Jack Kirby

In celebration of what would be Jack Kirby’s 95th birthday, Kirby-Vision asked for portrait submissions.  Mike gladly obliged. 8×12.5 – colored pencil on black paper 100% of purchase price will be donated to The HERO Initiative.  

Tags : Jack Kirby, Mike Pascale

This is getting morbid. No sooner did I write about Jerry Robinson’s passing as an “alarming trend of late”, did I learn about the passing of yet another great, Joe Simon (as well as Eduardo Baretto, with whose work I’m sadly unfamiliar. I hope to rectify that next year). Just like Jerry, Joe had a … Continue reading →

Tags : Blue Bolt, Captain America, Eduardo Baretto, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Mike Pascale, stan lee, The Fly, Will Eisner

Among a half-myriad other things  (I’m trying not to hyperbolize unless it’s necessary), I’m a fan of lists. And judging by the massive success of David Letterman’s “Top Ten” lists and all the imitations/off-shoots/spin-offs for the last 20 or 30 years, many others are as well. Therefore, I’ve made up two for this week’s blog. … Continue reading →

Tags : Jack Kirby, Johnny Depp, Mike Pascale, writer vs artist

Y’now, sometimes life just throws comedic fodder right in your lap. While searching online for USPS Captain America postage stamp art, I came across this on the Home Shopping Network’s site:   If you attend the Comic-Con in San Diego, or other shows and galleries, you’ve probably seen this. It’s a beautiful, large piece on … Continue reading →

Tags : A Pictures' Worth, Captain America, HSN, Jack Kirby, Mike Pascale, stan lee

My favorite this week just turned 30 years old: Marvel’s CREATURES ON THE LOOSE #13 (Sept/1971). I picked this up as a back issue somewhere (probably an “indoor flea market” at the local mall) as a kid.  What grabbed me immediately was the cover! I devoured all the monster reprint titles of the era (such … Continue reading →

Tags : Creatures on the Loose, Friday Favorites, Jack Kirby, Larry Lieber, Reed Crandall, stan lee, Tales to Astonish

  Special Comic-Con “A Picture’s Worth”: “When Captain America Shows His Mighty Film” (NO spoilers!)

Tags : Captain America, Chris Evans, gene colan, J.J. Abrams, Jack Kirby, Jim Johnson, Joe Simon, John Byrne, Mike Pascale, Paul Guinan, San Diego Comic Con, stan lee

11×14 vellum bristol board, white ink, colored pencils, copic markers, and inkwash. *SOLD*  

Tags : Axis, Captain America, Frazetta, Germany, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Marvel Comics, Nazis, Nick Fury, painting with markers, red skull, S.H.I.E.L.D., WWII

This is not going to be like your typical movie reviews. First, NO SPOILERS. If you haven’t yet seen the flick, I won’t spoil it for ya.

Tags : Anthony Hopkins, Chris Helmsworth, Idris Elba, Jack Kirby, Loki, marvel, Michael Clark Duncan, Mike Pascale, movie, movie review, Natalie Portman, stan lee, thor

This is what you get when you commission me to do my favorite character, in color, and I have a year to complete it. And pay me, of course. I’ll have this one at my table @ Heroes Con 2011 if anyone wants to stop by and see it before the owner swipes it up. Captain … Continue reading →

Tags : Axis, Captain America, Frazetta, Germany, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Marvel Comics, Nazis, Nick Fury, painting with markers, red skull, S.H.I.E.L.D., WWII