As World War II swept through Europe, Simon and Kirby created Captain America, who debuted punching out Adolf Hitler nine months before the U.S. It was through Kirby’s collaboration with Simon that he began his most prolific contributions to the medium. Kirby then met Joe Simon while at publisher Fox Features Syndicate, which the two would leave for Timely Comics, which later evolved into Marvel Comics. Describing the work as like a “factory,” Kirby left and got into the booming comics industry through packager Eisner & Iger. On his 100th birthday, here’s a quick celebration for the one and only Kirby, without whom comics and popular culture would look far different and way less colorful.Īfter dropping out of the the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn at the age of 14, Kirby - who went through a number of pen names before settling on “Jack Kirby,” because it reminded him of screen actor James Cagney - began his career as a newspaper artist before landing a job at the legendary Fleischer Studios, where Kirby contributed to the Popeye cartoon serials. Kurtzberg would grow up into Jack Kirby, arguably the most legendary artist in the history of comic books whose influence has been felt for decades. One hundred years ago, Jacob Kurtzberg was born to two Austrian-Jewish immigrants in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
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