Saturday, September 10, 2011

The above is an excerpt from a Gil Kane interview, published in Alter Ego #10, first run.
It's an interesting interview, Gil is outspoken about art and comics writing, and I urge you all to get hold of this issue if you can. I can only post this page in good conscience and within the bounds of fair use.


Thursday, August 25, 2011

Noman by Kane/Wood

At right: a typical '60's page pencilled by Gil Kane, inked by Wally Wood. From the Noman story in Thunder Agents #5, June 1966. A pretty solid page even though the Kane pencils are somewhat obscured by Wood's inks.


From way back in 1957, the cover to Strange Adventures #83.
Kane was adept at drawing science fiction stories and Julie Schwartz didn't hesitate to use him. Here's a rather droll cover with George Washington and Honest Abe Lincoln enjoying some tunes. (Well, not really, but I don't know what Gil intended in giving them
earphones!)






Sunday, July 31, 2011

Gil Kane and Wally Wood on the Teen Titans



A great original art page from Teen Titans #19, pencilled by Gil Kane, inked by Wally Wood.

If you're a fan of superheroes, it doesn't get much better than this.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

The size of this image probably doesn't do Gil Kane justice, but here it is anyway. This is a very fine Tarzan page from the newspaper comic strip, published sometime in 1980. Kane was a super artist and his art didn't suffer by comparison with such Tarzan artists as Hal Foster, Burne Hogarth, Russ Manning, or Gray Morrow. Also all great artists in their own right.

Sunday, June 26, 2011



Although I was never a huge fan of the Atom, I bought it because it contained Gil Kane artwork. Even art mitigated by an inker like Sid Greene, another aspect of the book I wasn't all that fond of, was better than some other alternative. This page is from The Atom #30. Kane's art on this character would really shine much later on when The Atom became a sword and sorcery hero in The Sword of the Atom. Can't recall if Kane inked that one or someone else, but the art reflected more of Kane's artistic vision and was a great looking and great reading book. Sword of the Atom was written by Jan Strnad.

Saturday, June 11, 2011

From 1957, here's the cover to The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #35. 'Ol Rex was DC's answer to Lassie and Rin Tin Tin. Gil Kane was versatile and made this a fun book visually.
Alex Toth and Carmine Infantino also drew stories during the run of this title.