tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post3236308443904988311..comments2024-03-27T05:22:27.604-05:00Comments on Eddie Campbell: Eddie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-5400753501763410912008-03-29T05:32:00.000-05:002008-03-29T05:32:00.000-05:00Were these the UK reprint editions that always had...Were these the UK reprint editions that always had, from memory, 2 ink colours - black and green (Hulk?) or black and red (Daredevil?), etc? With an occasional full colour story? I have such fond memories of the UK reprint of the first X-Men vs The Juggernaut story as being the very first Kirby drawn comic I ever read. And I read it to death. Time after time for months. Had no idea who the characters were, but the whole thing was just wonderful to me at the time. And such a difference to the B&W reprint books in Australia that used to have a mixture of Curt Swan Superman stuff, Adams' or Robins' Batman stories, and a sizable dose of reprints of Dick Sprang and Wayne Boring and their colleagues of the earlier years. Ah those were the days! When a story was fun and continuity was a novelty. Superman AND Batman in a story together. The Human Torch in an X-Men story. Wow!! Now its all so serious. I think Mr Colletta's fine line work that suffered so badly at the hands of poor printing back in the 60's would be seen by the detail obsessed readers of today in a much better light with the better printing that is now used. Its truly sad that people like Vince Colletta and Don Heck and Wayne Boring are looked upon poorly now. These were fabulous artists producing some marvelous entertainment in such short timeframes and being paid so poorly for their efforts.desembreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17769225254856284990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-70122288221060589692008-03-26T16:21:00.000-05:002008-03-26T16:21:00.000-05:00"on the contrary, Kirby didn't like Colletta inkin..."on the contrary, Kirby didn't like Colletta inking his work, but he didn't have much choice in the matter."<BR/><BR/>Oh. Well.James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-62590799327428312152008-03-26T12:56:00.000-05:002008-03-26T12:56:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Mark Parsonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17664542532098855920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-58496617040287147982008-03-26T00:10:00.000-05:002008-03-26T00:10:00.000-05:00on the contrary, Kirby didn't like Colletta inking...on the contrary, Kirby didn't like Colletta inking his work, but he didn't have much choice in the matter.Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-21870490613816968262008-03-25T20:53:00.000-05:002008-03-25T20:53:00.000-05:00Don't feel bad. I know lots of comic fans who thin...Don't feel bad. I know lots of comic fans who think Vinnie Colletta was Kirby's best inker. No matter what anyone else says, Kirby must have thought he was a good inker, for he inked so much of Kirby's work. I think he would have put a stop to that if he felt it wasn't good up to standards.James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-71509289932330694982008-03-25T20:22:00.000-05:002008-03-25T20:22:00.000-05:00Mark,when I get a query like this I normally would...Mark,<BR/><BR/>when I get a query like this I normally would leave contact details in The questioner's blog, but I see you don't have one. Either leave a contact email address here (I can copy and then delete it) or just ask the query here.<BR/><BR/>EddieEddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-42365834617221978812008-03-25T20:10:00.000-05:002008-03-25T20:10:00.000-05:00Waiting for THOR masterworks has been excruciating...Waiting for THOR masterworks has been excruciating! A new one on the way though...<BR/><BR/>Eddie, I have a permission question relating to an academic project. May I email you (can't locate address) or pose the query in this comments forum?Mark Parsonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17664542532098855920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-41131616679540942008-03-25T18:49:00.000-05:002008-03-25T18:49:00.000-05:00Michael,well spotted.but perhaps you overlooked th...Michael,<BR/>well spotted.<BR/>but perhaps you overlooked the article I wrote in one of the 'Kirby Collectors' about how i picked up the mythology bug form the lee-Kirby Thor.<BR/><BR/>I can't recall which issue...Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-3374736853587468522008-03-25T18:29:00.000-05:002008-03-25T18:29:00.000-05:00"PLUTO,THE EVIL GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD, IS IN HOLLY..."PLUTO,THE EVIL GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD, IS IN HOLLYWOOD PLOTTING TO TRAP HERCULES!"<BR/><BR/>I was going to say that that caption captures everything that was both exactly right and exactly wrong about comics from the late 60s. <BR/><BR/>But then it occurred to me that that premise is not all that far from the Telchines vs. Joe Theseus stories. Now I'm confused.<BR/><BR/>Which makes me wonder, tangentially, how much the whole Bacchus cycle is based on your childhood reading Kirby's Thor stories, and if you've written (or been interviewed) about the connection anywhere.<BR/><BR/>Loved the colored pages! Makes me want to get my Jack Kirby Collectors and start doing the same while my daughter is in her coloring books.<BR/><BR/>Michael GrabowskiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-24168336704601663842008-03-25T17:52:00.000-05:002008-03-25T17:52:00.000-05:00Threw them out???!!NooooooooooocheersB SmithPS I p...Threw them out???!!<BR/><BR/>Nooooooooooo<BR/><BR/>cheers<BR/>B Smith<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>PS I picked up one of those weeklies decades ago at a church fete and discovered that someone had applied their colour pencils to a few pages of the Iron Man story....I tell you what, they did a top notch job; if I were Stan, I'd have given 'em a job on the spot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com