Gil Kane...

[doctorchallenger]

http://gilkane.blogspot.com/

Gil Kane was (and still is) awesome. Discuss.

[tommyboy]

Yes.

[daglob]

Definitely yes!

While he was not always his best inker (Wally Wood and Dan Adkins were), his art was as dynamic as anything Kirby EVER drew (and I have read somewhere that he was one of Kirby's assistants once), and his women, and his men, are some of the most graceful to ever be seen in any comic. Characters flow and dance across a page. It is strange to notice when comparing his comic covers from DC's '50s SF titles to his final works, and see that unlike many artists, his work doesn't get loser, it gets tighter, yet the figures still move like cats. Both His Name Is Savage and Blackmark were forrunners of the graphic nove, and, in a way the now popular "story arc" that is collected and sold as a "graphic novel".

But the nostril shot is not his best effort... did you notice how much the first Hulk movie looked like it stole panels from him?

...and I've been trying to figure out how to do Edge since I started playing.

[doctorchallenger]

The up the nose shot was distinctive enough for George Perez to swipe it.  And would rank Klaus Jansen as one Kane's best inkers as well.  Kane preceded Frank Miller on Daredevil, and Jansen made both look great, and helped unify the art.

I would also rate Kane's redition of Spider Man as superior to John Romita Sr., second only to Ditko.

[tommyboy]

Kane on covers made a period of the 70's really special to me. Sometimes they could look a little rushed, depending on the inker, but a Kane cover and Marvel Value stamps gives me a warm glow to this day.
His Spider-man was great.
He was also an influence on Jim Starlin, one of my favourite artists. Starlins early Marvel work owes a lot to Kane's figures and faces.

[doctorchallenger]

Kane on covers made a period of the 70's really special to me. Sometimes they could look a little rushed, depending on the inker, but a Kane cover and Marvel Value stamps gives me a warm glow to this day.

Definitely. There are a few Kane covers for X-Men when it was in reprints (Pre-All-New..All-Different...) that I would take over the original.