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| Notice who Bill Mumy (left, back) made sure to whom he was nearest in the photo. (L-R) Jack Kirby, Jerry Siegel, Bob Kane, Miguel Ferrer, (front) Mark Hamil |
This widely circulated historic photo from an early 80s Comic Con is a telling glimpse at some major Pop-Culture Icons. To me, the stand-out figure is Jack Kirby who would have been 104 years old on August 28th, 2021.
There's a certain center of gravity to this photo that is generated by Kirby even though three giants of the comic book industry are present.
Superman's co-creator Jerry Siegel who is giving Jack a single-armed hug, seems almost to distance himself from Batman's co-creator Bob Kane.
But it can be said that Jack Kirby remains on a higher level of creativity and cultural impact than any other titan of the comic book genre. He was a creator and co-creator of entire worlds -even universes-- of heroes!
This is an excellent Twitter thread on Kirby:
It's Jack Kirby's 104th birthday. An absolute titan of comics & an impossibly productive artist. Just to take the month of August 1965, 41 years ago, Marvel published 6 covers pencilled by Kirby ... (1/4) pic.twitter.com/WNM7VSpdcg
— Colin Smith 💙 (@Colin_TBTAMC) August 28, 2021
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