Peerless Pencil Pushing (King Kirby 021)

Let us pause and just take in the pure joy of Jack Kirby's pencils, characters and compositions when he's drawing a simple picture (or six):

Captain America, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Sandman, Stuntman, and Thor by Jack Kirby (1978)

Saturday Solutions #003 Whozit! (King Kirby 017)

It's time once again for Saturday Solutions, still in dire need of a logo!
Lacking such, let's jump straight to the answers to yesterday's King Kirby edition of Friday Fun & Games:

 

Whozit #1:

Fabiac is an odd creation, but i like the look of him.

Whozit #2:

I'd comment on just using a letter for a name, but since my appellation is -3- it's probably best if i stfu.

 

Whozit #3:

 This guy had an un-name. There. Got all that trick question stuff out of the way.

 

Whozit #4:

 

The illegitimate offspring of Corgi-Boy and a gorilla?  But....  apes don't have tails.

Whozit #5:

Our boy was only named Freddy before he earned his title and his fate.

 

Whozit #6:

Did you say Abominable Snowman? Nope. That's this guy:

 

Our guy was hunting and received the abominable snowman curse, but his name?

Yeah. Sometimes the guy who'll do anything should maybe have reconsidered.

There's your answers, but somehow it seems like just answering yesterday's Friday Fun & Games doesn't really merit the King Kirby 100 inclusion. Hm....  we need bonus.

Mechanoid - While we're giving answers, you got any questions for the King?

Indeed.* Any other questions? Direct them to this guy:

 

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*(Jack, of course, was much too publicly modest to answer this way unless, perhaps, like me he was invoking Henry Mancini's charming reply to Andy Williams in a similar questioning.)

Mechanoid and Odin and all Whozit contestants by Jack Kirby

Whozit contestants from Tales To Astonish #s 9,13,18,20 & 22 (1960-1962) and Alarming Tales #2 (1957)

Jack Kirby by the blessings we don't deserve

Everybody Loves The King (King Kirby 016)

More than anyone else, it seems, Artists love Jack Kirby. I'm perhaps biased in this, as being an artist and creating this King Kirby 100 might give me a slightly skewed perspective in the matter.
I'll tell you one thing though, Alex Ross loves The King:

 

Damn, that's sweet. (As always, click on the image for a better view) This painting, of course, is Alex Ross's take on Kirby's full page panel in New Gods #6, entitled Glory Boat. If you've tragically never read the tale, Kirby's page should convey enough to appreciate the Glory of the Boat:

Meanwhile, back on Earth:

Here's The King's original pencils Mr. Ross was painting from:

...and, just for s&g, here's a look at how closely Alex was following Jack, while giving it his own special touch:

Unfortunately, Alex Ross's signature is cut off at the bottom.

Glory Boat by Jack Kirby from New Gods #6 (1972) and by Alex Ross (2007), Captain America also by Kirby & Ross(?-20th Century)

Whence Came The Logo? (King Kirby 009)

Let's go bigger on the King Kirby 100 logo this time:


Some may be wondering where the logo came from.
Well, not so much. You probably figured it was from me. I mean, what was the source artwork for the logo?

Better question, with a much better answer. Before they were savagely butchered and maimed by my hand, two different paintings provided the artwork.
The first GOD, drawn and coloured by Jack Kirby with inks by Mike Royer:

The second is KIRBY DREAM MACHINE, painted by the King:

That colour seam in the middle is the result of being painted on two canvases. This painting is a bit large, over 5 foot wide. Obviously, i also mutilated the colours on this one.
For scale, here's Jack at work on the left panel of the painting :

Somehow it seems like that should be a shrine now...

GOD and KIRBY DREAM MACHINE by Jack Kirby, partially abetted by Mike Royer (1970&1975)