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This year marks what would have been comic book legend jack kirbys 100th birthday, a fact that last weeks comiccon international marked with no fewer than six panels dedicated to his work and. Jack kirby bibliography hey kids comics wiki fandom. It is my personal effort to share the works of jack kirby, comic book creator and artist with comic book fans, researchers and historians. Book 10 chapter 1 of hoshi no kirby moretsu pupupu hour. Created, designed, developed, produced and built in drupal cms by tom kraft. Search our free comic book database stash my comics. The delay was my fault i h marvel comics dc comics superheroes marvel heroes comic book artists comic artist comic books art book creator millie the model comics. Subscribe for ongoing comic book news, market analysis, and history. He was named after american comic book artist jack kirby. This is a compendium, a celebration of kirby s life and accomplishments, an overview with.

Jack kirby wrote and pencilled both the adaptation and the series, which were published by marvel comics beginning in 1976. The premier online comics price guide free comic book values. In collaboration with several artists, most notably jack kirby and steve ditko, he cocreated spiderman, the hulk, the fantastic four, iron man, thor, the xmen, and many other fictional characters, introducing complex. In that vein, weve reverted the server migration due to some unforeseen issues that were going to take longer to deal with than made sense. Im tom and i am a collector, enthusiast, and comic dealer. Aug 01, 2017 mark evanier met jack kirby in 1969, worked as his assistant, and later became his official biographer.

This is a compendium, a celebration of kirbys life and accomplishments, an overview with. Feb 22, 2007 to say that i am currently reading this book is a bit of a misnomer. The last boy on earth, which ran from 1972 to 1978 kamandi is a young hero in a postapocalyptic future. I hope to get more translations out in the future, but its entirely up to our translator, pop, if they want to do more, i only did the typesetting and scanning.

Jack kirby at the comic book db archived from the original. Legendary comics creator jack kirbys mindboggling imagination is on full display in this massive hardcover that includes. Background young jack kirby with his parents circa 1920. To honor the king, weve compiled this list of some of our. The gcd is building the most comprehensive comics database.

The perfect comic to honor jack kirbys 100th birthday wired. Apr 15, 2020 welcome to marvel saga, a teamup podcast from the creative minds behind comic reflections and the worst. Search our free comic book database and keep track of your comic book collection online with full comic details, cover images, and current market values. The next mutation or teenage mutant ninja turtles iv. Together with stan lee and jack kirby, he was a pillar of marvel comics during the.

Marvel comics news, rumors, and information from bleeding cool. Use this free, interactive site to look up your favorite characters, artists, writers, or comic book series. Did miss stewart find a phoenix bird that allowed her to start her life over. He has three emmy award nominations, and received the. It is fully searchable and includes data on creator credits, story details, or other publication details for comic books worldwide. Jack kirby was a prolific comics creator who created a large number of american comic books and characters, particularly for marvel comics and dc comics. But he also dipped into the comic strip market more than a few times as well. Created for fans and historians of comic book creator jack. To some extent artists were even considered interchangeable, which is why marvel could see nothing shady about. In various concept art, his bandana color is shown as white, black, and purple.

Jack kirby would have been a giant even if hed stuck only to drawing. The comic book arm of the company was founded in 1939 as timely publications and was generally known as atlascomics in the 1950s. It is now available in a smaller, more affordable package. Rainy days with my lovepig by db artwork on deviantart. Welcome to marvel saga, a teamup podcast from the creative minds behind comic reflections and the worst. Growing up poor in new york city, kurtzberg entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s. Marvels modern incarnation dates from the early 1960s, with the launching of fantastic four and other superhero titles created by stan lee, jack kirby, steve ditko, and others. Jack kirby jack kirby is widely regarded as the king of comics, with a career in comics that started in the late 1930s until his passing in 1994. After leaving marvel and spiderman in 1966, ditko went to charlton comics, where he worked on captain atom, blue. Dont get me wrong though, this is indeed a tale of drama, suspense, and mystery. Almost everything that was different about comic books began in the 1940s on the drawing table of jack kirby. He drew various comic strips under different pen names, ultimately settling on jack kirby. Comic book pages comic page comic book artists comic. A writer and historian, evanier has written more than 500 comics for gold key, dc comics, and marvel comics, several hundred hours of television including garfield and is the author of several books including mad art 2002.

Jacob kurtzberg was born in new york city, in a tenement house on essex street in the lower east side of manhattan on august 28, 1917. Nov 27, 2019 ive always loved the way comic book artists draw outer space sometimes i think they make it look more fantastic than the real thing. To list off all the marvel characters that jack kirby had a hand in creating would be like trying to count the stars in the night sky. Hes of course widely known as a comic book artist, and rightly so. Aug 28, 2017 kirby was dubbed the king for a reason, and today we mark 100 years of his reign. Marvels modern incarnation dates from the early 1960s, with the launching of fantastic four and other superhero titles created. Born on august 28, 1917, jack kirby taught himself to draw when he was a young boy in new york, taking the flash gordon newspaper comic strip and other sources as his inspirations. These days we may be sick of the hype that flows from comic book stardom but kirby. Mark evanier met jack kirby in 1969, worked as his assistant, and later became his official biographer.

Looking beyond the familiar ground of super heroes, kirby crafted a cosmic epic that took comicbook fans on a spectacular adventure every month. King of comics is a delightful blend of original sketches, reproduced covers, and reproduced pages. Never miss a new book by your favorite author again. Adam hughes, one of the most coveted comic convention sketch artists today, is best known for his cover work on titles like wonder woman, tomb raider and catwoman. Oct 22, 2015 a short discussion of kirby s metaphysical thematics and his famous fourth world tetrology of the early 1970s. He enrolled in the prestigious pratt institute but dropped out on. February 7, 2019 sometimes you have to take a step back before you can take a step forward. Since kirbys groundbreaking work, the eternals and their malevolent counterparts, the deviants, have become vital parts of the marvel universe. The best comic strips, political cartoons and puzzles in all the land. A short discussion of kirbys metaphysical thematics and his famous fourth world tetrology of the early 1970s. Comic reflections, hosted by nicholas prom, looks at comics from the silver and bronze ages. Jack kirby from comic book creators, jack kirby by sue hamilton i finally got my copy of sue hamiltons comic book creators, jack kirby. Sell, buy and trade with comic collectors from around the world.

Uncle bart slips into a deathlike state and is almost buried alive. Simon born october 10, 19 was a comic book writer, artist and editor who created or cocreated many important characters in the 1930s1940s golden age of comic books, and who served as the first editor of timely comics, the company that would evolve into marvel comics. Beautiful jack kirby art, in jeremy kirbys artwork comic art gallery room. A space odyssey is an oversized american comic book adaptation of the 1968 film of the same name as well as a tenissue monthly series which expanded upon the concepts presented in the stanley kubrick film and the novel by arthur c. The grand comics database gcd is a nonprofit, internetbased organization of international volunteers dedicated to building an open database covering all printed comics throughout the world. At the dawn of the silver age of comic books, steve ditko and writer joe gill created. No challenge to any owners rights is intended or should be inferred. Old movies rainy days nerd romance ocean fan art my love artwork artist. King of comics helps us see it in the context of a contrasting age in which namesand the individual talentwere, to be blunt, unimportant. Welcome to the jack kirby shop sign in or create an account. It is fully searchable and includes data on creator credits, story details, or other publication details for comic books. Stan lee born stanley martin lieber, 28 dizember 1922 12 november 2018 wis an american comic beuk writer, editor, publisher, media producer, televeesion host, actor, an umwhile preses an chairman o marvel comics. August 28, 1917 february 6, 1994 was an american comic book artist, writer and editor, widely regarded as one of the mediums major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators.

Werner roth january 27, 1921 june 1973 was an american comic book artist, perhaps best known for immediately succeeding jack kirby. August 28, 1917 february 6, 1994 was one of the most pioneering comic creators of all time. Marvel comics is a comic book publishing house famous for creating notable. What if kirby wik was conceived, designed, produced and built in drupal, an open source content management framework, by me, tom kraft. He may not be with us anymore, but his influence is felt every day in nearly every comic book on the stands. The bulk of kamandis appearances occurred in the comic series kamandi. He grew up in new york city, and learned to draw cartoon figures by tracing. His infrequently used pen names were gregory sykes and jon henery. Simon born october 10, 19 was a comic book writer, artist and editor who created or cocreated many important characters in the 1930s1940s golden age of comic books, and who served as the first editor of timely comics, the company that. Omac buddy blank is a superhero comic book character created in 1974 by jack kirby and published by dc comics. Legendary comics creator jack kirbys mindboggling imagination is on full display in this massive hardcover that includes tales of super hero adventure, mystery, war.

With the exception of stories in the public domain, no entire comic book issues comic art is displayed on this site. Jack kirby was a prolific comics creator who created many american comic books and. What i wanted to do today was highlight a littleremembered side of kirby. Kirby krackle also known as kirby dots is an artistic convention in superhero and science fiction comic books and similar illustrations, in which a field of black, pseudofractal images is used to represent negative space around unspecified kinds of energy. All characters and comic art presented are, or of their respective owners. Kamandi cover courtesy of dc entertainment why 2017 is the year of jack kirby, comics most influential creator this august will mark the. Werner roth at the comic book db archived from the original. He was going to be a turtle from another dimension. Jack kirby, stan lee and the american comic book revolution. Looking for a list of comics with art by kevin nowlan or with covers by alan davis. There is no place in the book that calls it a biography. To honor the king, weve compiled this list of some of our favorite kirby covers, ranging from the iconic to the oddball. Jack kirby august 28, 1917 february 6, 1994, born jacob kurtzberg, was an american comic book artist, writer and editor. August marks the 100th birthday anniversary of legendary comic book artist, writer and editor jack kirby, and dc comics looks to honor the late creator with a series of oneshots inspired by his most famous heroes, villains and superteams.

The character was created towards the end of kirbys contract with the publisher following the cancellation of his new gods series. See also jack kirbys biography at the marvel database wikia. Proficient in every stage of the creation process, he was responsible for creating dozens of unique characters for both marvel and dc comics. Kirbys comic book career had to be put in hiatus in 1943, when he was. But thanks to an innovative new process for creating comic books pioneered at marvel, kirby found himself doing far more. With the form factor of a coffeetable book or tabloidsized comic, kirby. However, the staff got together and narrowed down our 10 favorite characters the king had a role in bringing to life. Since kirby s groundbreaking work, the eternals and their malevolent counterparts, the deviants, have become vital parts of the marvel universe. Born and raised in the lower east side, jack kirby born jacob kurtzberg created or cocreated some of the most enduring characters and stories in comics captain america, avengers, hulk, xmen, fantastic four, silver surfer, darkseid, among hundreds of others. This year marks what would have been comic book legend jack kirby s 100th birthday, a fact that last weeks comic con international marked with no fewer than six panels dedicated to his work and. Kirby was dubbed the king for a reason, and today we mark 100 years of his reign. I hope to get more translations out in the future, but its entirely up to our translator, pop, if they want to do more, i. Jack kirby is best known for creating captain america in the 40s, for his work with with stan lee at marvel comics on titles such as the fantastic four, thor, the.

Jacob kirby kurtzberg was an american comic book artist, writer and editor, widely regarded. Kirby was supposed to be the fifth member of the ninja turtles gang in the fourth tmnt movie, tmnt. A gangsta rap specialist, ro was in his element when discussing the. Looking beyond the familiar ground of super heroes, kirby crafted a cosmic epic that took comic book fans on a spectacular adventure every month. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use to track and manage your comic collection. While kirby might be here, drinking, smoking, looking at dirty maganzines, sneaking into womens washrooms, and many other things, he still manages to retain is navie persona. It is his first credit in the grand comics database. Dc comics announces jack kirby centennial oneshots cbr. Although ive read a lot about the history of comics, there were new anecdotes and insights that i appreciated about both the early days and the latter years of kirbys. Stan lee born stanley martin lieber, 28 dizember 1922 12 november 2018 wis an american comic beuk writer, editor, publisher, media producer, televeesion host, actor, an umwhile preses an chairman o marvel comics in collaboration wi several airtists, includin jack kirby an steve ditko, he cocreatit spiderman, the hulk, the fantastic four, iron man, thor, the xmen, an mony ither. Comic book artists, comic artist, comic books art, comic drawing, x men, marvel universe, marvel dc, novels, outer space jack kirby, il re dei comics fumettologica comic book artists comic books jack king doom patrol king baby life goes on comic page book images a comics.

He grew up in new york city and learned to draw cartoon figures by tracing characters from comic strips and editorial cartoons. This is his story by one who knew him wellmark evanier. Sep 24, 2008 looking beyond the familiar ground of super heroes, kirby crafted a cosmic epic that took comic book fans on a spectacular adventure every month. This fight either ends in death, or one is unable to. Kirby covers documentation of my attempt to collect every single comic book cover drawn by jack kirby. Jack kirby created or cocreated some of comic books most popular characters including captain america, the xmen, the hulk, the fantastic four, the mighty thor. After a huge event called the great disaster, humans have been reduced back to savagery. Set up a free account or opt for a paid membership, either way, you can see prices for every comic book in our database.