Rise the demon... Etrigan!"
Okay, that's the rest of the "summoning" rhyme (at least as I remember it -- the punctuation might be off) from the first issue of "The Demon" comic book by Jack Kirby. I wish I had three more Demon sculptures so I could have used one line from the rhyme as the title for each blog post, but alas -- I have only one more.
And this one is very nifty. It's also the only multimedia version, as the sculptor -- the "God of Sculpey" himself, Michael Dooney -- incorporated a fabric of some kind into the sculpture (for the Demon's cloak).
I especially like this view of the piece -- Mike perfectly captured the energy seen in many panels from the "Demon" comics in this pose. -- PL
P.S. Etrigan, the Demon is ™ and © DC Comics.
P.P.S. As I was completing this blog entry, I remembered something I hadn't thought of in years -- my "Demon" sketchbook! I started this probably sometime around the first or second time I went to the San Diego Comicon -- it was a large, hardcover sketchbook in which various artists (not many, unfortunately) drew their versions of Etrigan for me. I should see if I can find that thing...
P.P.P.S. -- For more information about Jack Kirby, here's a great site --
The Kirby Museum
10 comments:
I've been a Jason Blood/Etrigan fan for a while. His story intrigues me mostly due to the connection it has with Arthurian lore, which Im a major fan of.
Those Etrigan sculpts are awesome!
"Dierna said...
I've been a Jason Blood/Etrigan fan for a while. His story intrigues me mostly due to the connection it has with Arthurian lore, which Im a major fan of.
Those Etrigan sculpts are awesome!"
To this day I am not completely sure WHY I liked the "Demon" comics so much, though it may have something to do with the fact that, like you, I have a soft spot for the King Arthur stories.
But I think it may have more to do with the art, which -- especially in the early issues -- was, in my opinion, Kirby at his most powerful. I remember my jaw dropping when I turned to the first two-page spread in the first issue (the assault on Camelot) -- it blew my mind! -- PL
Wow! I think Dooney's is the best one yet!!!!
How do you store all these to make sure they don't get destroyed?
~Dinoff~
That is seriously the best hands down!
I love dooney's work I'm happy he's been given the chance to do some things for Playmates TMNT toys again.
I really hope some day we can get more of his characters in the NECA TMNT line like Chote and Gizmo.
-Vaughn
"Dinoff said...
Wow! I think Dooney's is the best one yet!!!!
How do you store all these to make sure they don't get destroyed?
~Dinoff~"
I have a small wooden display case with sliding glass doors -- most of the Sculpey figures have been in that pretty much since I got them. -- PL
-->> ..like Vaughn alludes :: this one is almost Action Figure like !!
>v<
I'd like to see some of the Etrigan sketches :P
I've only seen Etrigan in an episode of Justice League Unlimited, so I take it he's a DC comics character, right?
Yes he is Jephy...he's a Kirby creation from the 70's for DC.
Dooney is the detail master!
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