By: Eric Orchard,
on 2/18/2009
One last Jack Kirby Fourth World sketch. This is my favorite Kirby hero of all, Mister Miracle. Mister Miracle is a super escape artist from another world, who uses a sort of sentient computer to help him. If you're interested in these books at all please check them out, they are seriously some of the most fun comics I've ever read.
By: Eric Orchard,
on 2/16/2009
On the train ride home from Montreal I read one of the omnibus editions of Jack Kirby's Fourth world comics he did in the 70's. I was really struck by this villain, mystivac. He's a south American idol/robot operated by a small alien with a super persuasive voice that sits in Mystivac's head. Kirby's Fourth World stuff for DC comics are some of my favorites comic books of all time, they were strange but a lot of fun and really written for all ages which is something that's really missing from superhero comics today.
I painted this using my travel watercolours over brushpen. I'm thinking of switching from watercolour tubes to half pans, I seem to waste so much paint using tubes.
i love it
really cool job ;)
Thanks Sterphane!
LOVE it!!!
amazing, mr miracle is my favorite as well. the quality of the drawing is really beautiful.
Thanks Rawls!
Thanks S.M!
I really think no one did better superheros then Kirby.
That is really beautiful.
Thanks Rachelle!
Hey, Mister Miracle is my favorite Fourth World character too. I recently read all of the Kirby Mister Miracle issues and they were great. I actually started a Mister Miracle blog, but that kind of fell by the wayside:
http://miracletalk.blogspot.com/
I'm closing in on getting all of the Kirby Mister Miracle comics-- great fun! Very nice drawing. Your style on this character is wonderful.
That's so cool Josh! I had no idea you were an MM expert! I'm really glad you like this piece. Love your MM blog, really cool.
Thanks Jeff! Those books always seem fresh to me.
Alas, Mister Miracle (and Big Barda) were recently killed in the "Death of the New Gods" miniseries... but I'm planning to bring them back some way, somehow ;)
I haven't read it but just read the Wikipedia entry and it sounds depressing and convoluted(I doubt if Mr.Starlin is reading my blog..) Why does everyone have such a hard time writing the New Gods?I think everyone probably treats them too seriously. The original stories are really fun, kinda like your stories....