Jack Kirby drawn by Drew Friedman

The world's finest portrait artist Drew Friedman's take on comics legend Jack Kirby.

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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UncaScrooge

Evan Dorkin speaks on behalf of Jack Kirby.
http://www.youtube.com/user/PipLagenta Pip_R_Lagenta

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!
- David Pescovitz
  
  That’s a terrific painting!!
liquidself

He’s a two-fisted thinker!
http://vinnietesla.com/ Vinnie Tesla

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

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

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.
hyperfocal

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

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).
- Andrew Singleton
  
  Dunno who Friedman is so I’m just taking it as it’s own picture. I like it.
http://www.facebook.com/kai.cable Kai Cable

looks like Stan Lee… just sayin’