Jack Kirby: The comic book artist finally gets the recognition he deserves

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/jack-kirby-new-gods-marvel-comic-book-artist-recognition-a8259236.html

by ohjeez • 8 years ago

20 4 8 years ago

independent.co.uk

iamdave• 8 years ago

I understand this article is probably written for the general audience who may not understand how baffling it is to say Jack Kirby is "finally" getting the recognition he deserves (and probably don't even know who he is to begin with), but it doesn't make it less perplexing to read a headline that intimate he wasn't before.

He was definitely short-changed by Marvel and article takes that up at surface level so,I can't complain that much.

Stan Lee was always the more memorable name and face of the pair, but Batman was also always the face of Batman and Robin, the boy wonder still had plenty of recognition (a couple became other super heroes...one, unfortunately lost his mind). Though I am glad to see the article at least acknowledges Kirby as the titan he was behind the proverbial panels.

natecavanaugh• 8 years ago

I have to agree with you that the title to me is baffling. I remember reading in Wizard magazine when he passed the ebullient and effusive out pouring of praise from everyone in the comic book community and at the time, I just couldn't see the often times (hyperbolic to me, at the time) statements like "he was the bones of every comic book artist after him".

Now that I'm older, I totally see it. He was a game changer, and was incredibly prolific.

But I never got into New Gods, and it's tough for me to not think that DC has a great chance of screwing it up like so many of their movie releases. I hope that general unfamiliarity with the source material will help them try some new choices, but they seem to have been on a middling pursuit of emulating the MCU.

johnc1231• 8 years ago

Agreed. I mean, the article literally uses his nickname ("the King") to refer to him. How could anyone who isn't being properly recognized have the well known nickname "King"?

wink• 8 years ago

Hmm, I'm not a huge comic fan (only recently started buying some, again) and I've never heard the nickname. I knew the name Jack Kirby, of course, but I have to agree that the names Lee and Kirby didn't really tell me a lot before Wikipedia was around (and/or the MCU started).

Jack Kirby: The comic book artist finally gets the recognition he deserves

Related Stories