His Name... is KANE

[73joramone]

Every day I watch Gil Kane's drawings and work, just as some people take vitamines.

[jmedia1]

@73joramone Just as good for Your health:-)!

[Tabish29]

Name of song please?

[jmedia1]

@Tabish29 Nameless preset from the software I used.

[Tabish29]

@jmedia1 Please tell me name of song if you get it. Searching for your top 100 comics. Send me link please?

[agirlyman]

My all time favorite artist, miss you mang.

[reekinopiss]

A true great,

[jmedia1]

@reekinopiss Still missed here very much...

[kyannos]

He did an awesome Spiderman!!

[jmedia1]

@kyannos Oh, yes!

[cosmicdingo]

Gil Kane did sci-fi for newspapers called Starhawks in syndication.

[MustafaJackson]

GIL KANE IS THE KING OF ACTION. Thanks jmedia1 for posting his work.

[jmedia1]

So that the man and his stunning work may not be forgotten, MustafaJackson...

[MindRises]

I forgot the series that he drew that got my attention about Gil Kane, they were kind of like Jedi. Damnit-I can't remember it. Also, I don't like this music, but I didn't put up this video.

[jmedia1]

Put up one of Your own with music YOU like;-)

[MindRises]

I did. : )

[jmedia1]

That's very cool;-)!

[gillesboverod]

Gil Kane, my idol !!!

[jmedia1]

Mine, too...

[Godschild34214]

wotz da song called

[jmedia1]

Was an unnamed demo audio track from the program I used to put this together.

[MustafaJackson]

Thank you jmedia1 for posting this tribute to my favorite Marvel cover artist. Gil Kane was the greatest at what he did. I liked his stuff at DC with Green Lantern and the back-up stories he did of Robin and Batgirl but no one could touch his work at Marvel in the 60's and 70's. Long live KING KANE!

[jmedia1]

My pleasure, MJ;-). From the interviews I read not only a fantastic and totally committed, very disciplined artist and a true pro, but also a very smart, witty, outspoken and sincerely opionated man; would have loved to meet him in person in his lifetime...

[CultofJ]

Kane's pretty groovy. Always liked his work for Marvel from the 70s and the covers he did for the 50s jungle comic reprints.

[manjifanhism]

I think he draws a really good Superman.

[jmedia1]

Liked his version & most of his later somehow very slick and crisp looking work, too.

Best greetings to Canada!

[kyannos]

@manjifanhism Do I ever agree!!

[truewealth]

Met him once he was tall.

My favorite work by him was called: His Name is Savage. Very violent but quality panels! And of course the early Green Lanterns of the Silver Age.

P.S. nice word balloons.

[jmedia1]

You're a lucky one. Did You talk to him?

HNiS really is wild - and was groundbreaking.

P.S. From another master: Alan Moore!

[IG2HI]

You met Kane. Awesome. How was he to deal with?

[truewealth]

Calm and quiet. Just stood next to him at a comic con in San Diego (before he passed away, that is, a few years later).  He seemed like a sedate gentleman.

[truewealth]

Nice Gil Kane Tribute! Thanks.

[jmedia1]

My pleasure;-)

Nice to see I'm not alone in fondly remembering his outstanding work.

[ArmoredPanther]

God, Morbious the Living Vampire (with scripts by Steve Gerber only!) were great and still have my entire collection in my storage shed in my back yard, which contains many a comic book with Gil Kane art and many are shown in this video ;-] No one tops Neal Adams in my opinion to this day!

Thanks for the memories! By the way, who does that interesting song?

[jmedia1]

Oh yes, love Neal, too (art as well as persona). Both of them definitely champions of their generations! The song came with the software package I made this with; thought I'd make a perfect match. Thanks for finding it on YT;-)

PS: Also adore Steve's work on 'Howard' and Man-Thing and many others; he was so, so very... different?!

PS II: You comment makes me feel like getting out and checking my collection again right now, but it's become much too huge for quick transportation:-/

[ArmoredPanther]

I still have the first issue of Howard and loved Gerber's Man Thing (Swampy pastiche?), which I still have. I have been going a bit nostalgic myself since watching all these retro videos on YouTube and dragged my old Atari Jaguar out of storage, which proved a bit disappointing. However, I will probably do the same with my comics collection and I'm sure that I will enjoy thumbing through those again. Thanks for the idea ;-]

[ArmoredPanther]

I finally dragged out my old collection from my storage shed and even I am surprised how large it is, which might sound funny but it's been more than a decade. I suggest that you give in to your temptation as I'm having an absolute blast by going through these again! Many thanks for the inspiration to clutter my house up and have fun at the same time ;-]

PS: Swamp and Man Things were a swipe from the Heep!

[jmedia1]

I (happily) apologize for being partly responsible of cluttering;-) ... and it's ALREADY looking something like that over here, too! Somehow the charm never ceases!Strange but true: Remember almost on every single book, even if been read 30+ years ago, exactly where I purchased and read it, including the circumstances, what You were feeling and pondering and what the world and the people were around then. Next best thing maybe to a perfect time machine that can possibly exist on earth;-)

[IG2HI]

True, but both got the most recognition. Too bad the films didn't live up to the potential of the comics.

[greatmarconi]

He was so ahead of his time.

[latestgar]

I started drawing with only one goal in mind, become half as good as Gil.

[jmedia1]

Keep on going! One of the reasons I did this show was because of reading in an interview from late in his life, when he said something like "I've never been someone's favorite artist"... well, he always was mine!

(and it seems not mine alone;-)

[lancecomix]

Kane, Kirby, and Colan.

The greats.

[jmedia1]

Definitely; I just wish there were more of us comic book fans and more related material to find on YT;-)