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Demon 4 pg 3
Artists: Jack Kirby (Penciller) , Mike Royer (Inker)
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DescriptionTalk about some full-on Kirby action. I kind of wish he had done panel one as a DPS, but then I would be unlikely ever to own it, so... mixed feelings. Check it out in the additional image. It's glorious. Way, way better than seeing it in the printed comic.Periodically I feel the need to point out that Royer's inks are a force of nature in themselves. Some people think he was just a tracer, but Berry and Thibodeaux followed Jack closely as well, and it's easy to tell the difference between all three. It's also easy to find original pencil copies and compare them line for line. Ink is different from pencil, and there are a thousand tiny interpretive choices to make. Royer always chooses in the direction of grace and sensuality. There is a special poetry in his Kirby pages, achieved without sacrificing fidelity, that is mostly absent from the inkers that came after him. He was true to Kirby, and yet he enhanced Kirby: a paradox, a miracle, just when Kirby needed it the most. Let the name of Royer endure in glory! Social/Sharing |
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steve roden
Member Since 2011
Posted on 5/26/2013
man, i didn't remember the dude hanging from a noose in the top panel. goddamn this is kirby at the top of his game, the action and the abstraction is just wonderful....!
Michael Kenyon
Member Since 2008
Posted on 5/26/2013
This is a classic page. You also give a well deserved nod to Royer for his elegant execution.Love to see the passion in your description.Congratulations!
Michael Haack
Member Since 2008
Posted on 3/23/2014
This is a really great "action" page from what I call the French issue of Demon. All pages of issue 4 were sold in Paris a long time ago and I know 5 people who own a page from it. I have always wondered how many pages from that issue were still in France. It seems that at least one page has found it's way back to the US. Congrats by the way!!!
Aaron N. 
Member Since 2009
Posted on 3/23/2014
Michael Haack wrote:
This is a really great "action" page from what I call the French issue of Demon. All pages of issue 4 were sold in Paris a long time ago and I know 5 people who own a page from it. I have always wondered how many pages from that issue were still in France. It seems that at least one page has found it's way back to the US. Congrats by the way!!!Wow, Michael, that is fascinating. I got this page from Bechara, I don't recall whether he had any others from the issue. What would you give to see an animated map of the movements of Kirby pages around the globe?
LB Jefferies
Member Since 2003
Posted on 7/20/2014
One of the very best multi-panel pages from the run. You can pick 'em!
Jerry C.
Member Since 2009
Posted on 12/22/2015
I was reading again your description and watching at the same time some Kamandi pages inked by Berry and Royer. And you're right! Royer's inking is poetry.
David K
Member Since 2008
Posted on 11/18/2017
Holy Cow!!! What a page! How have I not come across this before? All out Kirby power here!!!!!!!!!
Frederic Lorge
Member Since 2007
Posted on 12/7/2019
I had to come back again. Those 4th and 6th panels are amazing.
David Kwock
Member Since 2012
Posted on 11/7/2023
Wow what an amazing page. I love this issue as well and that top panel is stunning.
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