I've got a little drawing I did of the King here...
Anyway, my artistic deficiencies aside, this is now my new favorite National Holiday! Without Jack Kirby, Comics would SUCK. Kirby redefined action comics with his and Joe Simon's breakout series "Captain America", which also gave us one of the most timeless and beloved superheroes ever. Kirby continued to redefine and refine comic art throughout the course of his 50 year career, so much so that Kirby is an essential part of our comics DNA. He pioneered both the Romance and Cosmic Genres in comics, and without him there would be no Marvel comics. Seriously, he saved the company. They moving the furniture out, and Stan Lee was in a corner crying. All those blockbuster movies that have made Marvel a worldwide phenomenon? None of those (except Spiderman, although Kirby had a hand in even Spiderman's creation, albiet a slight one) would exist without Kirby. Hell, even with the new, obscure "Guardians of the Galaxy" film, Kirby created America's Sweetheart, Groot, as well as the main villain, Ronan the Accuser. Kirby gave us everything, and quite frankly he never got back what he deserved. Speaking of which, I think there's a fair amount of charitable events being held in the King's honor today, so that's worth checking out if you've got the time and spare scratch.
Speaking of spare scratch, I did a drawing of Cactus Joe and Pengy Penguin dressed up as Mr. Miracle and Oberon that can viewed on my Patreon site for a measly pledge of a dollar a month. Check that out at: www.patreon.com/torcpress.
I'll be back later today with a couple of Kirby Top 10s and maybe some other Kirby odds and ends.
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