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Demon 4 pg 3

Location: Jack Kirby
Artists: Jack Kirby (Penciller) , Mike Royer (Inker)

Location: Jack Kirby
Title: Demon 4 pg 3
Artist: Jack Kirby (Penciller) , Mike Royer (Inker)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 1618
Likes on CAF: 3
Favorited on CAF: 1
Comments: 18
Added to Site: 5/25/2013

Talk 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!

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Will Gabri-El Member Since 2004

Posted On 5/25/2013

A mighty fine page of Etrigan indeed!

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....!

bob fish Member Since 2011

Posted On 5/26/2013

great action page with terrific inking

Carlos DS Member Since 2006

Posted On 5/26/2013

Congrats on a classic piece of art.

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!

frank x townsondecker Member Since 2006

Posted On 5/26/2013

INCREDIBLE!

comicinkking. com Member Since 2004

Posted On 7/5/2013

Kirby + Royer = BAM!!!

The Bigeasyart Member Since 2005

Posted On 12/26/2013

Kirby/Royer majic

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.

Frederic Lorge Member Since 2007

Posted On 11/18/2017

Love the lettering on this page

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!!!!!!!!!

Paresh Modi Member Since 2006

Posted On 11/19/2017

Superb page, every panel is simply terrific!!!

Jean Andre Macchini Member Since 2006

Posted On 12/1/2019

Awesome page! Congrats !

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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