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HUNGER DOGS GN (1985)

Artists: Jack Kirby (Penciller) , Bruce D. Berry (Inker)

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Title:	HUNGER DOGS GN (1985)
Artist:	Jack Kirby (Penciller)
Artist:	Bruce D. Berry (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	SOLD
Views:	1,011
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	9
Added to Site:	7/29/2009
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I will be the first to admit that "Hunger Dogs" is not considered the masterpiece of Jack Kirby, for the well known reasons that basically are all related to editorial interference from DC Comics. The publisher had the Fourth World saga to end abruptly, and differently from what Kirby had planned, forcing him to partly re-write and re-design the final story from his previous, original plot.

This page I was lucky enough to collect is exactly one of those pages that were drawn in 1985 to extend the original version of the ending, to realize the "Hunger Dogs" GN. In a recent reprint of the Fourth World saga, these pages were even excluded, in an attempt to restore the original ending that Kirby had planned for Darkseid and Orion. I cannot stop thinking, anyway, about the fact that in 1985 this was the penultimate page that Kirby was drawing about the Fourth World saga, that it contains the last spoken lines of the story written by him - where Highfather talks about "a planet called hope...", and that while doing this page Kirby was probably aware that he was completing the last major project of his unique carreer.

Moreover, I couldn't avoid to notice in some pictures coming from Kirby house in California (and shown on the Tri State Original Comic art site) that the cover painting of "Hunger Dogs" was one of the few pieces that Kirby was showing in his own living room. So, call me sentimental, but thinking about all these things sends much more than some chills down my spine when I look at this page.

By the way, guess what: the page is beautiful. It's over-sized, there are Kirby-dots everywhere, and nine regular panels showing the floating city wandering through the deep interstellar space which, in a perfect Kirby fashion, is never just black, and never the same, but keep on changing, completely, in every shot, as if we were in a child's dream.

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Derek Muthart
Member Since 2004

Posted on 7/29/2009

MMMM. Spacy goodness. Been looking for a Kirby page like this one for awhile. Congrats.

Mario B.
Member Since 2004

Posted on 7/30/2009

holy mother,absolut great...

A.A.A._Art_Vax! A
Member Since 2006

Posted on 11/4/2009

It's so Kirby........amazing!

Ben Herman
Member Since 2003

Posted on 11/18/2009

Nobody did "cosmic" artwork like Kirby! And while I agree that The Hunger Dogs was not the ending Kirby wanted to the New Gods saga, my appreciation of it has increased over time. In a way, it is the perfect ending, because Orion refuses to descend to Darkseid's level. Instead of fighting his father, Orion chooses to live, to be his own man. Anyway, really nice page.

Lars Teglbjaerg
Member Since 2005

Posted on 3/28/2010

Thanks for sharing this gem! It will look great on any wall.

Keith Veronese
Member Since 2005

Posted on 5/10/2010

Great piece!

Crees Tyler
Member Since 2008

Posted on 6/2/2010

A true Grail !!! WoW !!! Outstanding piece... Congrats

Maria Coppola
Member Since 2011

Posted on 5/17/2011

The 'King' as he was commonly referred to, influenced an entire industry! This is a great acquisition, congrats!

Aaron N.
Member Since 2009

Posted on 6/3/2012

"...an endless voyage of wonders." Quite so.

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