Posted: 12 July 2006 at 6:05pm | IP Logged | 11
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In Entertainment Weekly June30/July 7, in "The Must List:Books section, there is a comic strip written by Gaiman and drawn by Romita Sr. detailing how/why Gaiman took on Eternals (sorry, I would post it, but no scanner...but I'm sure it could be found on the 'net somewhere).
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Panel One: "Jack Kirby was the penciller and co-creator of comics like The Fantastic Four and The Mighty Thor" (Art of Kirby drawing)
Panel Two: "He was a creator of endless vision and power. He drew people in motion...hurtling across starscapes and through explosions. He created characters in abundance." (Art of a Celestial)
Panel Three: "When I was a kid, I read all the Kirby comics I could, awed by his vision, his scale, his speed. Even before I knew his name, I knew his style. As an adult, I made my name writing comics that were a long way from Kirby's. No aliens or explosions or exclamation marks..." (Art of Gaiman as a kid, sitting on a bed reading a comic)
Panel Four: "I never met Jack Kirby. I saw him talking to my publisher once, but I was late for a plane. 'There's always next time,' I thought. He died soon after that." (Art of Kirby and another man chatting, Gaiman in background looking on.)
Panel Five: "As well as the characters, much of the language of comics today comes from Kirby. In 1976, after going back to Marvel, he created a comic called The Eternals." (Art of Celestials with others talking)
Panel Six: "It was a healthy stew of myth and adventure, borrowing elementsa from Von Daniken, Kubrick's 2001, even Kirby's own Fourth World saga, creatures and heroes and space gods. I was 15 when I read it." (Art of teen Gaiman leaning on locker reading comic)
Panel Seven: "Pretty soon, The Eternals was just another cancelled comic. But I never forgot it. Immortals, monsters, Celestials..." (Art of close up of Gaiman w/no pupils)
Panel Eight: "Last year, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada and I were talking about what I could do for Marvel." (Art of building, word balloons saying..."Nick Fury" "Nope." "Dr. Strange?" "Taken" Millie the Model? Pip the Troll?")
Panel Nine: (Art of Quesada & Gaiman talking, JQ says...)"Hey Neil. Weird idea. Do you remember The Eternals? Do you think maybe you would want to do something with them? Bring them back again?"
Panel Ten: (A great shot of various Eternals characters, with an inset shot of Gaiman saying "I'm in.")
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I'm digging the book, personally!
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