{"id":90,"date":"2010-10-06T00:00:52","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T04:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hypnosisinmedia.com\/blog\/?p=90"},"modified":"2010-10-02T12:10:25","modified_gmt":"2010-10-02T16:10:25","slug":"warriors-of-illusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hypnosisinmedia.com\/blog\/90\/warriors-of-illusion\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWarriors of Illusion\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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His\u00adto\u00adry:<\/em> The name \u2018Jack Kir\u00adby\u2019 is be one that every comics fan should imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adnize: the artist behind the cre\u00adation of some of the most rec\u00adog\u00adniz\u00adable comics char\u00adac\u00adters ever, such as Cap\u00adtain Amer\u00adi\u00adca, the Fan\u00adtas\u00adtic Four, the Incred\u00adi\u00adble Hulk, the Uncan\u00adny X\u2011Men., as well as draw\u00ading just about every major comics char\u00adac\u00adter in exis\u00adtence for just about every comics com\u00adpa\u00adny around. He was called Jack \u201cThe King\u201d Kir\u00adby and \u201cThe King of Comics\u201c1<\/sup> and deserved ever acco\u00adlade giv\u00aden him.<\/p>\n

But there was a time when he was\u00adn\u2019t work\u00ading in the comics indus\u00adtry. Dis\u00adaf\u00adfect\u00aded with both Mar\u00advel and DC, he went to Hol\u00adly\u00adwood and worked for the Ruby-Spears ani\u00adma\u00adtion com\u00adpa\u00adny, where he helped cre\u00adate the visu\u00adals for such ani\u00admat\u00aded series as \u201cThun\u00addarr the Bar\u00adbar\u00adian\u201d<\/em> 2<\/sup> and \u201cMis\u00adter T\u201d<\/em> 3<\/sup>. But that was\u00adn\u2019t all he did: he cre\u00adat\u00aded a large set of pre\u00adlim\u00adi\u00adnary art\u00adwork for a num\u00adber of oth\u00ader char\u00adac\u00adters and groups which have not seen the light of day until recently.<\/p>\n

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Descrip\u00adtion:<\/em> One of these groups was enti\u00adtled the \u201cWar\u00adriors of Illu\u00adsion\u201d. From what I have been able to gath\u00ader, these war\u00adriors were all a mas\u00adter of some form of illu\u00adsion: for exam\u00adple, the one on the left appears to be a mas\u00adter of the art of escape illu\u00adsions, judg\u00ading from the locks and chains motif. The lone female, who used the name Cloak, was a mas\u00adter of dis\u00adap\u00adpear\u00adances. Not sure if they spe\u00adcial\u00adized only in stage mag\u00adic but the float\u00ading yogi<\/em> with the lev\u00adi\u00adtat\u00ading rope seems to indi\u00adcate that some kind of mys\u00adti\u00adcal pow\u00ader was involved. Note that they all share a com\u00admon insignia, the star\u00ading eye. Most have it cen\u00adtered on the \u201cthird-eye\u201d chakra<\/em> point, while the one in the cen\u00adter, appar\u00adent\u00adly the leader, has it on his glove.<\/p>\n

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Not only did they were they magi\u00adcians, they also had a spe\u00adcial\u00adized vehi\u00adcle: Cloak (above) has a very Kir\u00adby-esque tr-wheel\u00ader while Decep\u00adtor (below) has what one com\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtor described as \u201ca cross between a \u201967 Chevy Impala and a dragon.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Com\u00admen\u00adtary:<\/em> Illu\u00adsions are a way to deceive and there\u00adfore manip\u00adu\u00adlate and con\u00adtrol the mind, so its appro\u00adpri\u00adate mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal for the blog. Besides, the \u2018star\u00ading eye\u2019 motif is so heav\u00adi\u00adly con\u00adnect\u00aded with hyp\u00adno\u00adsis that there had to be some kind of mys\u00adti\u00adcal illu\u00adsions involved, not just the stan\u00addard stage mag\u00adic tricks.<\/p>\n

Besides, this is Jack Kir\u00adby<\/em><\/span>. What more rea\u00adson do I need to include it?<\/p>\n

Adden\u00adda:<\/em> The art\u00adwork was released at a set of trad\u00ading cards.<\/p>\n

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I have to include the fol\u00adlow\u00ading card, just for the image in the upper left. \u201cThe Bad Guys\u201d were the mem\u00adbers of the Empire of Steel, the oppo\u00adnents to anoth\u00ader of Kir\u00adby\u2019s hero teams, Rox\u00adie\u2019s Raiders. That is Roxy in the clutch\u00ades of the evil doctor.<\/p>\n

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Ref\u00ader\u00adences:<\/em><\/p>\n