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Alright, since you demanded it, saddle up the Wolf Wagons and keep an eye open for Orangutan Surfing Civilizations, its time for...
There& #39;ll probably be less jokey jokes for this thread since this era of Kirby kind of defies that format. Its just a wild, good fever dream
The first map we& #39;re given. There& #39;s another bigger, more famous one coming later, but this is still worth seeing.
Its a well known fact that any comic can be improved with the addition of a rad map.
I love how Kirby& #39;s animal people are all gnarly monstrosities. There& #39;s no romanticism in this future world or its inhabitants.
When you& #39;re the last boy on earth but microfilms didn& #39;t teach you that the punchline comes AFTER the set-up
Kirby was a master of brand synergy before the term existed
Also, jeez, I& #39;d kill for those cheekbones, pouty lips and ability to find hair product even after the apocalypse.
More like Kamandi the Last Femme on Earth, am I right?
Considering what the appearance of a gruff cigar-chomper in one of his comics usually meant, I& #39;m 90% sure we know what Kirby& #39;s fursona was
Kamandi& #39;s face accurately conveys the feeling of realizing the other last intelligent humans are part of a computer worshipping cult
I like the idea of kirby& #39;s animal people finding old funny animal cartoons and going "well, of COURSE our ancestors made these!"
"People read what they want to from history in order to feel superior" is a strong theme in Kamandi
All of Kirby& #39;s work at DC from this period fits into the overarching themes and ideas he was also using in the Fourth World saga
TFW they& #39;re destroying each other to win a strawberry shortcake
Kirby& #39;s political satire went beyond concepts like "subtle" or "overt"
Well, sometimes anyway
"Ape men turned Nixon& #39;s tapes into a sonic death cannon" may be among the most 70s Kirby sentences possible
Kamandi is a roller coaster ride of ideas. He& #39;ll spend one or two issues in a place that other comics would devote a whole series to.
Life comes at you fast
Kamandi the Last Femme and the Horny Dolphin
Most of the post-Great Disaster animals are scavengers/living in ruins, but every actual society Kirby shows is great. Here& #39;s a dolphin city
Way to go, CANADA
Jack Kirby& #39;s Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds
(Actually, no fooling, a Kamandi/Nausicaa crossover would fucking rule)
Now here& #39;s a famous issue where we find that Superman failed to stop the apocalypse but gorillas worship him anyway
And they have a series of rituals to prove who is the most able to recreate his famous feats
Whats interesting is that, since this is pre-crisis, its never actually clear if Superman is real or if they& #39;re worshipping our fiction
Remember back in issue 2 kamandi was reading comics. The futur may have mixed up our fiction with our history to get their gods
The Last Boy is about to discovery the greatest post-apocalyptic adventure of all... is fatherhood
Kirby left after issue 40, and a revolving series of writer/artists (including greats like Gerry Conway, Denny O& #39;Neil, and others) took over
Its...frankly never as good as it was under Kirby. The weirdness is a lot more "generic silver/bronze age weird" than Kirby& #39;s
Though Kamandi& #39;s dog scientist friend does start dating the alien lady made of fire, I guess
