JACK KIRBY documentary Part 5 of 5
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2012
- Jack Kirby (August 28, 1917 -- February 6, 1994),[2] born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist, writer and editor regarded by historians and fans as one of the major innovators and most influential creators in the comic book medium.
Growing up poor in New York City, Kurtzberg entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s. He drew various comics features under different pen names, including Jack Curtiss, ultimately settling on Jack Kirby. In 1940, he and writer-editor Joe Simon created the highly successful superhero character Captain America for Timely Comics, predecessor of Marvel Comics. During the 1940s, Kirby, generally teamed with Simon, created numerous characters for that company and for the company that would become DC Comics.
After serving in World War II, Kirby returned to comics and worked in a variety of genres. He contributed to a number of publishers, including DC, Harvey Comics, Hillman Periodicals and Crestwood Publications, where he and Simon created the genre of romance comics. He and Simon also launched their own short-lived comic company, Mainline Publications. Kirby ultimately found himself at Timely's 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics, later to be known as Marvel Comics. There, in the 1960s, he and writer-editor Stan Lee co-created many of Marvel's major characters, including the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and the Hulk. Despite the high sales and critical acclaim of the Lee-Kirby titles, however, Kirby felt treated unfairly, and left the company in 1970 for rival DC.
There Kirby created his Fourth World saga, which spanned several comics titles. While these series proved commercially unsuccessful and were canceled, several of their characters and the Fourth World mythos have continued as a significant part of the DC Universe. Kirby returned to Marvel briefly in the mid-to-late 1970s, then ventured into television animation and independent comics. In his later years, Kirby, who has been called "the William Blake of comics",[3] began receiving great recognition in the mainstream press for his career accomplishments, and in 1987, he, along with Carl Barks and Will Eisner, was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame. The Jack Kirby Awards and Jack Kirby Hall of Fame were named in his honor. - Фільми й анімація
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I didn't know Jack had kids. We all have this little Jack Kirby living in our heads and mine really enjoyed finding out he was a father and that his kids were still around and thought he was a great dad. Thanks.
glad you enjoyed it, I got my bigger view into the life of Jack Kirby when my daughter gave me Mark Evanier book, "Kirby: King of Comics" a few years ago. I was finally able to see him as a normal person rather than an icon.
This is a stunning documentary. Thank you so much for posting it.
I have my own Kirby artifact. When I was a little boy I wrote Jack Kirby a fan letter, and in return he mailed me a blank post card on the back of which he drew a pic of Captain American saying "Best wishes Tony!"
anissueof ursincerity I went to Kirby Biographer Mark Evanier website after hearing about the settlement Disney gave to the Kirby family to get some info. Evanier would not say how much the settlement was, but he did say that "Jack and Ros were smiling in Heaven". Their children will want no more, and the world will always know ,Jack was King.
I live in Athens - Greece. I have been reading and collecting comics from 1992.
In these 26 years i have read ( and collected) most of the marvel comics printed.
I have also read and saw a lot of articles, videos over the internet.
But nothing and i MEAN nothing ever moved me like this documentary did..
Thank you Jack And Roz Kirby for making this world a better one to be in.
I will always consider you the best, untill the day i die..
Thank you.
Wonderful tribute to a great artist. Jack Kirby has long been a part of my life. I'll never forget when and where I was the first time I saw his artwork. I was what was called then a, "latch key kid" and at around 7 years old, I had gone to the corner store to buy candy with the money I made collecting and returning pop and milk bottles. As I waited, I looked around the store and saw the comics shelf. Of all the titles one stood out; The Hulk #1. I was mesmerized by the cover. Even at that age, I knew at once that the large ghostly figure was tied to the small man in the lab coat and the armed soldiers approaching him were the threat, not the large ghostly Hulk. I wish I could tell you I spent my hard earned pennies on that comic, but I didn't. Candy was the world to me then, but somehow, the comic ended up in my home. Some mysterious hand of fate meant for me to see and hold this wonderful and beautiful thing. To this day, I have no idea how, in a house that had never had a comic in it before, this arrived into my home and my life.
Over the next few days, I spent hours examining the panels; the lines of the scenes and figures were filled with a taut energy and drama that communicated everything my young mind needed to know about the story. I continued this for days until, as mysteriously as it appeared, it disappeared. I never found out what happened to it. Despite this, those panels are so burned into my mind, I'll never forget them. I conjure them up whenever I want or need to relax. They still amaze and comfort me all these years later.
After I got a little older, I made money just to buy comics. I went on to discover Ditko, Kubert, and Frazetta (my other favorites), but no one of them moved me the way Kirby did. I get misty eyed thinking about it now because things weren't so great for me as a kid, but these comics, and Kirby especially, made it so much better. G_d bless him and Roz and thanks Jack for all you've given me through your work.
Beautiful documentary celebrating the life and work of a master. So many people owe so much to Jack and Roz Kirby.
Last weekend I was at a friend's party and at one point I ended up in his parents bedroom. Rather drunk I stumbled across the room and sat on the bed. When I turned I saw this magnificent Jack Kirby New God's panel, filled with Kirby Krackle. Never in my life have I felt such a sudden surge of euphoria seeing this fantastic piece of art work. For someone who's grown up my whole life knowing no one personally who was a comic book fan this was incredible. I feel that this proves just how talented once and for all Jack was as two people who aren't comic book fans found his art so brilliantly raw that they had to buy it and hang it in their room.
Jacks style was very unique, I loved the backgrounds he drew which didnt get much airing. His buildings, landscapes, city backgrounds, alien planets. He was great
Literally cried when they got to Roz, amazing documentary.
+Patrick Benson -
I am such a great fan of Kirby
that I have these videos here on my channel as a tribute. I have been a comic
fan all my life, and I am a fan of all there early creators, but we have to
understand that without Jack Kirby none of what is going on today happens. We
will long remember Stan Lee, as we should, but without Jack Kirby, there is no
Stan Lee. Last year Disney came to a very good settlement with the Kirby
Family. Disney did not have to do that, they owned all the rights. They are
like the 5th company to own the rights to marvel. But they came to the
conclusion that they were going to make a bazillion dollars off the Kirby
creations, so better to break off a nice chunk to the Kirby family so everyone is
super happy going forward. It was never released to the public what the
settlement was, but I went to Mark Evanier's (Comic Historian, comic writer, Kirby biographer,
longtime assistant and lifelong Kirby friend) website where he had posted that
he was not allowed to disclose the settlement, but that Jack and Roz were very happily
smiling down at us all from heaven. That is when I cried.
The bit where Kirbys Daughter said that Ros wasn't forgotten after Jack died was that broke me. And yeah I've met Stan, he's an amazing guy but Jack was definitely the idea guy for a lot of their collaborations.
+Patrick Benson - I am a huge Stan lee Fan also, love the Guy, but he did not create the Fantastic Four.
Seeing Neil Adams chocking up, made me chock up. And finishing the doc on his wife, quite right too, an amazing women behind every man.
Must have watched this 50 times and never get tired of it. Interesting how many of artist featured in this documentary said they initially hated Jack drawing style and came to love it. I always believed Kirby could draw realistically if he wanted. Instead of doing that he developed a abstract/impressionist style that was perfect for superhero genre. In my opinion he is right up there with pen & ink greats such as Caniff, Chester Gould, Alex Raymond and Hirschfeld. All completely different artist with distinctive style.
+Wayne Bryan - For me, Kirby was such the whole package. Creator, Artist, story teller. He was everything. One of the artist hit it on the head saying, "we just throw things against the wall to see what sticks. The Amazing thing about Kirby is how much of this stuff stuck. Looking back during wwII, Kirby and Simon created the amoung other things, the Boy Commandos. We look at the Boy Commandos today and think, What the hell was that. Right, but back then it was a huge hit at times selling a million copys a month. When you look at his golden age work, its just amazing. We see him as the Silver Age master, but he was the same thing in the golden age.
+Wayne Bryan -By the way, I am so glad you love the documentry, I also have watched it lots of times.
Jack Kirby's wife sounded like what a lady should be to her husband: a helpmate. I'm not going to apologize for saying that. It's just true. She got to run things and he got a woman that genuinely loved him. How rare and awesome is that? To have your woman get your back instead of tear you down. I'm sure there were arguments. I'm sure Kirby has to correct himself a few times. I just warmly note what a blessing it must've been to have woman like that get your back. The claws are never necessary, but that she would love and defend him like that. Aw man... that's just beautiful. They don't make women like that today.
"Helpmate."
She'd have broken your jaw for that one, cheese.
I'm glad they took the time to talk about Roz.
This Man has bought so much magic to so many lives,what an Artist,what a legend..
Wonderful film about the KING! The man who made much of my childhood come to life! God bless you sir and your beautiful wife. You are one of the very few comic artists that I really wanted to be!
Thank you for everything!
Eternal love & respect for Jack and his family
Great documentary. I never knew that Kirby was so under appreciated by the companies he worked for and especially Marvel. I was always under the impression that he would be treated as a god.
+joe k Welcome to America, where companies/corporations treat their workers like shit.
but he is respected now
Wow.... this was great. He won't be forgotten. One of my earliest comic books was "Mr. Miracle" followed by "Kammandi." Along with Caniff, he lives on in my work.
You couldn't pick a better one to be a fan of. I grew up with Jack's work in the '60's and still love it. By the early '70's I knew comics weren't run by good guys but was aware that he was one of the nice ones.
The guys at the top didn't get it. Personally and professionally, he provided the model they should've ascended toward. As Barry Smith said, "when Jack drew it, it was action, now it's just violence. There's a difference". Jack understood those differences. Most don't.
The lyric of this Monster Magnet song says it all. Song "Melt". "And I was thinking how the world should have cried, on the day Jack Kirby died. I wonder if I'm ill."
To me, that says mountains... The King will always be with us...
This is a great documentary.Kirby was a True Pioneer.
Stan Lee may be only "THE MAN", but JACK KIRBY is THE KING! LONG LIVE THE KING!
Very heartfelt...I grew up on Kirby & Marvel in the 60s/70s & his artwork made a huge impression on me.
This Documentary is magic. It made water flow out of my eyes!!!
Thanks so much for uploading this :) very admirable and inspirational icon in the comic industry who deserves recognition for his contribution to the comic book industry, not to mention his admiring personality, all awesomely told in this documentary.. thank you again sir for sharing this with us :)
This was a very poignant tribute to the King. Thanks for putting this together and on-line.
Thanks for posting this great work. It was the perfect compliment for remembering him on his birthday.
That was without a doubt fantastic..simply, beautifully shot, and edited and put together..well done
I always like his art work, but never knew what he looked like. Now i have a face to go with it. Thanks
I waited on Jack and Roz at Coco's Restaurant in Thousand Oaks in '93. The first time they came in I knew it was Jack but I wanted to give them their privacy. I told the girl who waited on them that's legendary artist Jack Kirby co-creator of Fantastic Four, X-Men, Incredible Hulk, etc. She went back to the table and told them that I recognized him. Jack signed his name on a Coco's napkin and gave it to her to give to me. They waved to me as they left. The next time they came in they sat in my station and I was thrilled. Jack was an old frail tiny man at this point. He never spoke. Roz ordered for him. She promised me a Captain America poster the next time they came in. I never saw them again. He passed shortly after that. I still have Jack's autograph sealed in a comic book bag.
I wanted to be JACK KIRBY and modeled my own work, inspired mostly by him and Romita.... great documentary and thanks for the post :)
The management wanted Kirby to draw like Kirby, Ditko to draw like Ditko, and everybody else to draw like Kirby.
boy, i almost cry with this last chapter
Great documentary -- I have watched it several times and get inspiration from it just like watching a doc on Michelangelo or Mozart - Kirby was a gift to the comic book industry and I find it interesting, personally, that I too, like a few of the artists in the doc speak about - that at first I didn't like his artwork either -- too square, blocky, but what I missed then was the sheer magnitude of his work and how much action, excitement, lighting, vastness and detail he could put into a single panel - ie ... the FF, Thor, Galactus etc... and his incomparable vision and imagination - if people ask me what I like about Kirby's artwork - I confess I can't explain why - but magic is one word that comes to mind and I just show them a page of his panels and say - "...that."
Thank you so much for posting this documentary.
Brilliant. Thanks for posting.
I am writing a speech on Jack Kirby, this has been of much help! thank you so much!Jack Kirby was a great artist. Many designers are only craftsmen, artisans. Jack Kirby was an artist.Kirby is eternal3:40 New 52 in a nutshellah that score from the tim story fantastic four film is so fitting for the credits. matches kirby's artistic commentary so well.
ah that score from the tim story fantastic four film is so fitting for the credits. matches kirby's artistic commentary so well.
The thing I take to heart with Kirby, at the risk of alienating some fans... is as a comic book artist I look at his early work (30s and 40s) and realize how, well, clunky some of it was. Comparing and contrasting that to the 60s and 70s there's NO comparison, the man was a genius. So I guess my point is there's hope for all; don't ever give up. Locked inside each of us is a GOD waiting to come out.
So lastly I think the important thing for all artists to do is to find their soul; their style.
Tremendous Love, for the two of them.
Wow!Thanks for posting this!
This was a great vid, many thanks
thanks for posting this. it was enthralling. im not a huge kirby fan but i know full well the impact the man had on the industry and the medium . the fact so many of the creators i grew up with are in this vid shows that. my exposure to his work is UK marvel "pocket books" that reprinted black and white stories of his from everyone from avengers to the xmen in the early 80s.
i had no idea as a kid just how old those stories really were, let alone how lucky i was to be able to read em in even that form. i cant help thinking those books influenced ALOT of the british and irish artists that went on to work in the US from the 90s on.
i like to think jack would get a kick out of that. :D
How well put together.
great documentary.
Johnny Mexica Fashion and Tattoo Design respect and admire Kirby!!!
Thanks for uploading.
It's amazing how much Jack and Einstein have in common can't button there shirt right but can dazzle people for a life time😍 because they shine so bright
To the King.
THE KING AND I.
I met Jack & Roz when I was an artist at a NYC convention (I met Stan that same weekend, but meeting KIRBY was the highlight).
I gave him a drawing I had done of Captain America, as a gesture of thanks for all he had done.
Then, twenty years later, I saw a photo of Jack -with MY artwork- in a documentary.
I was THRILLED!
HERE'S THE STORY & a video clip showing it.
A touching tale of how Jack Kirby was a kind and magnificent man who LOVED how people would use their energies to CREATE!
sanctumsanctorumcomix.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-king-and-i.html
Kirby was the reason I purchased comics from Marvel.
The documentary is called ,"Jack Kirby: Storyteller". I am so glad you like it. I am a big Kirby fan.
That was lovely.
wonderful
Too bad he didn't get to see how his co-creations became so popular in today's culture. He had a lot to do with making the comic nook genre popular.
Bravo!
awesome!
Jamaica appreciates King Kirby!!!!
neal adams and jack kirby
nuff said , add john busema and i'm in comicbook heaven
RIP Jack
Long Live the King.
Why do they call him the king, he was the god of comics!
He is The One Above All
pre kirby and post kirby
nuff said
anyone else notice no special thanks to stan lee.
He looked like Martin Sheen at 11:32!
The King.
Yeah
what is the name of this documentary i would like to get it on dvd.
Wow what a women. What a lucky guy
Part 5 of 5 isn‘t available anymore. Why?
Its still there. Go to the playlist.
KING KIRBY !@!!
jack was a virgo , they put their partner's on pedestals
by the sound of it , she deserved it :)
bye jack , gone but NEVER forgotten !!!
No disrespect, but his 1970's work for DC and his second tenure at Marvel were subpar to his 1960's output. Plus, his dialogue was horrible.
Sure, how could that be seen as disrespectful?
Comics change. His seventies output is more exciting, imaginative and memorable than, say, Neal Adams' output, or John Byrne's. Kirby was a true artist, expressing personal viewpoints and ideas through genre fiction. Truly an unforgettable man.
Bravo!