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Post by kirby101 on Jun 25, 2020 11:05:32 GMT -5
A tremendous talent with a long, long career.
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Post by tarkintino on Jun 25, 2020 11:25:10 GMT -5
He will be missed. You cannot even think of the Silver Age Marvel explosion without thinking of Joe Sinnott and his grand contributions to endless great comics.
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 25, 2020 11:32:40 GMT -5
One of the handful of people who could properly ink Jack Kirby pencils.
Vaya con Dios, Joe.
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Post by brutalis on Jun 25, 2020 11:39:28 GMT -5
Another great one gone who could pencil and ink and was one of the best in both efforts! Glad to having lots of Joltin' Joe books in my collection to enjoy over and over again. A very essential part of my FF love growing up and he made King Kirby look very sleek and futuristic while capturing the human elements of the 1st family of Cosmic Rays...You will be missed but remembered Mr. Sinnott!
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Post by MDG on Jun 25, 2020 12:17:38 GMT -5
That's a shame--I saw him at a show as recently as last Oct or Nov, and while he looked frail, he still liked to get out and see the fans. An excellent artist and great guy.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 25, 2020 12:21:21 GMT -5
I found this pic of him. So much win everywhere you look. And I really don't remember ever seeing a picture of him when he wasn't smiling. He seemed to genuinely be happy and love people.  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 25, 2020 12:35:10 GMT -5
Sinnott was an incredibly classy guy from everything I've ever read. And I agree with Slam_Bradley ; he was the perfect inker for Kirby. And he was also superb on Buscema's pencils. Also an excellent penciler himself... Reminds me of Joe Maneely.    Reposted from the RIP thread, with a couple of extra pages.) |
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Post by kirby101 on Jun 25, 2020 15:47:07 GMT -5
One of the things Joe should be credited with is he stayed on the FF for about 130 issues after Kirby left. Up until John Byrne took over. Through Buscema, Buckler, Perez and Seinkewicz among others, he kept the quality of the art and the look of the book consistent.
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Post by beccabear67 on Jun 25, 2020 16:12:37 GMT -5
He was definitely one of the all-time greats!  |
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Post by profh0011 on Jun 25, 2020 19:35:21 GMT -5
My FAVORITE inker.
Often, when I'd ink my own pencils, I'd try to have it come out looking like Sinnott... but it often came out looking like Dick Ayers. (another guy I miss!)
I know at least one person online who accused Sinnott of "changing Kirby's art TOO MUCH". And I know what he means. But compare to too many who REALLY changed Kirby's art, Sinnott was an ideal compromise. He made the finished art GLEAM.
He was also my favorite inker over Jim Steranko.
It's a shame I never got to meet him (but then, that goes for too many people).
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 25, 2020 21:00:42 GMT -5
He was great. Another punch to the gut.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 25, 2020 21:06:12 GMT -5
He made Buscema's Thor look as if Hal Foster had had a hand in it.  And that combination on the Silver Surfer made up for pages' worth of navel-gazing.  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 26, 2020 5:14:39 GMT -5
Kirby had three inkers that I associate him with- Colletta, Mike Royer and Joe Sinnott. Sinnott made everything look better.
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Post by MDG on Jun 26, 2020 7:33:04 GMT -5
Sinnott's really set the template for Marvel's "house style" in the 70s. While I don't think he "changed" Kirby's art, he did tone down some of the stylistic excesses, while emphasizing character and emotion. Royer's and Berry's more "slavish" fidelity to Kirby's pencils made it harder for some readers to embrace his art, especially post-Adams where "realism"--or at least the appearance of realism--seemed to be the goal.
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Post by kirby101 on Jun 26, 2020 7:55:38 GMT -5
Beautiful work on artists other than Kirby. Adams  Gil Kane  Gene Colan  |
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