[UA] Cannibal Avatar?

[Nick Wedig]

>See, this is exactly my point.  I can buy mythical kingship in a ritualistic, anointed way (which is exactly why I don't think it's very UA-- it's tied into an increasingly passe worldview), but True Kings of Comic Book Artists, Meter Maids, et cetera strike me not as "irreverent" but "goofy".

What I was trying to suggest is that people actually do treat Jack Kirby as if he were a king.  His name is almost synonymous with super hero comics (just as the european kings were synonymous with their kingdoms) and he performed various kingly duties (guiding those lower, etc).  I truly doubt he was the greatest comic artist there was, but he was adored by the rest of the comic industry.

'goofy' or not, he's got something going for him.

Mr. teapot
probably chose a bad example

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