Comments on: Rip Kirby http://comicsworthreading.com/2010/03/16/rip-kirby/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Thu, 23 May 2013 00:29:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Alan Archer http://comicsworthreading.com/2010/03/16/rip-kirby/comment-page-1/#comment-123774 Alan Archer Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:15:52 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=11226#comment-123774 In the 70s I discovered Alex Raymond via Flash Gordon and admired the drawing but was less thrilled with the storytelling. With Rip Kirby story and art were equals. I discovered Rip Kirby when Pacific Comics Club issued their folios of single stories. I was perhaps sixteen but knew quality when I saw it. The stories were sophisticated (mature) with authentic characterization. I always enjoyed how in Rip Kirby a villain could be portrayed more sympathetically in a later story. Pagan Lee, perhaps one of the greatest bad girls in comics since Dragon Lady is a good example. Also the gunman Joe Seven. I have been pleased (and somewhat surprised) to see the response to Kirby. I am glad that others have shared my appreciation for the mature art and scripts.

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[...] it’s Peanuts. It’s one of the most successful strips in the history of the world. Why Rip Kirby would come out, I haven’t the slightest goddamn idea. Why would somebody buy a Rip Kirby [...]

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