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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
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Jack Kirby PUBLICATIONS
1917 New York City - 1994 Thousand Oaks, California. Known for: Cartoons, comic-book art, illustration.
Jack Kirby, the "king" of American comic books and comic strips as an artist, writer and editor, was born Jacob Kurtzburg on August 28, 1917 in "Hell's Kitchen," in New York City. His career began in... Read full biography
Jack Kirby, the "king" of American comic books and comic strips as an artist, writer and editor, was born Jacob Kurtzburg on August 28, 1917 in "Hell's Kitchen," in New York City. His career began in 1935 as an illustrator for Max Fleischer's animation studio. A year later, he was creating "Abdul... Read full biography
Jack Kirby, the "king" of American comic books and comic strips as an artist, writer and editor, was born Jacob Kurtzburg on August 28, 1917 in "Hell's Kitchen," in New York City. His career began in 1935 as an illustrator for Max Fleischer's animation studio. A year later, he was creating "Abdul Jones", "Socko the Seadog" and the "Black Buccaneer" for the Lincoln Newspaper Syndicate, until 1938 when the company went out of business. Briefly with the Eisner-Iger studios in 1939, he worked on... Read full biography
Jack Kirby, the "king" of American comic books and comic strips as an artist, writer and editor, was born Jacob Kurtzburg on August 28, 1917 in "Hell's Kitchen," in New York City. His career began in 1935 as an illustrator for Max Fleischer's animation studio. A year later, he was creating "Abdul Jones", "Socko the Seadog" and the "Black Buccaneer" for the Lincoln Newspaper Syndicate, until 1938 when the company went out of business. Briefly with the Eisner-Iger studios in 1939, he worked on Jungle and Jumbo Comics. Also with other companies, he drew the complete first issue of Captain Marvel. Kirby, and his partner, Joe Simon, working together in a common studio, were approached early in 1941 by Martin Goodman, the publisher of Timely... Read full biography
Jack Kirby, the "king" of American comic books and comic strips as an artist, writer and editor, was born Jacob Kurtzburg on August 28, 1917 in "Hell's Kitchen," in New York City. His career began in 1935 as an illustrator for Max Fleischer's animation studio. A year later, he was creating "Abdul Jones", "Socko the Seadog" and the "Black Buccaneer" for the Lincoln Newspaper Syndicate, until 1938 when the company went out of business. Briefly with the Eisner-Iger studios in 1939, he worked on Jungle and Jumbo Comics. Also with other companies, he drew the complete first issue of Captain Marvel. Kirby, and his partner, Joe Simon, working together in a common studio, were approached early in 1941 by Martin Goodman, the publisher of Timely Comics, to create a patriotic hero to compete with Pep Comics' The Shield. They responded with the superhuman Captain America, who became an... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesThe Encyclopedia of American Comics From 1897 to the Present
1990Goulart, Ron (Editor)408 pages (color)The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told
1987Hogan, Sean338 pages (color)