Lucas Blogs About Jack Kirby
True story, the Krackle effect actually emanated from Jack Kirby's person during moments of inspiration. Also, any statement immediately following or preceding the phrase "true story" is a lie. So, what's this book's deal? Well, as you might guess from the title: Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics is a comic book biography of Jack Kirby (né Jacob Kurtzberg) one of the most influential comic book artists of the Twentieth (or any other) Century. It's written and drawn by Tom Scioli. You may recall that in the past I have expressed enthusiasm for comic books based on characters created by or evoking the style of Jack Kirby. You may have mentioned him a few times, yes. Heck yes, I have! Even before I knew who he was I was a fan of his creations. I loved the X-Men, Iron Man, and Fantastic 4 cartoons in the 90s. I'll give you the X-Men but the Iron Man and FF cartoons in the 90s sucked. I don't deny that, but I loved them. I especially lo...