Category: Comic Books

Pulse-Pounding ALL JOE Post!

Joe Sinnott felt his inking style meshed best with John Buscema’s drawings, and I agree with that. But it’s Joe’s work with Jack Kirby that will be best remembered. Here is a prime example.

Tales of Suspense 94, page 2

Joe on Gene Colan was a surprisingly good pairing.

Captain America #116 page 1

Gil Kane was his own best inker. Joe’s inking worked, but it wasn’t an ideal match-up.

Tales of Suspense 90, page 5

Neal Adams and Joe were two masters of comic book art who admired each other’s work, but their styles weren’t complementary.

Thor #180, page 4

The cover art by Buscema for Silver Surfer #1 has Joe’s name written in pencil, but it was obviously inked by Frank Giacoia. Okay, so this post isn’t 100% Joe!

Silver Surfer #1

Late Breaking News

Not so much late breaking news as just late, as this item is from a few days ago.

Disney Vs. Ditko Ends

After more than two years, Disney and subsidiary Marvel have reached a settlement with the estate of acclaimed comic book artist Steve Ditko.

https://deadline.com/2023/12/marvel-court-termination-disney-spider-man-dr-strange-1234843941/

Steve Ditko’s original, unused cover for Amazing Fantasy #15.

Houseroy History

This is some deep “inside baseball,” except it’s about comic books. Funky Flashman is Jack Kirby’s bitter parody of Stan Lee, and Funky’s flunky is Houseroy. He’s a dig at Roy Thomas, who is depicted as being Smithers to Stan’s Mr. Burns, without the gay overtones.

Funky Flashman and Houseroy, with JACK’s characteristically idiosyncratic DIALOGUE putting the emphasis on the WRONG word.

My feeling is that Jack misrepresented Roy, who was pivotal to Marvel’s success during the second half of the 60’s, into the first half of the 70’s while Kirby was at DC. Roy talks about Funky and Houseroy, 50 minutes into this 2-hour interview.

I’m still shaking my head in disbelief from the time five years ago, when Roy and my buddy Bismo teamed up for this bit of fun craziness.