tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039076.post1845169386358200266..comments2023-04-04T02:17:53.137-07:00Comments on Patrick McEvoy's Megaflow news: Kirby - always the kingPatrick McEvoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10908082386583161219noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039076.post-46553757409354600622009-08-10T15:58:49.836-07:002009-08-10T15:58:49.836-07:00Good piece. Just one comment about Colletta erasin...Good piece. Just one comment about Colletta erasing and/or simplifying Kirby's pencils. Out of maybe a thousand pages they collaborated on there are less than ten where Vince changed or omitted anything. That's a very small percentage but look how some people have pumped it into a piece of comic book lore. Too bad, the guy deserved better....Nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15648779195240479272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039076.post-56593410514027676662009-05-10T09:02:00.000-07:002009-05-10T09:02:00.000-07:00That's a good point. No one ever complains that Si...That's a good point. No one ever complains that Sinnott virtually redrew all of Kirby's faces - because the result was great: the best of both artists. It seems to me that the meshing of Kirby and Colletta did the same thing, as together they looked like a third artist entirely. <br /><br />Perhaps the most "pure" Kirby inker was Royer, who just took Kirby's pencils to their most logical conclusion in inks. And it looked great on such books as New Gods, Mr. Miracle, OMAC, Kamandi, etc. But traditionally that's not always the job of an inker. The importance of the synthesis of the two artists can't be underestimated. <br /><br />Bottom line: you're right. If you don't like Colletta for "changing" Kirby, then really you have to dislike Sinnott (and Wood, and Simon, and many others) for the same thing. And that's silly!Patrick McEvoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10908082386583161219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039076.post-77006840996196258342009-05-09T15:53:00.000-07:002009-05-09T15:53:00.000-07:00What Vinnie Colletta did was temper Kirby's excess...What Vinnie Colletta did was temper Kirby's excesses. The same can be said for Joe Sinnott. I'm sure that other inkers erased things they saw as unneccessary but for some reason Colletta got singled out by the Kirbyphiles.<br /><br />I loved Colletta's inking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039076.post-88630425435025318342009-04-17T12:18:00.000-07:002009-04-17T12:18:00.000-07:00That's the first I've heard of that, but judging b...That's the first I've heard of that, but judging by the out-of-proportion anger even 40 years later, it's possible...<br /><br />Though the Kirby Collector has shown many instances where it demonstrably DID happen, so it's based on fact. However I've never been all that convinced that it was that bad a thing, overall. Sometimes it made for a punchier panel to get rid of extraneous stuff. Sometimes.Patrick McEvoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10908082386583161219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039076.post-76996859876956571512009-04-12T15:52:00.000-07:002009-04-12T15:52:00.000-07:00Lately I have read that the furor over Colletta's ...Lately I have read that the furor over Colletta's erasing things was mostly made up by the guys who convinced Kirby to change inkers because angry fans were writing to DC Comics saying they preferred Colletta.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039076.post-52947051980140882342009-02-08T14:10:00.000-08:002009-02-08T14:10:00.000-08:00Thank you sir, and thanks for commenting!Thank you sir, and thanks for commenting!Patrick McEvoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10908082386583161219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039076.post-14511548497261271732009-01-31T18:05:00.000-08:002009-01-31T18:05:00.000-08:00Kirby and Colletta on the Thor comics were the bes...Kirby and Colletta on the Thor comics were the best thing I have seen artistically. You wrote a nice article.Fat Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18393353811320508300noreply@blogger.com