Comments on: Jack Kirby drawn by Drew Friedman

By: Kai Cable

Kai Cable — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:13:00 +0000

looks like Stan Lee… just sayin’

By: Andrew Singleton

Andrew Singleton — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:43:00 +0000

Dunno who Friedman is so I’m just taking it as it’s own picture. I like it.

By: Halloween_Jack

Halloween_Jack — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 06:09:00 +0000

I like it. It’s pretty restrained for Friedman, and shows Kirby in a contemplative mood, which is pretty rare if not unheard of among artistic portrayals of him (including self-portraits).

By: Halloween_Jack

Halloween_Jack — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 06:08:00 +0000

Do you know anything about Jack Kirby or his career or his particular focus on “cosmic” heroes?

By: hyperfocal

hyperfocal — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 05:09:00 +0000

I didn’t know Jack had such a colossal head.

By: kiptw

kiptw — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 04:25:00 +0000

My opinion on Friedman has changed a couple of times. I now take his works on their individual merits. I’ll agree he’s generally a fine portrait artist, but this one doesn’t do it for me. It looks like Nixon, and I don’t think Mr. Kirby wanted to be Tricky Dick.

By: aperturehead

aperturehead — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:24:00 +0000

Even back in his purely black and white days, Drew Friedman was heavy-handed to say the least. His more recent colorized illustrations completely lack subtlety and break through into the world of the ham-fisted. I really think he should have allowed his career to come to an end after his bombastic Tor Johnson portraits. And why has Friedman put Jack Kirby in a kind of “grand universe” setting? It makes Kirby look like Wernher Van Braun. Throwing around phrases such as “world’s finest portrait artist” doesn’t make it so.

By: Vinnie Tesla

Vinnie Tesla — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:32:00 +0000

I didn’t know Friedman was capable of non-venomous portraiture!

By: liquidself

liquidself — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:05:00 +0000

He’s a two-fisted thinker!

By: David Pescovitz

David Pescovitz — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:27:00 +0000

That’s a terrific painting!!

By: Pip_R_Lagenta

Pip_R_Lagenta — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:35:00 +0000

O.K., Drew Friedman’s portrait of Jack Kirby is better than mine, http://www.flickr.com/photos/pip_r_lagenta/4212941666/
but I created mine years ago. If Drew Friedman is going to catch up to me, he still has a lot of work to do. Where is Drew Friedman’s portrait of Octavia E. Butler? I ask you!

By: UncaScrooge

UncaScrooge — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:23:00 +0000

Evan Dorkin speaks on behalf of Jack Kirby.