namisgr Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 Inspired by this Redhook quote from another thread: "I think I'm getting an idea for the followup to the Corner Robin Shock montage. The Gil Kane UpNose Montage!" Well, Gil Kane penned so many prominent proboscises that it is problematic to pick. Just about any GK Spiderman, Warlock or Kazar cover would do! Examples from the DC days may be harder to come by, as I recall this being mostly a Marvel phenomenon with Mr. Kane. In fact, this thread probably belongs in the Bronze category. Just to get the ball rolling, here are 3 noteworthy nose-shots: First up: plastic surgery gone bad? Second: a typical GK "up the nose" perspective, plus the suspicious "dark schmutz" shading on the underside: And third: Not the most outrageous schnozz, but you gotta love the dialog: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 I like Gog, but I think Gwen Stacy had nicer nostrils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 Great idea, Bob. I'll have to go home and do some digging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Hook Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 Thanks for getting it started! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_collector Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 I like Gog, but I think Gwen Stacy had nicer nostrils. Eerie, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 Thanks for getting it started! The credit should go to Jeffro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_collector Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrin_Radd Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 I have a feeling this is going to be a long thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 I have a feeling this is going to be a long thread. Well then...just in case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro. Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 Thanks for getting it started! The credit should go to Jeffro! I'm not here for the credit. Only for the great covers. This may be the greatest thread ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFB Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 Here's another. Gil totally had a nose fetish. If Spidey didn't have a mask on, we'd be able to see up every nose on this cover: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 Up the nose covers? It's hard to pick just one.... Here's my candidate for the "most up-nostril shots on one cover" award: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heinlein99 Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 I thought I was the only person who'd noticed this! Good call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider9698 Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 What's the deal with Harry Osborne??? How dare Kane draw him with his head down!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted August 13, 2005 Author Share Posted August 13, 2005 (edited) GK seems to have emphasized the odd angles that show off the underside of the schnozz during his tenure at Marvel, but there was the occasional preview of things to come from the DC days: NEVERMIND! (It's not Kane) Edited August 13, 2005 by namisgr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Hook Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 I almost posted that one, until I realized it was Infantino/Anderson artwork. The other guys on the staff at DC must have caught the bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonker Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 (edited) I almost posted that one, until I realized it was Infantino/Anderson artwork. The other guys on the staff at DC must have caught the bug. I had my own GL 53 post composed a couple of days ago ready to hit 'enter' until I saw the cover sig. It is odd that Kane apparently picked up this mannerism after he left DC for Marvel at the close of the Silver Age. Maybe it had to do with the volume of covers he did for Marvel all of a sudden. Previously, at DC he normally did covers just as part of the completed package of interior art. Perhaps once he started routinely drawing covers divorced from the interior art, he started thinking in terms of big, poster-style art, and the close-up head-shot (noses and all) just became a shortcut for him? Or maybe DC editor Julie Schwartz just didn't care to look at the underside of all his characters' noses? Edited August 13, 2005 by Zonker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted August 13, 2005 Author Share Posted August 13, 2005 Thanks for catching my error, gents. You: , Me: As to why this became common in Kanes' work only when he went to Marvel, I'm wondering if working on Spiderman had anything to do with it. Just as Kane brilliantly showcased (pun intended) GLs aerial acrobatics, so to might he have used odd perspectives to capture Spidey's angular abilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Thanks for catching my error, gents. You: , Me: As to why this became common in Kanes' work only when he went to Marvel, I'm wondering if working on Spiderman had anything to do with it. Just as Kane brilliantly showcased (pun intended) GLs aerial acrobatics, so to might he have used odd perspectives to capture Spidey's angular abilities. yeah, but his Warlock covers were rife with up-the-schnozz shots too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 As to why this became common in Kanes' work only when he went to Marvel, I'm wondering if working on Spiderman had anything to do with it. Just as Kane brilliantly showcased (pun intended) GLs aerial acrobatics, so to might he have used odd perspectives to capture Spidey's angular abilities. I thought he got started showing bottoms of noses when he was drawing Atom. Here are 2 covers in a row but the interior art often showed Atom hurtling up from below to whack the bad guy in the chin (usually) or nose. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
