The Psychedelic Comic Book Art of Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Jim Steranko Part 1

Updated 1 year ago

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Update February 14, 2023:
A few years ago, I originally spent a few hours restoring what I could with Photoshop, mostly playing with contrasts (and not falling into the trap of screwing with the saturations). Today I spot-enhanced with AI enhancement and/or colorization. Sometimes it fit, sometimes it didn’t. I chose whatever version that made the colors most vibrant and/or most faithful to the Kirbyesque vision.

So much psychedelic gold was produced in the late 60s early 70s, and not just underground comix like those by Robert Crumb – it was a thing with DC and Marvel as well.
In fact, such was the popularity of psychedelics style back in those days that it swept up the sober – many of these artists did not even do drugs. Such is raw talent. That all said, time to pull out a doob and get ready to have your mind blown. I’ve retouched and cleaned up a lot of these images.

Pro Tip:
Get a $1 pair of Chromadepth glasses on Amazon for this page. It makes all this art 3D – especially Jack Kirby’s art, which, due to the bold colors and ink, not to mention the futuristic content, is a match made in heaven.
I recommend cutting off the temple part (the sides) and taping the glasses over a cheap pair of clear or reading glasses.