Here’s another godland page rendered partially with color ballpoint pens. If you’ve been enjoying these preview pages, please consider pre-ordering Godland #37 at your local comics retailer.
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So far I’m reserving ballpoint pen mainly for Atom Archer and his effects and doing the rest of the art in traditional brush line.
Here’s Atom Archer from the upcoming final issue of Godland. I drew this with color ballpoint pen (like Jim Rugg uses) and crayon.
Jack Kirby is neither portrayed nor mentioned in the new film Argo. There’s no Kirby artwork in it either.
Okay, so Kirby drew the Kree Supreme Intelligence once and never again. Here’s what it looked like:
When other artists picked up what Kirby created they interpreted this as a giant floating disembodied alien head:
But looking at Kirby’s original drawing, it looks to me that within all that crackling energy, there’s the suggestion of a slug-like, worm-like body. Something akin to God Emperor of Dune. Here’s what I imagine it would look like:
The added tendrils are optional. One last bit of speculation: just like Captain Marvel was a Kree version of Fawcett’s Captain Marvel, I wonder if The Supreme Intelligence was a Kirby-ized version of the Shazam villain, Mr. Mind. It would seem natural for Kirby to introduce an imposing character like this, who the heroes later discover is a tiny tyrant, similar to what Kirby did later on with Overlord in Mister Miracle #2.
Kree Supreme Intelligence, Captain Marvel and all that jazz is TM and copyright Marvel Comics.