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Kevin Brown
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Jack Kirby would have been 97 today.
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As I'm finally working my way through the Fourth World, found my copy of The Art of Jack Kirby, reading Kamandi from the library, tracked down a copy of Spirit World, and bought The Demon, it has been a wonderful summer to rediscover the King. What a career and what a legacy.
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I've wondered what would've happened if Jack hadn't been working at
Marvel when the FF were created. Would we be here, in this forum?
Would there be a comic book market to speak of? Truly, one of the
great storytellers and innovators the industry has ever seen; probably
ever will.

Happy Birthday!
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Jason,

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Happy Jack Kirby Day!
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I've wondered what would've happened if Jack hadn't been working at Marvel when the FF were created. Would we be here, in this forum? Would there be a comic book market to speak of? Truly, one of the great storytellers and innovators the industry has ever seen; probably ever will.

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The real story is what might have happened if Joe Maneely, Stan's favorite artist, hadn't been killed when he fell in front of a subway train in 1958. He would almost certainly have been Stan's first choice to draw the new book in 1960.

Anyway, so many paths not taken! Happy birthday to young Jacob Kurtzberg.

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Happy Birthday Mr. Kirby!


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Andy Meyers
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According to Marvel: Five fabulous decades of the world's greatest comics by Les Daniels 

Joe Manleey:
-could draw anything (romance, western, war, comedy, funny animals) but his specialty was illustrating the past
-had "an uncanny gift for characterization" according to John Romita
-Stan Lee was quoted, "He was the fastest artist we had. He could do seven pages a day, pencil and ink, if he had to. He would just do a stick figure and then he'd put the drawing down in ink."

Makes me wonder if his work would've been more realistic to Kirby's explosive creativeness, what kind of characters he would have made, and if he really was faster than Kirby.


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Maneely's FF would almost certainly have born a stronger resemblance to DC's JUSTICE LEAGUE, which is the book the FF was created to imitate.

I'm not sure how that would have worked, long term, but I do sometimes find myself gazing at my SKY MASTERS Sunday original, and wishing Wally Wood had been there to ink the first 40 issues of FANTASTIC FOUR. That would certainly have been more "realistic" than what we got!

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Joe Maneely
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A fascinating montage. Wish they hadn't included DESTROYER DUCK, tho.

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From NPR's MORNING EDITION, "Raising a Birthday Glass to Comics' King Jack Kirby":


Paul Harding's beer label to celebrate Kirby's birthday:


I understand the beer is delicious - it tastes like real ink!


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