Sporr began life as a humble microscopic amoeba in the wilds of Transylvania but thanks to the intervention of modern science began to grow and grow and grow. The menace of his bizarre monster was finally abated by the very intellect which gave birth to him in the pages of Tales of Suspense #11. To the cautionary tale of Sporr go here.
More Kirby monsters shamble forth tomorrow.
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Thanks for all these Kirby monsters. Kirby's distortions of the human effigy are one of my favorite things about his art. As beautiful as he can make people, I get more of a reaction when I turn the page and find either some monstrosity or an overwhelming piece of machinery. It's funny because I was thinking of Mantis this morning and wondering why Kirby chose to give him heroic proportions instead of the slithering ones such a creepy character would naturally make. I wonder if making him a monster would have made him less like the second most powerful being among the new gods of Apokolyps.
ReplyDeleteReading through the two mighty MONSTERS volumes from Marvel really opened my eyes to Kirby's monsters. I've long adored many of them but the range of visuals was amazing, each recognizable but distinctive. Your musings on Mantis are interesting, as later of course he was turned into more of a creature and less of a human looking character.
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