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One of the MANY Reasons Why Jack Kirby Was a Classy Guy.

September 21, 2016

Although Jack Kirby isn’t with us anymore, he’s one of those people I’ve met in my life that I still hold with high esteem.

I’d done some work inking over Jack’s pencils for a cover of Satan Six and he liked the work I did. So his people asked me to do another page. Of course I said YES, but didn’t want to ink over his pencils like I’d done on Satan Six. I felt it was disrespectful!

Anyways… I called back and asked if I could light box (a fancy way of tracing over pencils back in the day) Jack’s pencils and ink on a separate paper and give both pieces of art back to them. They agreed. The result was me taking Jack’s pencils and stylizing them…trying to give a bit of 1990’s flavor.

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About a month later I got a package in the mail. Not only did Jack RETURN the ORIGINAL page of art to me, but wrote a little note saying, ‘To Todd. Looks great. Thank you, Jack Kirby.’ I should’ve been thanking HIM for letting ink over his artwork, but instead he was thanking ME!

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THIS shows what kind of man Jack was.

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