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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 741.5092
EAN: 9780810994478
ISBN: 081099447X
Label: Abrams
Manufacturer: Abrams
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: February 22, 2008
Publisher: Abrams
Sales Rank: 89757
Studio: Abrams
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Jack Kirby created or co-created some of comic books’ most popular characters including Captain America, The X-Men, The Hulk, The Fantastic Four, The Mighty Thor, Darkseid, and The New Gods. More significantly, he created much of the visual language for fantasy and adventure comics. There were comics before Kirby, but for the most part their page layout, graphics, and visual dynamic aped what was being done in syndicated newspaper strips. Almost everything that was different about comic books began in the forties on the drawing table of Jack Kirby. This is his story by one who knew him well—the authorized celebration of the one and only “King of Comics” and his groundbreaking work.
“I don’t think it’s any accident that . . . the entire Marvel universe and the entire DC universe are all pinned or rooted on Kirby’s concepts.” —Michael Chabon
“I don’t think it’s any accident that . . . the entire Marvel universe and the entire DC universe are all pinned or rooted on Kirby’s concepts.” —Michael Chabon
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- Surprisingly Moving Biography of Jack "King" KirbyI picked this up in my library stacks and started thumbing through it. Five minutes later two hours had gone by and I had relived a substantial portion of my childhood. Some of it brought me close to tears remembering how much Marvel Comics meant to me when I was a kid and above all, how much Jack Kirby's art meant - as for many, I am sure, Kirby was the first comic book artist I recognized by style and name. But just as moving was Mark Evanier's portrait of who Jack Kirby was and what he meant ... Read More
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- Until a comprehensive bio comes out, this will have to do.Filled with phenomenal examples of Kirby's art, KIRBY: KING OF COMICS is a great primer to the work of one of comics' true legends. "Street Code," Kirby's look at childhood on the mean streets of NY, alone is worth the price of admission, but the book is filled any number of rarely published pieces, often from the original pencils. The text from Mark Evanier, a talented writer and longtime Kirby associate, proves to be a bit of a disappointment. Evanier does a fine job of encapsulating Kirby's ... Read More
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- WOW!!! A great achievement!I began collecting comics in the mid 90's and didn't start looking backwards to the masters until several years later. I had seen Kirby's work here and there and never really was that impressed with it, but years later I pick up this book and read it (for hours last night and all afternoon today :) and I couldn't put it down. I was really taken with the work and life of this (now I see it) comics "master." Into the first few pages I was hooked on the writing. It moves along at a quick pace and Evanier ... Read More
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- Homage to the KingA beautifully researched, written and illustrated book. Rare images and insights into the life of this prolific and influential artist.
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- King Kirby Lives!!!!Mark Evanier does a fantastic job paying tribute to the king of comic books.This would make an excellent coffee table book for any Kirby afficianado!The illustrations and uses of Kirby's sketches are also effective.
But the book does have a sad note.Evanier writes of the injustices suffered by Kirby and his widow.This man essentially,except for Spiderman,was responsible for creating Marvel's Silver Age.Yet Marvel begrudgingly paid Kirby's widow a MEAGER pension after his death in 1994.
The book ... Read More
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