Week 4: Jack "The King" Kirby

One of the comic book legends, I'd guess. I certainly hear his name often enough. Just looking down the list of characters he created and co-crated, he made... holy cow that's a lot... Captain America, Fantastic Four, Incredible Hulk, The Mighty Thor, Nick Fury, X-Men, The Avengers, Iron Man, Black Panther,Machine Man, The Eternals, Devil Dinosaur, Silver Surfer, Challengers Of The Unknown, New Gods (including Darkseid), Etrigan the Demon, Kamandi The Last Boy On Earth, OMAC The One Man Army Corps, and Kobra. And probably other stuff, too.

I wanna try making a Kirby krackle effect now.

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Week 4: Walt Kelly

Hillariously enough, Walt Kelly started out working for Walt Disney--but he didn't stay long, it seems. After resigning, he switched to comic strips and came up with Pogo.



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Week 4: Ben Katchor

Ben Katchor is a cartoonist that, among other things, is responsible for creating Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer.

Can't say I care uch for his art. In fact, I think I like it less the more I look at it.






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Week 4: George Herriman

George Herriman was a cartoonist that had been working professionally since age 17. He seems to have made all sorts of different comics, but his most famous work is Krazy Kat. Skimming through Google Image Search reveals two interesting features of Herriman's work: an atmospheric use of black and adventurousness with panel layouts.

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