| Creator Jack Kirby (1917-1994) |
| Profession Penciller |
| Total Entries 20 |
| Articles Jack Kirby – Lambiek Comiclopedia Jack Kirby – Wikipedia Jack Kirby Interview – The Comics Journal |
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This was the golden age of violence — its two prime exponents: Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The team of Simon and Kirby brought anatomy back into comic books. Not that other artists didn’t draw well (the level of craftsmanship had risen alarmingly since I’d begun to compete), but no one could put quite as much anatomy into a hero as Simon and Kirby. Muscles stretched magically, foreshortened shockingly. Legs were never less than four feet apart when a punch was thrown. Every panel was a population explosion — casts of thousands: all fighting, leaping, falling, crawling. Not any of Eisner’s brooding violence for Simon and Kirby: that was too Liston-like. They peopled their panels with Cassius Clays — speed was the thing, rocking, uproarious speed. Blue Bolt, The Sandman, The Newsboy Legion, The Boy Commandoes and best of all: Captain America and Bucky. Like an Errol Flynn war movie. Almost always taken from secret files. Almost always preceded by the legend: “Now it can be told.” ~ The Great Comic Book Heroes Intro & Afterword by Jules Feiffer – The Comics Journal
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