HOW JACK KIRBY CREATED COMICS ACTION (full)

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  • Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
  • How Marvel Comics co-creator, Jack Kirby, created action in comics.
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  • @ComicBookMuscle
    @ComicBookMuscle 4 місяці тому +6

    4:32 is a precursor to visual language used in a lot of action manga. Speed lines, deformation, camera angles, impact.

  • @JefferySummers-nm7st
    @JefferySummers-nm7st 6 місяців тому +5

    He created the artform,...a badass, God bless him, RIP.

  • @josuemenjivar618
    @josuemenjivar618 Рік тому +16

    Seriously, I've always been a fan of your work but with this channel, you not only show your impressive design and production, but you also show gratitude and respect for those who came before you. I just love anything about Jack Kirby and you truly honor the King.

    • @jasonlatour
      @jasonlatour  Рік тому +3

      That’s truly kind of you to say and makes doing these videos all the more rewarding. Thanks

  • @Hypersonicmind
    @Hypersonicmind Рік тому +7

    Excellent job! Steranko understood what you are talking about as well.

  • @oldmandavid7944
    @oldmandavid7944 Рік тому +10

    I could listen to you talk about Kirby all day !

    • @jasonlatour
      @jasonlatour  Рік тому +3

      You might just be able to before it's all said and done :)

  • @MatthewMoreau
    @MatthewMoreau Рік тому +9

    Awesome, I love how you put DNA into Jack Kirby's work. It's so awesome that Jack Kirby's art is so outstanding. Really appreciate it.

    • @jasonlatour
      @jasonlatour  Рік тому +1

      Thank you. Appreciate you watching

  • @EclecticBlackNerdNiche
    @EclecticBlackNerdNiche 3 місяці тому

    Felt the exact same way about Kirby's art as a kid. I was more drawn to Jim Lee or Mark Bagley but as an adult, I definitely came to appreciate and love his art. The same with Mike Allred's art, I avoided it as a kid but love it as an adult.

  • @jeremybear573
    @jeremybear573 10 місяців тому +2

    I recently came across Mighty Marvel Marathon video here on YT. I instanly became intranced in the animation style and story telling. After reading through the comment section of that video , i came across many statements on how Jack Kirby was "done dirty" bc of a lack of financial compensation of his work on the comics and cartoons.
    I then realized that the cartoons were a live action of the comics. I was memorized by this and wondered how these cartoons came directly from Kirbys art and how exactly how the cartoons translated from the comics. I also wondered how the voice actors in the picture's were incorporated to animation. 🤔
    I'm intrigued as to how this process worked and appreciate your work here as a glimps into this process. Thank you for sharing your information on this tipic and i look forward to more if possible!
    If anyone can refer me to more information into the comic to cartoon process with the Marvel comics and Jack Kirby!
    Thanks again!

  • @comicssecrethistory3538
    @comicssecrethistory3538 Рік тому +10

    I've been so impressed with your goals and storytelling in these vids I never noticed before how brilliant your production is!!!! 'The Drawl' should be mandatory on ANY course concerning Comic's AND their creation. Outstanding

    • @jasonlatour
      @jasonlatour  Рік тому +2

      Thank you, Mikey. Just trying my best to make something holistically valuable and enjoyable. Really thrilled you enjoyed it.

  • @Tellin08
    @Tellin08 Рік тому +3

    This is a great analysis of that fight panel. Everyone knows there;s magic and power in Jack kirby's art but you are telling why his stuff works.
    One thing that I simply like is that Jack doesn't try to break out of the panel or change the size of the panels at all. And he doesn't change the size of the figures that much either. And the camera angles don't follow any sense of a hollywood style cinematography. Instead he follows a simple comic strip approach where you're able to focus on a simple but telling visual from one panel to the next. It's very easy to tell what's going on so I find myself focused on whats happening instead of trying to piece things together like a puzzle. And that combined with his amazing abstract powerful art style makes it very memorable.
    I find myself really enjoying panel transitions in modern comics but when it comes to remembering stuff, Jack kirby's work always comes first to my mind even if its not his best stuff.

    • @jasonlatour
      @jasonlatour  Рік тому +2

      Thank you, it means a lot that you’d take a minute to say all that. I agree that sometimes comics just work best as comics and no one was better at that than Kirby. Even on an off day.

  • @whowhatjay
    @whowhatjay Рік тому +2

    Great video! Glad you switched to doing this natural way of speaking/narration style. Much preferred 🙏

    • @jasonlatour
      @jasonlatour  Рік тому +1

      Hey thanks. The voice is only regulated by coffee intake. So who knows what you’ll get next.

  • @mathewsydney8929
    @mathewsydney8929 Місяць тому

    I never cared for Jack Kirby much before. I was always more into John Byrne, Paul Smith, Bill Sienkiewicz... but when I started reading the original FF run by Kirby and Lee it clicked for me. He's a true master at visual story-telling. It's both potent and economical. He truly was a genius!

    • @jasonlatour
      @jasonlatour  Місяць тому

      Everyone you listed is great. Glad you came around to Kirby too!

  • @MWP12
    @MWP12 Місяць тому +1

    Great video. I also think this flow from panel to panel and rejection of the comparatively dull marvel approach (compared to Kirbys idiosyncrasies) comes in part from Kirbys working around animators who back in that early period came from a background of studying master paintings and sculptures which were much about movement of eye in space and the use of form.

    • @jasonlatour
      @jasonlatour  Місяць тому

      That’s definitely a good theory.

    • @jasonlatour
      @jasonlatour  Місяць тому

      Also: thank you!

    • @MWP12
      @MWP12 Місяць тому

      @@jasonlatour Of course sequencing/flow panel to panel in comics is central to comics. If you look at various theories and writtings by artists on painting it's also inherent to drawing, painitng, music, theatre and so on. Animators like Chuck Jones were heavily influenced by painting, theatre, music, philosophy and religious texts. The Oscar winning animation 'What's Opera Doc?' shows Jones' interests openly, he really understood these art forms.

    • @MWP12
      @MWP12 Місяць тому

      @@jasonlatour No, thank you. Great video.

  • @antonydrossos5719
    @antonydrossos5719 4 місяці тому +2

    Subscribed just because you're a fellow John Byrne fan!

    • @jasonlatour
      @jasonlatour  4 місяці тому

      Grew up on his work, so I definitely have some regard for it.

  • @kenkenshiro6779
    @kenkenshiro6779 Рік тому +4

    Same with me i did not like kirbys art at first, maybe because i grew up in the days of the extreme 90s comic era with big men with big muscles and lots of pouches. But as i grew older kirby out shun alot of artists in his day and was a genius on the page.

    • @jasonlatour
      @jasonlatour  Рік тому +1

      Every generation has its own thing. It’s supposed to. The great stuff lasts through trends.

  • @powerbadpowerbad
    @powerbadpowerbad Рік тому +2

    I LOVE Kirby,more so for how he grew-up.I grew-up in very high-crime projects/hoods,fought with guns,knives,bare-handed,etc,etc,..He fought in WW2,was a scout ( very dangerous,if you're caught,instant death )I did 4 deployments to go fight in Iraq with the Texas Guard ( did 2 tours with an infantry unit ) I was very good at it too. LOL. My soldiers called me-MAD-DOG behind my back,got a good laugh about that when someone told me.I concluded this with being a civilian contracter over-seas ( Qatar,Iraq,Kuwaitt & Afghanistan )for over 10 yrs.

    • @jasonlatour
      @jasonlatour  Рік тому +1

      Glad you made it home safely. Thanks so much for watching.

  • @danieladamczyk4024
    @danieladamczyk4024 Рік тому

    I was looking for someone like you. Now my search is completed. Thank you.

  • @SevenDeMagnus
    @SevenDeMagnus Рік тому +2

    Thank you so much sirs Jack and Bernie Krigstein (he pioneered the many, many panels for a clearer flow of the scene).
    God bless.

  • @FilmshooterOH
    @FilmshooterOH Рік тому +1

    Great insights on Jack. That said, I find it annoying that you slap your captions right in the middle of a lot of work. It covers up a lot of the great artwork.

  • @DerekWill-qp5ge
    @DerekWill-qp5ge Рік тому +2

    Number one! He was a phenomenall costume designer! And other great, book artist learned from him! Like George Perez! Dave cockrum! John Romita Sr. Etc ..

  • @irenecraggs6123
    @irenecraggs6123 8 місяців тому

    thats why Kirby is the King

  • @oldmandavid7944
    @oldmandavid7944 Рік тому +2

    I love these videos

    • @jasonlatour
      @jasonlatour  Рік тому +1

      Thank you, David. Really appreciate you watching and commenting.

  • @mixabyss7744
    @mixabyss7744 Рік тому +1

    Middle child instrumental for the king Kirby theme 🔥

  • @sloansabbath7117
    @sloansabbath7117 Рік тому +3

    Lmao Jack Kirby was a GOON!? 😂😫 I mean it makes sense 😅

  • @sinchman1
    @sinchman1 Рік тому +2

    Jack Kirby was the true (KING)... Stan Lee was a piece of shit for what he did to Jack and Steve taking credit for the ideas and character design that these two created. I actually called Stan Lee out in 1987 at a comic convention at the Hotel Pennsylvania in NY in front of Dave Cockrum and John Byrne and fans.

  • @wacokidjim1973
    @wacokidjim1973 11 місяців тому +1

    You know how good the art of Kirby is? Yeah, I'm going to cover it up with text from me. I could just have uploaded the CC file, but my ego wouldn't allow that.

    • @jasonlatour
      @jasonlatour  11 місяців тому

      The art is out there and readily available for you to purchase if you really want a better look and chance to support Kirby’s work.

  • @SevenDeMagnus
    @SevenDeMagnus Рік тому +3

    New subscriber here.

  • @jonathanhathaway7796
    @jonathanhathaway7796 9 місяців тому +1

    Ha ha, I love it, Jacob Ain't-got-time-to-bleed Kurtzberg!!

  • @Skipray_Blastboat
    @Skipray_Blastboat Рік тому +3

    Fuck yes!

  • @homerwitham768
    @homerwitham768 Рік тому

    That is the fight scene with Cap and Batroc from Captain America: Winter Soldier.

    • @jasonlatour
      @jasonlatour  Рік тому +1

      They’re definitely paying it some homage

  • @VividMind-40of60
    @VividMind-40of60 9 місяців тому +1

    There should be way more likes on this video post.

    • @jasonlatour
      @jasonlatour  9 місяців тому

      Thank you. Spread the word!

  • @nathangarcia7921
    @nathangarcia7921 9 місяців тому +1

    I do disagree with you about subtlety. Maybe not in foreground, but in splash pages and background he uses subtlety in his pages

    • @jasonlatour
      @jasonlatour  9 місяців тому +1

      Well… we are on the same team. If you watch the whole video, by the end I tried to (subtly) make the case that he’s more nuanced than most people credit him for being.

  • @brucedavis3816
    @brucedavis3816 10 місяців тому +1

    I noticed that Jack Kirby gave a somewhat apeish look to all his caracters when working for marvel. Seemed like the bad guys had an overly jutted and big jaw and overly square forehead. While the good guys you could kind of see it but it wasnt as overly noticeable
    When he did get to DC it was there but toned down but if you looked close you could kind of see it!!!!

    • @jasonlatour
      @jasonlatour  10 місяців тому

      There’s some discussion of that in the new gods videos on this channel. There’s definitely times when he was very direct with his visual metaphors.

    • @brucedavis3816
      @brucedavis3816 10 місяців тому

      @@jasonlatour thanks!!!

  • @thesmilyguyguy9799
    @thesmilyguyguy9799 6 місяців тому +1

    : « D

  • @strangesightsinthesky
    @strangesightsinthesky 9 місяців тому

    ugly?look at his early 60s work.kirby's art was the most beautiful compared to anyone's.just look at all the covers.no one can compare to that artistry.

    • @jasonlatour
      @jasonlatour  9 місяців тому

      “Ugly” was a description of how it felt at first blush at the time of discovery. Obviously I am a huge fan and admirer of his art.

  • @o82774
    @o82774 Рік тому

    Kirby was phenomenal but had weaknesses. He couldn't finish a drawing without an inker, his figures were over-blocky and stiff and his work while bursting with power... lacked beauty and could be goofy af. Time to let go of ALL comics legends and EVOLVE.