Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby

22-Jan-1876


United States


Writer

Jack Kirby, born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist who created the first countless characters, such as 'The Incredible Hulk,' 'Captain America, and' The fantastic Four. 'He was born and raised in the US. self-taught artist. He is regarded as the "King of Comics" for his influential creations and his contribution to the world of comedy and his great work. His unique painting style, unlimited thinking, and storytelling skills helped him to make a mark. He created a lot of popular characters and stories and can work in all sorts of ways like war, romantic, scary and western. His long-term collaboration with Joe Simon creates many amazing jokes. They also founded a company called 'Interlineal Publications,' however, which was short-lived. His collaboration with author and editor Stan Lee has produced notable characters such as' X-Men 'and' The fantastic Four. 'Crestwood Pub,' and 'Harvey Comics.' He was married to Rosalind Goldstein, and they had four children. He died of a heart attack at the age of 76.

QUOTES BY Jack Kirby


"Once we've learned enough about the universe we will admit to ourselves that we will never know everything."

"The only real politics I knew was that if a guy liked Hitler, I'd beat the stuffing out of him and that would be it."

"It's not in the draftsmanship, it's in the man. Like I say, a tool is dead. A brush is a dead object. It's in the man. If you want to do it, you do it."

"I'm OMAC! Evacuate this section! I'm going to destroy it!"

"I feel my characters are valid, my characters are people, my characters have hope. Hope is the thing that'll take us through."

"I feel that man can transcend himself to a point where he can accomplish greater things than he thinks. I see people depressed and I see people who devalue themselves and I feel that's a terrible, terrible waste. But I love the people who try. But try fairly, try honestly."

"I felt the comics grew because they became the common man's literature, the common man's art, the common man's publishing."

"There are people that I didn't like, but I saw them suffer and it changed me. I promised myself that I would never tell a lie, never hurt another human being, and I would try to make the world as positive as I could."

"Everybody can draw, in my estimation. If you give a man 50 years, he'll come up with the Mona Lisa."

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