Jack Kirby Black Hole Comic Strips

[palitoy]

I would have gone mention for these as a kid!

[Werewolf]

That's awesome and coincidentally I just rewatched the movie the other day. It still holds up. The effects are gorgeous and I dig the gothic haunted house in space vibe. It's wonderfully spooky and weird.

[Earth 2 Chris]

How long did this strip run?

Being the huge innovator he was, it seems sort of odd that Kirby did quite a few adaptations (this, 2001, a proposed Prisoner series). The mind boggles at a possible Kirby Star Trek!

Chris

[raider5gt]

I would like to know too,how long the run lasted?I have never saw these before,thanks for posting the pics there great.

[samurainoir]

WHATWHAT!!! This is amazing. Hopefully Marvel collects these as they get more into the Disney game with comics... another kirby reprint volume makes total sense to me.

[jwyblejr]

Imagine if Kirby had done Star Wars. That would have been awesome.

[enyawd72]

Holy cow those are AWESOME!!

[Hedji]

I'Ve seen these before, but never in color. And Werewolf is right, Black Hole is a stylish and moody little film. I love it.

[Figuremod73]

Hopefully this will be collected at some point.

This is the only Kirby Star Wars related image that I know of. Is there more? http://betweenthepagesblog.typepad.c...star-wars.html

[kingdom warrior]

How long did this strip run?

Being the huge innovator he was, it seems sort of odd that Kirby did quite a few adaptations (this, 2001, a proposed Prisoner series). The mind boggles at a possible Kirby Star Trek!

Chris

I think these were right up his alley, the kind of stuff he loved to do ,so it's a perfect match....another reason why Kirby is King.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Oh, yeah it is, definitely. But it's kind of weird that he did so much stuff that wasn't his own. Of course he couldn't help but add some wild concepts to his adaptations, like Machine Man in 2001.

Chris

[Godzilla]

This is news to me. I loved the Gold Key comics, but I never knew of a Kirby version.

[YoungOnce]

Love it! Big Jack Kirby fan... Big Black Hole fan... Win/win....

I'd love to know the story behind these. Didn't Disney have a recurring strip where they changed the franchise out from time to time for whatever the next property was they were promoting? I'm guessing these ran for a while while the movie was out or shortly after and then it changed to "Herbie Goes Bananas" or something.

Next question would be how Jack Kirby ended up being the designated artist. Would he have have been involved through DC or Marvel or how would that work ?

[madmarva]

Sort of has a Forbidden Planet vibe to it. Always cool to see Kirby art that I've never seen before.

[kingdom warrior]

^Oh, yeah it is, definitely. But it's kind of weird that he did so much stuff that wasn't his own. Of course he couldn't help but add some wild concepts to his adaptations, like Machine Man in 2001.

Chris

Kirby also had to pay bills and take care of his family.....he was a machine by the time he got to this stage, he could crank it out and make it look majestic like no other.