The Cakes of Jack Kirby

 

 What you see above is a CAKE, a Jack Kirby cake! Can you believe it?

The baker is named Jean Schapowal. You can read more about Jean over here and there's even more to see if you follow her on Instagram over here.

 

 Hooray for Jack Kirby cakes!

 

 

Jack Kirby's Ben Grimm Painted by Dr. Gonzo

Last week I was out on a bike ride in my neighborhood and I stopped in at a garage sale.

There were a couple of boxes with old comics for sale and (this you won't find as often at a garage sale) also there were a dozen hand-painted comic character portraits for sale! My eyes immediately gravitated toward the painting of The Thing shown here, which I definitely purchased. It's great right?! And large: about 2 feet by 2 feet.

The proprietor of the garage sale and the painter of the portraits goes by Dr. Gonzo, and he told me that he uses paint that will glow nicely under a black light! When I get myself a black light I might just post the glowing view of this artwork for comparison's sake.

You can follow the artist on instagram where he is dr_gonzo_85

Walt Simonson Drew The Prisoner

When Walt Simonson was in art school in 1970 he was a big fan of The Prisoner. Who isn't, right?! The Prisoner is one of my five favorite television shows of all time.

Walt Simonson, being an artist, drew the head of Patrick McGoohan as The Prisoner and posted the artwork on the door of his dorm room. (In the photo below, Mr. S sports the bears the beard and the other gent is his roommate.)

Nice!

 

 

Swamp Thing by Carmine Infantino

 

Carmine Infantino had a long career and the gentleman drew just about every DC character and every Marvel character that you could conjure in your mind. But I don't remember ever seeing an Infantino Swamp Thing. Until now!

Here is a 1990 licensing drawing of Swamp Thing as pencilled by Mr. Infantino and inked by Mike DeCarlo. This original artwork sold recently for a hefty sum!

 

Jim Aparo Unpublished Batman Cover

 

 

Jim Aparo drew a Batman cover that was slated to appear on 1979's Detective Comics #481 but then there was a change. Starting with that issue Detective would become a Dollar Comic sub-billed as Batman Family and the Aparo cover no longer served the purpose. Mr. Aparo was paid for his work but the cover never saw print.

That's not stopping us from enjoying the drawing though! The original artwork sold at auction recently for $5841 but here it is for you and all the other hayfamzonders to peruse at no charge:

Spider-Man on the Car

 

 I saw a car with a hand-painted Spider-Man on it.

Very nice!

 

An Alex Ross Bargain

There was a heyday for Alex Ross painted covers on comics but, for me, that day has passed. Recently Mr. Ross has been painting a couple of covers per month for Marvel Comics but they have been striking me as drab and monochromatic and not particularly heroic-looking. 

The painting shown here is more like what I hope to see in an Alex Ross painting: bright colors and contrast and heroism!

This particular painting is currently for sale and, to my way of thinking, the asking price is far less than I would expect to pay for an Alex Ross original!

One gent I showed it to opined that there was not a whole lot of artwork in the piece, but still I like it!

I won't be purchasing the painting, however, so feel free to check over here whether it is still available.