He loved being a comic guy,” curator Ben Saunders told Observer. “Jack was a great artist who happened to draw comics.” ...

To most people who read of his death of a heart attack at age 76, Jack Kirby was just a comic book artist. But to those who grew up reading his work for more than five decades, it was tragic news.

Jack Kirby was a comic book superhero. As an artist and writer, he was the essential creator or co-creator behind entire worlds of heroes and villains, interstellar conflicts, and what has become ...

Beyond that, Fantastic Four was where Jack Kirby redefined modern comic book art, giving us the structure, pacing, and design elements that still define comic books to this day.

The problem facing the curators of a new exhibit on comic book creator Jack Kirby wasn’t finding enough art and archival material to depict the life and career of the man who helped create such ...

This year marks the centenary of two world-changing events: the Russian Revolution and the birth of comic-book artist Jack Kirby. But while Soviet communism has all but vanished from the planet ...

Jack Kirby: The comic book artist finally gets the recognition he deserves. With ‘New Gods’ announced as the next blockbuster superhero movie, it’s time ‘the King’ was finally recognised ...

Joe Simon was the first guy Jack Kirby ever met who wasn’t from New York City (he came from Syracuse), but together they created most of the famous comic book characters that remain standard ...

Jack Kirby was a comic book superhero. As an artist and writer, he was the essential creator or co-creator behind entire worlds of heroes and villains, interstellar conflicts, and what has become ...

The problem facing the curators of a new exhibit on comic book creator Jack Kirby wasn’t finding enough art and archival material to depict the life and career of the man who helped create such ...