It’s Day Six of the second annual Jack Kirby Tribute Month, we’re in the midst of Fantastic Four week, and today’s prompt is the Human Torch.
In his initial appearances, he was perhaps a bit too formless. Jack quickly figured this out, and codified what we now think of as his classic look. From time to time, some subsequent artists have tried to get creative and find other ways to draw him, but somehow he doesn’t look like himself when you get too far removed from the template Jack set.
As mentioned earlier, I’m trying to get some sense of narrative into these shots. Where exactly is he? Someplace unusual, no doubt. Feels like a story there.
Hope you like what I’ve done here. Tune in tomorrow if you’d like to see who’s up next!
So great to visit for the Kirby month. I had no idea the Torch changed after his first appearance in FF #1. It was not until #3 where the change happened that you depict so Fantastically (haha). As a reader, I must have been so comfortable with Jack’s adjustment that I did not blink. I did get the books right off the spinners. Yes where is he? The patterns must be a clue. Thanks Mark.
Glad you liked this. I must admit to being a little jealous of the idea of having been able to buy some of this off the spinner rack. I was around then, but way too young to even read any of these comics. Most likely if one had fallen into my hands some way, I probably would’ve gummed and drooled on it. 🙂