Rude Mechanicals

joesgiantrobots:

The Jack Kirby Gigantor Marvel comic that never was…

How awesome is this!! Marc Basile has created an homage to BOTH the incredible Jack “The King” Kirby and Gigantor (Tetsujin 28)!! Two things I freaking LOVE!

Love comics and call yourself a comic geek and don’t know who Jack Kirby is? Shame the fuck on you. That’s like calling yourself religious and not knowing who God is. Seriously. Jack Kirby almost single-handedly created every freaking Marvel Comics character you’ve seen in movies. He’s also created MANY DC Comics characters as well. He is “God” in the realm of not just comics, but pop culture too.

Quote from the kirbymuseum.org:

Marc Basile fills us in on the story behind his latest pièce de résistance…“Around the time Jack came back to Marvel they wanted to get it’s hands into animation and toy licensing, so they started up the Micronauts, Godzilla and Shogun Warrior titles. One such title, Gigantor, was to be done by Jack, but it didn’t pan out . Not one to throw away an idea, Jack used the concept as inspiration for Machine Man a few years later.”

~Joe