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Happy 99th Birthday Jack Kirby

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Even all these years after his passing, Jack Kirby is known as "King." Jack Kirby would have been 99 years old today.

The Overstreet Hall of Fame, which is featured in The Overstreet Guide To Collecting Comics summed up Kirby's career:

"A creative dynamo given human form, for many Jack Kirby defined with his work the very idea of what comic books should be.

In his art and stories, the obvious brash doses of daring design and explosive action were infused with something more unexpected in the eras in which he worked: an equally bold excitement for the cerebral, philosophical and spiritual. Whether working with partners such as Joe Simon (with whom he co-created Captain America, the Fighting American, Boys Ranch, and many would say the romance comics genre) and Stan Lee (co-creating the Fantastic Four, Thor, and the Silver Surfer, among others), or on his own (DC’s “Fourth World” titles such The New Gods, Mister Miracle, The Forever People, or his creator-owned Captain Victory and Silver Star), Kirby worked as much in metaphor as he did in pencil.

The number of creators and fans he influenced will never be known."

Happy Birthday Jack Kirby!


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Hero Initiative, the non-profit that raises money for comics industry professionals in medical and financial need, is celebrating Jack “King” Kirby’s 99th birthday with the help of Jillian Kirby, founder of Kirby4Heroes.

Over 50 artists will participate in Wake Up and Draw. They’ll celebrate his birthday by creating a card in honor of Kirby. The drawings will appear in a special gallery at ComicArtFans.com and art fans can follow the action on Twitter using #WakeUpAndDraw. The drawings will then be auctioned to benefit Hero on August 30.

You can help out the Hero Initiative by visiting these comic shops!



Below is a small sample of Jack Kirby's amazing work:

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Kirby's iconic cover to Avengers #4, dated March 1964.

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March 1963 brought us this classic crossover in Fantastic Four #12.

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The first issue of Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth, dated October-November 1972.

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Strange Tales #89 from October 1961 introduced a memorable Kirby creation, Fin Fang Foom.

 

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