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Aug 28, 2019 · Marvel Comics showcases some of the iconic covers created by Jack Kirby, the King of Comics. See his artwork for Captain America, Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four and more.
Join us for a spectacular exhibition celebrating Jack Kirby’s artwork and his profound influence on comics, art, and popular culture. The show will include approximately 50 pages of original artwork by Jack Kirby, along with new works by over 70 contemporary artists, and plenty of exciting surprises.
Jack Kirby has been referred to as the "superhero of style", his artwork described by John Carlin in Masters of American Comics as "deliberately primitive and bombastic", and elsewhere has been compared to Cubist, Futurist, Primitivist and outsider art.
Jack Kirby Owned Art & Photostats. Art and prints from Jack Kirby the King of Comics. The Jack Kirby Store.
- What Is The Collections website?
- What Is The Kirby Digital Archive?
- Why Is Archiving Original Art Important?
- Have Your Kirby Art Archived!
- Options For Having Your Art Archived
- Your Location
- Your Scanner
- Other Scans and Photos Welcome!
- Thanks to Contributors!
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Design for the new Kirby Museum Collections website is underway. But we need funds to make it an online reality for all to enjoy. We have thousands images and catalog data in our Catalogue Raisonné. Part of our mission is to encourage the study of Jack Kirby. We want to have this new site available for historians, researchers, the media and every K...
In 2006, The Jack Kirby Museum started its Kirby Digital Archive (KDA) with the ambitious goal of archiving every available piece of Jack Kirby’s art. The KDA preserves Jack Kirby’s wonderful works in a lasting archive of high resolution scans to standards used by museums and libraries around the world. Not only does this archive provide amazing im...
The KDA project’s main purpose is to create a lasting record of Kirby’s art for everyone to study and enjoy – now and long into the future. With the passage of time, any original art not in museums or galleries runs the risk of deteriorating or being destroyed in natural and man-made disasters.The Kirby Museum is dedicated to keeping Kirby’s legacy...
Please contact Rand Hoppe and Tom Kraft of the Jack Kirby Museum at info@kirbymuseum.org to have your art archived. Owners who allow scans their original art to be included in the Kirby Digital Archive have the option to have a courtesy credit or to remain anonymousand can specify whether only scholars may view the scans, under Museum control and w...
1. Upcoming conventions
We bring our scanners onsite to scan and archive your art at many of the larger comic conventions through out the United States where you can bring your Kirby art. Bechara Maalouf of Nostalgic Investments generously provides a table and space for us to scan and archive art.
We can scan your art or arrange a visit to have your art scanned at your location. Museum Trustees, Rand Hoppe is located near New York City and Tom Kraft near Boston. We both have professional scanners. You can arrange to have us travel to your home and scan your art at your location. Many collectors do not want their art to leave their homes for ...
If you have access to a wide format scanner, you can also scan your art yourself. Here are the specifications for providing archival quality scans: 1. 100% 2. 1200 DPI or 600 DPI 3. RBG (24 bit color) 4. Scan front and back 5. Try to keep the art as straight as possible 6. No unsharp masking or auto adjust settings 7. Include space in between edges...
That’s right! Even though we’re building an amazing scholarly reference with scans at archival quality, the Kirby Museum is also interested in compiling scans or photos of Kirby original art at any level of quality. See the information above about how to send them to us.
We offer our heartfelt thanks to those who have contributed to or otherwise helped the Kirby Digital Archive: 1. Lisa KIRBY 2. Tracy KIRBY 3. Jeremy KIRBY – Jack Kirby Comics 4. Bechara MAALOUF – Nostalgic Investments 5. Steve and Rich DONNELLY – Cool Lines Artwork 6. Scott DUNBIER – IDW Artist Editions 7. Ted VANLIEW – Superworld Comics 8. Wicked ...
Learn about the Kirby Digital Archive, a project to scan and preserve every piece of Jack Kirby's art. See how to contribute your own Kirby art or browse the gallery of high-resolution images.
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.
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Jack Kirby was one of the most influential comic book artists and writers of the United States, and one of the innovators of the superhero genre. Nicknamed the "King of Comics", he has been a driving force behind the industry during both the Golden Age of Comic Books in the...
