Jack Kirby
Birthday
1917/08/28
Day of death
1994/02/06 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Jacob Kurtzberg, 杰克·科比, جک کربی
Biography
Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917–February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. He grew up in New York City and learnt to draw cartoon figures by tracing characters from comic strips and editorial cartoons. He entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s, drawing various comics features under different pen names, including Jack Curtiss, before settling on Jack...Read more
Acting
(2017) Kirby at War: La Guerre De Kirby
as Self (archive footage)
(1989) Comic Book Confidential
as Self
(2019) Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
as Self (archive footage)
(2007) Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comic Magazine
as Self
(2023) Stan Lee
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
(2007) Jack Kirby: Story Teller
as Self
(1987) The Masters of Comic Book Art
as Self
(2001) Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
as Himself (archive footage)
(1993) The Overstreet World of Comic Books
as Self
(2017) Jack Kirby: A Personal Journey
as Himself
Kirbyvision
as Self (archive footage)
(1989) Prisoners of Gravity
as Self
(1975) Starsky & Hutch
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(2017) Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
as Self (archive footage)
(1975) S.W.A.T.
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(1992) Bob
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