[	Tags	|	black bolt, inhumans, jeremy dale, jeremy-dale, kirby, lockjaw, marvel comics	]
[	mood	|	cheerful	]
[	music	|	My Chemical Romance - This Is How I Disappear	]

My Favorite Characters: Black Bolt (with Lockjaw) !

My TMNT piece got DAILY DEVIATION (3/2/07)! . Still catching up on all my messages since Friday-- Thanks, all! Made my day.

The first time I read a Lee/Kirby Fantastic Four, the Inhumans guest-starred... and WOW. Just wow-- those Inhumans weren't like ANYTHING else in comics. CLEARLY a Kirby creation, The Inhumans were led by the silent Black Bolt, whose voice could topple mountains-- and even on the printed page, his presence was breathtaking. Sheer power in a somber shell. Married to the prehensile haired Medusa, Gorgon with the thundering hooves, Karnak with the fists that can shatter anything, Crystal who could... uh... win Johnny's affections? hehehehe-- Add in Lockjaw, their giant, slobbering, teleporter dog and you had me fascinated at every turn.

Jack Kirby was a true visionary, and it's his creations like Black Bolt, Kamandi, the FF, Captain America-- that really drive home this point. I wish I had HALF the drive Kirby possessed-- or the creativity! Just the sheer number of amazing, original ideas he had stun me every time I see his name.

A good friend of mine (whose art trumps mine easily-- check out his work here at DeviantArt here-- ([link]) recently sent me some old Kirby FFs, each with Inhumans stories. I could not put them DOWN! Stunning what you could achieve with so few pages back then. Wow.

So as I finish my daily "favorite characters" series, I look back over just a fraction of the characters that make me smile everytime I read their adventures... and what a list! Easily enough to fill a sketchbook at the very least. Along the way, I hit just about every major publisher and genre in the comics scene... and yet there are still so many more characters I WANT to draw!

Don't worry, I plan to keep adding to the series at least once a week or more-- I just need to focus on some pretty amazing projects I have on my plate for awhile. I hope you've been as inspired as much as I have!

Go out there and create something... I look forward to seeing what you're doing as well!

So there ya go! Check my blog tomorrow for more as I continue-- These pieces are ALL AVAILABLE FOR SALE and I'm also available for COMMISSIONS! Contact me if you're interested and we'll make things happen.


- jeremy dale