Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby, born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist, writer, and editor widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComic Book Artist
Date of Birth28 August 1917
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
dream children stress
All life on Earth is subject to the rumbles and rockings of the parent stucture which has no control over the disastrous effects of its stresses and strains on whatever thrives on its surface. The ambitions and dreams of men are irrelevant to this planetary giant which pursues its own way in its own manner. Man is its child, tenant and still, to this date, its captive.
where-we-come equations
Aw, where we come from the Anti-Life Equation is one of many others--almost as awesome!! But they merely exist!!
curriculum students excellent
I was a good student in the subjects that I wanted to be good in. The curriculum in my section was excellent.
drawing bucks
I admired anybody who could make a buck with his drawing.
sections
I'm OMAC! Evacuate this section! I'm going to destroy it!
names evil monsters
My monsters were lovable monsters. I gave them names - some were evil and some were good. They made sales, and that's always been my prime object in comics.
fighting odds ducks
I never duck out of a fight; I don't care what the hell the odds are, and I'm rough at times, but I try to be a decent guy all the time. That's the way I've always lived.
saws monsters intriguing
I couldn't draw anything that was too outlandish or too horrible. I never did that. What I did draw was something intriguing. There was something about this monster that you could live with. If you saw him you wouldn't faint dead away.
ambition perfect my-ambition
My ambition was always to be a perfect picture of an American.
morning home night
I could do whatever I liked to do during the day. I didn't have to work in an office. I could work at home. I could work at my leisure. I worked 'til four in the morning. I worked with the TV and radio on - it was a great setup. I was a night person and still am.
kids people guy
An American is a guy, a rich guy with a family, a decent guy with a family with as many kids as he likes, doing what he wants, working with people that he likes, and enjoying himself to his very old age.
unhappy want
I don't want to take somebody else's beating. That makes me unhappy.
jobs people beef
I've done my job extremely well. My only beef is that a lot of people have put their fingers in whatever I've done and tried to screw it up, and I've always resented that.
fields top-performers kind
Any kind of music can be written badly and it can be written wonderfully. I admire a top performer in any field.