Sunday, July 1, 2012

Unaltered cover to Modeling with Millie # 45-UPDATE

While re-reading an interview with Stan Goldberg that appeared in Alter Ego # 18, (October 2002) I came across this cover that was reproduced, with commentary likely by Roy Thomas:


Original cover to Modeling with Millie # 45 featuring Stan Goldberg's Millie figure.



                  Printed cover with pasted on Millie figure by Jack Kirby. .

In an email Roy Thomas explained that he never had the Kirby art, which was on an overlay. Roy also found it odd that Kirby did the correction, but as he noted, Stan didn't have many options at the time. Kirby probably happened to be in the office when Stan needed the correction, and Kirby likely knocked it out in the time it took him to light his cigar. Now, it would have been interesting if Ditko had been in the office instead...

You can read more about Millie, Stan G and Jack at my original post:

     http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2012/04/kirby-cover-discovery.html
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5 comments:

  1. AnneJuly 1, 2012 at 11:06 PM

    Cool comic book covers!

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  2. Nick CaputoJuly 1, 2012 at 11:52 PM

    Hi Anne!

    Glad you like them!

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  3. KidJuly 2, 2012 at 9:30 AM

    Nick, perhaps a stat of the cover was altered rather than the original itself. Is that possible do you think?

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  4. Nick CaputoJuly 2, 2012 at 10:07 AM

    Hi Kid,

    It's possible, or perhaps the paste-up just fell off after so many years. I've asked Roy Thomas if he recalls anything about the cover, and will pass on any info.

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  5. Ted Ignacio @ Pencil InkJuly 28, 2012 at 12:57 PM

    Kirby's change really improved this cover. Thanks of sharing!

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