty of that in real life. Or would if I didn't spend a lot of time biting my tongue for reasons of continued employment.

In other news, peace has broken out in the Middle East.

[dan bailey]

Turns out "The Silver Burper" can be found online in its entirety.

And here's a rundown of the contents my aforementioned beloved Not Brand Echh #10, the "Worst of" issue. Kirby drew not only "The Silver Burper" but the origins of the Mighty Sore & Forbush-Man; the other masterpieces are by the great Marie Severin* (Spidey-Man vs. Gnatman & Rotten, B.L.U.N.D.E.R. Agents & Knock Furious, Agent of S.H.E.E.S.H.) & the pretty-darned-neat Tom Sutton (origin of Charlie America, Echhs-Men vs. Magneat-O), respectively.

Admittedly, it probably helps to have been around 9 when encountering these for the first time. Which, luckily, I was.



*Speaking of whom, my heart was gladdened yesterday by an email informing me that Amazon has shipped my copy of TwoMorrows' new Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics.

[MDG]

Comic artist and animator Bill Wray, who I first knew from things like this:


Also does stuff like this:

[Dizzy D]

Jean Giraud:






And I could go on and on and on. Some artists evolve their style through their career, few can change that often and be excellent every time.

(I think I'm on my image limit for a post now, so just scroll through these:

http://lambiek.net/artists/j/jije.htm

http://lambiek.net/artists/r/rosinski.htm (and they didn't even include this which is a different style again: http://www.zilverendolfijn.nl/zz/fc/1/NL/zd.html?f=gi)

Less extreem but still a huge change in style over his career:

http://lambiek.net/artists/v/vandersteen.htm

[MDG]

pmpknface posted this great pair of LB Coles in the "What have you purchased lately?" thread: