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I loved the early Marvel Age, but over time I noticed something interesting about Kirby's work. He depended a great deal on his inkers. I wonder how much work he actually put into the books during the 60's, since he was penciling the majority of them. But if you check out his art in the Fantastic Four run, you can see that his work when inked by Dick Ayers looks very much like Dick Ayers own style. When Paul Reinman did it, Kirby's art looked like crap. Those few times Steve Ditko inked Kirby's work, it really looked nothing like Kirby.
So, I really do wonder how much of this stuff was actually Jack.
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I loved the early Marvel Age, but over time I noticed something interesting about Kirby's work. He depended a great deal on his inkers. I wonder how much work he actually put into the books during the 60's, since he was penciling the majority of them. But if you check out his art in the Fantastic Four run, you can see that his work when inked by Dick Ayers looks very much like Dick Ayers own style. When Paul Reinman did it, Kirby's art looked like crap. Those few times Steve Ditko inked Kirby's work, it really looked nothing like Kirby.
So, I really do wonder how much of this stuff was actually Jack.
When Vince Colletta inked Kirby, he watered down the power of his strong lines- When Colletta inked ANYBODY he did that, almost ruining it. Something of a hack. I understand he farmed out a lot of the pages he inked to his wife and family to work on... Kirby looked great inked by Joe Sinnott.
As to all these sixties and seventies Marvels, I had them all. Back issues from 1968 up, off the newsstand new when I bought them from 1969- 1975.
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I loved the early Marvel Age, but over time I noticed something interesting about Kirby's work. He depended a great deal on his inkers. I wonder how much work he actually put into the books during the 60's, since he was penciling the majority of them. But if you check out his art in the Fantastic Four run, you can see that his work when inked by Dick Ayers looks very much like Dick Ayers own style. When Paul Reinman did it, Kirby's art looked like crap. Those few times Steve Ditko inked Kirby's work, it really looked nothing like Kirby.
So, I really do wonder how much of this stuff was actually Jack.
You're dead wrong about Kirby's pencils. Tons of them still exist from all throughout the sixties and seventies, and they're always tight and detailed, except when his credit is for layouts only. He didn't so much depend on his inkers as he was butchered by some of them. Someone mentioned the excellent magazine THE JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR, where you can see examples of this firsthand. Colletta would routinely LEAVE OUT background characters and details, then erase the pencil lines Jack had drawn! Kirby didn't concern himself much with the inking on his work, so focused was he on his prodigious output.
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Talking about MAJOR PET PEEVES Department:
When Vince Colletta inked (nay, for us, profoundly ruined) Kirby's majestic pencils,
it useta drive us absolutely, totally NUTS!
Whatever the reasons Stan assigned him for, the end result always, Always, ALWAYS seemed to drain the pageantry (if not quite the unmatchable power) of The King's pencils.
After awhile, you kinda got used to it (Tales of Asgard, for instance,).
Different inkers naturally provided their own artistic personality (Reinman's were listless, Ayers perfectly credible, Barry Smith's added a wholly different style).
Our favorite of all Jack's inkers were Chic Stone
and, of course, the unparalleled Joe Sinnott!!!!!!!
Oh, and the Kree-Skull War IS one of those All-Time Highlights, too ...
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I'm with you all the way on MASTER OF KUNG FU, Mike! Where the hell is our Marvel Masterworks reprint of that classic stuff???
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On a sad note, one of the great Marvel writers died this week. Steve Gerber, creator of HOWARD THE DUCK and writer on MAN-THING, succumbed to a longterm illness. He was only 60.
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When Titans Collaborate Department:
Steve G. and Jack
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