"...his passion for ideas and dedication to The New".
Ummm, how? Eternals was a reguritation of ideas from his unfinished New Gods crap, which was regurgitated from Thor, which he brought up agin in his Capt. Victory and Silver Star crap.
Kirby was a hack like Gene Rodenberry, one idea repeated over and over again no matter where he went.
When he tried some thing new, it ended up being Devil Dinosaur and Machine Man-yeesh!.
It was guys like Joe Simon and Stan Lee to make him draw new intersting ideas and lasting characters.
Those Elementals comics are garbarge, just like Kirby's artwork.
Gary Esposito | 09.20.05 - 2:34 pm | #

Wow, Gary.

I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. Thanks for stopping by!
BeaucoupKevin | Homepage | 09.20.05 - 2:37 pm | #

"sigh"
just another p.c. sensitive blogger whose afraid of backing up his claims of "expert" opinon when called out on it.
Definitive proclamations from a part-time comic shop worker does not have merit, no matter how many times you blog a day about pirates, ninjas and monkeys.
"yawn"
Peace.
Gary Esposito | 09.20.05 - 3:13 pm | #

Golly, Gary.

I'm sorry I pissed in your Wheaties.
BeaucoupKevin | Homepage | 09.20.05 - 3:23 pm | #

Wow Gary, troll much? I'd question what gives you a better view on comics criticism than Kevin, but it seems like I'd just get an insulting reply without substance as well. I have no doubt that Kevin could have replied in great detail, but chose not to. There was no call to insult him for choosing not to turn his blog into an insult fest. (Sorry Kevin, but this ticked me off.)
Jonathan Miller | Homepage | 09.20.05 - 3:27 pm | #

I think Gary has a crush on you, Kevin.
Andrew Weiss | Homepage | 09.20.05 - 3:55 pm | #

Let's hear it for definitive proclamations!
Kevin Melrose | Homepage | 09.20.05 - 3:57 pm | #

I definitively proclaim this comment thread over!
BeaucoupKevin | Homepage | 09.20.05 - 4:11 pm | #

Eternals is my favorite Kirby series. It's just big fun, with a lot of things that make you think. I know it's hip to prefer the Fourth World stuff, but Eternals was just everything RIGHT about Jack Kirby.
Rob Schamberger | Homepage | 09.21.05 - 10:24 am | #

I agree with Rob. Kirby's Eternals is a great, underrated work.
A.L. Baroza | Homepage | 09.21.05 - 10:54 am | #

I've edited and deleted, people. Gary, I've banned you again.

Go get your own fucking blog if you want to rip into people.
BeaucoupKevin | Homepage | 09.21.05 - 2:58 pm | #

What's that, Professor Gary? I can't hear you. I've got my dick in your ear.

Tell you what. You give the world a single idea half as strange and cool as a Mother Box, a Mountain of Judgment or a brain bomb, you single-handedly shape the visual direction of an entire storytelling genre, earn the nearly universal admiration of your professional peers and followers, then get back to us about what constitutes hackery.

And what's with the breathy sound effects in quote marks? Are you quoting yourself? Are those someone else's sighs that you're failing to attribute? Are they meant to convey insincere, or sarcastic yawning and sighing, like you're not really that tired? Or are you just an inappropriate punctuator? I'm "confused".

Maybe you could spice up your next rejoinder with a "burp" or a "gulp".
Cole Odell | Homepage | 09.21.05 - 3:01 pm | #

ARGH.

Cole, funny, so I'm leaving it, but people: lay off Gary.

He's obviously got some mommy issues or something to work out, so he seeks validation through the insults of others.
BeaucoupKevin | Homepage | 09.21.05 - 3:06 pm | #

Yeah, you're right. I'm done. Please Don't Feed the Fetish sign noted.
Cole Odell | Homepage | 09.21.05 - 3:10 pm | #

Well, my day is made. I've got the first four issues of The Eternals and it'll be nice to finally find out what happened next!
maggie osterberg | Homepage | 09.22.05 - 2:21 pm | #