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Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators.
Biography. A comic book artist who began working during the Golden Age of comic books and continued into the 1990s, Jack Kirby (1917-1994) created or co-created hundreds of characters, including many of today's best known superheroes.
Jul 3, 2018 · You can go through the archives of his weblog, or all over the web, to see a sampling of the thousands of pages of comics art he created in the 76 years of that century that he lived, and the unending source of inspiration for creativity he sparked in others.
The Kirby Archive. Since 2006 the Museum has scanned and cataloged hundreds of pages of original art, photocopies, documents and other historical objects. This archive preserves Jack Kirby’s wonderful works in a lasting archive of high resolution scans to standards used by museums and libraries around the world.
Dec 17, 2015 · Art in America. Features. Genius in a Box. By Alexi Worth. December 17, 2015 3:42pm. View Gallery 8 Images. A legend among comics fans, Jack Kirby was the gifted, overworked illustrator who...
Kirby’s art—his visual prowess—is why we’re here. At the most basic level his signature motifs include extreme foreshortening, the squiggle, and the “Kirby Krackle.” Most of Kirby’s art was drawn to serve a story he was telling.
Sep 23, 2015 · Design Influence & Inspiration in Jack Kirby’s Comic Art – PRINT Magazine. Comics & Animation Design. By Michael Dooley September 23, 2015 ∙ 7 min. read. Print ’s Steven Brower covered Los Angeles’s apocalypse from the safety of the East Coast, but I experienced it firsthand.
