http://asitecalledfred.com/2008/03/25/comics-in-context-219-kirby-at-the-crossroads/ Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:07:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 http://asitecalledfred.com/2008/03/25/comics-in-context-219-kirby-at-the-crossroads/comment-page-1/#comment-3121 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:07:55 +0000 http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/2008/03/25/comics-in-context-219-kirby-at-the-crossroads/#comment-3121 Angry?
That’s a facile judgment.
I don’t think Jack’s work is angry any more than Quentin Tarantino’s films are angry.
I think the point is that Jack’s imagery was not original. He wasn’t inventing a violent world: it was already an ongoing concern. He took conventions that were as ritualized as prizefighting and turned it in to grand opera.
I’m sorry to learn about Jack Schiff: I always thought he was tasteless, not a predator.
The early DC offices must have been some place. brrrr.

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