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Jack Kirby (3 Points)

     For this week, I read the Jack Kirby Interview, Young Romance, and the Fantastic Four story boards. Reading his interview first gave a lot of insight to what he makes and how he makes it. When he first became interested in comics, he really went for quality comics, and he says Milton Caniff was one of his inspirations, which I think reflects in his art. I think it particularly shows up in Young Romance. The art for Young Romance had a very familiar style to Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon. I also found his story boarding to be interesting in both how comic story boards are produced, as well as the format of the story boards. Overall, it is interesting to see how someone who is proficient in drawing comics goes about the process of making one. Seeing the less detailed work and panels that are completely 'x'ed out made it possible for me to get into the mindset of how an artist might go about making one. Additionally, I thought it was interesting that he did not make his panels with the words or dialogue in mind. By that, I mean he did not place the words on the panels, but rather placed them underneath. I feel like this process might not be as efficient, since his drawings seem to be composed without them, and adding them in later might prove to be difficult. Nevertheless, I did like his compositions. It made the panels seem well-spaced out and allowed for good timing as I read the comic.

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