Why Jack Kirby is one of the most important American artists of the past 100 years

Why Jack Kirby is one of the most important American artists of the past 100 years

There was a time when the work of one of the 20th Century’s greatest artists could be had for a dime. That artist is the subject of a new exhibition: “Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity,” which opened last week at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Kirby was the creator or co-creator of many of the most iconic superhero characters ever dreamed up – Captain America, the X-Men, the Avengers, Iron Man, Black Panther, Thor and more – as well …

The Amazing Jack Kirby Gets a Show in L.A.

Jack Kirby’s cover for Captain America No. 1, 1940. The co-creator of Captain America, Iron Man, and the Avengers gets his first museum retrospective By Michael Callahan They were largely anonymous and unsung, sons of immigrants, restless and creative minds, storytellers, dreamers. They invented an entire universe that, almost a century later, stands as a tentpole of American popular culture, though only recently has their work attracted the int…