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Post by tarkintino on Feb 15, 2024 17:11:03 GMT -5
I have always been averse to buying into "the hype machine". Even at 9, I had to be DRAGGED to see Star Wars, because I was sick of hearing about it in the news, seeing it in the newspaper, etc. Now, once I was there, it was a life changing experience, but I was dead against buying the hype. I am a computer 3D artist, and I have never seen Avatar, 1 or 2. Too much buzz and hype. With all the hype around the Star Wars Disney sequels, I really became soured on Star Wars, in general (though, I have recently rekindled my love for the Original Trilogy). That being said, I have found the unavoidable, relentless hype for Jack Kirby (and dismissive attitudes toward Stan Lee, or even his inkers) have really put me off of the King. I have always been a huge Kirby fan, and have always had an appreciation for his work and his life story. But, lately, it seems like you either bow at the altar of Kirby and his undying genius, or you don't understand comics. I'm kind of tired of it all, and it really has soured me from wanting to continue to dive into Kirby's creations that I haven't experienced, yet. Maybe I'll come back around, maybe not. So, in short, I'm sick of the Kirby hype machine. There, I said it. Quoted for truth on so many levels.
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 15, 2024 17:08:38 GMT -5
Kirby needed great inkers. There's no getting around that. Clearly, Colletta was not at the top of the list, but it is undeniable that the best of Kirby's Marvel work was bolstered / helped to immeasurable degrees by supremely talented inkers who hold a permanent spot in any comic book history hall of fame.
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 15, 2024 17:02:56 GMT -5
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 15, 2024 11:25:23 GMT -5
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 15, 2024 10:44:56 GMT -5
Four Color #828
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 15, 2024 9:12:18 GMT -5
Detective Comics #826
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 15, 2024 7:49:33 GMT -5
There's a ton of intelligent, drop-dead gorgeous covers this week.
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 14, 2024 18:15:30 GMT -5
Secrets of Sinister House #13 (September, 1973). Cover by Nick Cardy.
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 14, 2024 17:59:44 GMT -5
JUNGLE TALES #1, September 1954, Atlas Comics (Marvel) So, JUNGLE TALES #1? It’s a Jungle Gem, for me. The Atlas jungle comics are always fun, quick reads, never a grind to read like some of the other jungle comics I’ve had to plough through. Atlas’ policy of short tales with focused plots make for easily digestible treats, the art is always competent if not always impressive, and the variety of features in this issue hadn’t been seen since the glory days of Fiction House’s early JUNGLE COMICS. Two origin stories of two worthy character concepts each provide some relatively fresh twists on the usual jungle heroes. The Unknown Jungle evokes the more memorable nature films that kids have always had to sit through in school. The text story is really worth reading, and the story I most expected to dislike, with the generic and well-worn white hunter character turns out to be an enjoyable yarn. I'm a bit sad that I have only one more Atlas jungle comic on my list, and it's only there on a technicality... In all honesty, I was not too impressed with Jungle Tales, since so many of the stories were not treading on new ground to take the genre in an interesting direction. The one thing I can appreciate about the issue is the format, where stories--as you point out--were short & easily digestible, a format Atlas would use in the original Marvel Tales and other anthology titles running into the early Silver Age of Marvel (before transitioning to superhero titles). If anything, I wish Atlas had tried their hand at more adult "jungle" stories, whether as a series or one-shot (e.g. what was happening in various E.C. titles at the same time), just to take the genre out of the sort of dry adventure copied time after time in pulps and serials for decades up that point.
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 14, 2024 14:36:58 GMT -5
Four Color #824
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 14, 2024 14:34:37 GMT -5
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 14, 2024 9:12:05 GMT -5
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 14, 2024 9:02:54 GMT -5
The Vault of Horror #39 (November, 1954).
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 14, 2024 3:55:37 GMT -5
PEP Comics #105 (September, 1954).
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 14, 2024 3:53:35 GMT -5
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