Jack Kirby (b. 1917)

Born: 1917 August 28 in Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Died: 1994 February 6 in Thousand Oaks, California, United States
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Notes:

To be confirmed against the Who's Who entry.

Jack Kirby signed 1978 Marvel covers with fellow creator Joe Sinnott as K/S. Jon Henri is a pen name with Joe Simon.

Name:

  • Jack Kirby
  • Type: Changed Name
    Given name: Jack Family name: Kirby

Other Names:

  1. Bob Brown Type: Pen Name
  2. Jack Cortez Type: Pen Name
  3. Jack Curtiss Type: Pen Name
  4. Curt Davis Type: House Name
  5. Ted Grey Type: Pen Name
  6. Michael Griffith Type: House Name
  7. Jon Henri Type: Pen Name
  8. Jolly Jack Type: Pen Name
  9. Floyd Kelly Type: House Name
  10. Kirby Type: Common Alternative Name
  11. J. Kirby Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: J. Family name: Kirby
  12. Lance Kirby Type: Pen Name
  13. Jacob Kurtzberg Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Jacob Family name: Kurtzberg
  14. Richard Lee Type: Pen Name
  15. Charles Nicholas Type: House Name
  16. Fred Sande Type: House Name
  17. Teddy Type: Pen Name
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Signatures:

  1. J. K. [generic]
  2. J. Kirby [generic]
  3. J. KIRBY [generic]
  4. Jack [generic]
  5. Jack Curtiss [generic]
  6. Jack Kirby [generic]
  7. JACK KIRBY [generic]
  8. Jack Kirby Inc. [generic]
  9. Jack Kirby [circle] [generic]
  10. Jack Kirby [signature] [generic]
  11. Jack over Kirby-cursive [generic]
  12. JACK [over] KIRBY [generic]
  13. JK [generic]
  14. JON HENRI [generic]
  15. K [generic]
  16. K. [generic]
  17. K/S [generic]
  18. Kirby [generic]
  19. KIRBY [generic]
  20. LANCE KIRBY [generic]
  21. Lance Kirby [generic]
  22. Simon [generic]

Relations:

  1. Employee of - Bert Whitman Associates (b. 1940)
    Notes: Per Ron Goulart, in The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics, 1977 series) #249 (December 2002), Kirby did artwork for the studio in 1940. Kirby's work for the studio probably was for Tem Publishing and Fox.
  2. Employee of - Eisner and Iger Studio (b. 1936)
    Notes: Did pencils and inks for the studio during 1937-38.
  3. User of - Michael Griffith
  4. User of - Jon Henri
    Notes: With Joe Simon.
  5. Parent of - Lisa Kirby (b. 1960)
    Notes: Lisa is the youngest child/daughter of Jack.
  6. Parent of - Susan Kirby
  7. Ghosted by - Louis Cazeneuve (b. 1908)
  8. Spouse - Rosalind Kirby (b. 1922)
  9. User of - Charles Nicholas
  10. Owner - Simon and Kirby Studio (b. 1941)
    Notes: Co-owner 1946 to 1954.

Art Influences:

Jack Kirby (b. 1917) stated influences by:
  1. Hal Foster (b. 1892)
  2. Frank Paul (b. 1884)
  3. Alex Raymond (b. 1909)
  4. Joe Simon (b. 1913)
Influences by Jack Kirby (b. 1917) were stated by:
  1. Enrique Alcatena (b. 1957)
  2. Mark Alexander (b. 1955)
  3. Jim Amash (b. 1960)
  4. Brian Apthorp (b. 1955)
  5. Gary Barker (b. 1957)
  6. Joe Barney
  7. Terry Beatty (b. 1958)
  8. Joe Bennett (b. 1968)
  9. Cliff Biggers (b. 1953)
  10. Al Bigley (b. 1965)
  11. Jerry Bingham (b. 1953)
  12. Mark Bloodworth (b. 1963)
  13. Brian Boerner (b. ????)
  14. Jon Bogdanove (b. 1958)
  15. Verl Holt Bond (b. 1949)
  16. Tim Boxell (b. 1950)
  17. Al Bradford (b. 1950)
  18. Roger Brand (b. 1943)
  19. Steve Brooks (b. 1966)
  20. Jeffrey Brown (b. 1975)
  21. Rich Buckler (b. 1949)
  22. Bob Budiansky (b. 1954)
  23. Butch Burcham (b. 1952)
  24. Sal Buscema (b. 1936)
  25. Kurt Busiek (b. 1960)
  26. John Byrne (b. 1950)
  27. Michael Chen (b. 1955)
  28. Tim Conrad (b. 1951)
  29. Paris Cullins (b. 1960)
  30. Alan Davis (b. 1956)
  31. Daniel Davis (b. 1957)
  32. Dan Day (b. 1956)
  33. Gene Day (b. 1951)
  34. J. M. DeMatteis (b. 1953)
  35. Dale Eaglesham (b. 1962)
  36. Chris Ecker (b. 1958)
  37. Danny Fingeroth (b. 1953)
  38. Ronn Foss (b. 1939)
  39. Dan Fraga (b. 1973)
  40. Allen Freeman (b. 1956)
  41. Kerry Gammill (b. 1954)
  42. Dave Garcia (b. 1952)
  43. Frank Giacoia (b. 1924)
  44. Keith Giffen (b. 1952)
  45. Michael T. Gilbert (b. 1951)
  46. Paul Gravett (b. 1956)
  47. Danny Grigsby (b. 1953)
  48. Bo Hampton (b. 1954)
  49. Dean Haspiel (b. 1967)
  50. Hugh Haynes
  51. Michael Heisler (b. 1962)
  52. Fred Hembeck (b. 1953)
  53. Gilbert Hernandez (b. 1957)
  54. Jaime Hernandez (b. 1959)
  55. Phil Hester (b. 1966)
  56. Kevin Hopgood (b. 1961)
  57. Richard Howell (b. 1955)
  58. Dennis Jensen (b. 1952)
  59. Dave Johnson (b. 1966)
  60. Arvell Jones (b. 1952)
  61. Barbara Kaalberg (b. 1959)
  62. Sam Kujava (b. 1954)
  63. Jon Lewis (b. 1971)
  64. Rob Liefeld (b. 1967)
  65. Steve Lightle (b. 1959)
  66. Rick Magyar (b. 1954)
  67. Russ Maheras (b. 1954)
  68. Chris Marrinan
  69. Don Martinec (b. 1958)
  70. Scott McCloud (b. 1960)
  71. Luke McDonnell (b. 1959)
  72. Todd McFarlane (b. 1961)
  73. Marc McLaurin (b. 1964)
  74. Will Meugniot (b. 1951)
  75. Grant Miehm (b. 1960)
  76. Tony Monzo (b. 1967)
  77. Jeff Nicholson (b. 1962)
  78. Rik van Niedek (b. 1961)
  79. William F. Nolan (b. 1928)
  80. Turtel Onli (b. 1952)
  81. Jerry Ordway (b. 1957)
  82. Mark Pacella
  83. George Pérez (b. 1954)
  84. Tim Perkins (b. 1959)
  85. Paul Pope (b. 1970)
  86. Whilce Portacio (b. 1963)
  87. Paul Power (b. 1954)
  88. R. David Price (b. 1961)
  89. Brian Pulido (b. 1961)
  90. Peter Repovski (b. 1970)
  91. Paul Rivoche (b. 1959)
  92. Paul Dale Roberts (b. 1955)
  93. Mike Rockwitz (b. ????)
  94. Tone Rodriguez (b. 1966)
  95. John Romita Jr. (b. 1956)
  96. David Ross (b. 1956)
  97. Steve Rude (b. 1956)
  98. Paul Ryan (b. 1949)
  99. Jesse Santos (b. 1928)
  100. Bill Schelly (b. 1951)
  101. Val Semeiks (b. 1955)
  102. Scott Shaw (b. 1951)
  103. Steve Sherman (b. 1949)
  104. Greg Shoemaker (b. 1961)
  105. Jim Shooter (b. 1951)
  106. Bill Sienkiewicz (b. 1958)
  107. Marc Silvestri (b. 1959)
  108. Walter Simonson (b. 1946)
  109. Don Simpson (b. 1961)
  110. Toren Smith (b. 1960)
  111. Aaron Sowd (b. 1970)
  112. Rick Stasi (b. 1952)
  113. Eric Stephenson (b. 1968)
  114. Jim Steranko (b. 1938)
  115. Bryan Talbot (b. 1952)
  116. Carl Taylor (b. 1954)
  117. Ty Templeton (b. 1962)
  118. Greg Theakston (b. 1953)
  119. Roy Thomas (b. 1940)
  120. Jim Valentino (b. 1952)
  121. Rick Veitch (b. 1951)
  122. Bill Vigoda (b. 1920)
  123. Neil Vokes (b. 1954)
  124. Mike Vosburg (b. 1947)
  125. Mark Welser (b. 19??)
  126. Bob Wiacek (b. 1953)
  127. Barry Windsor-Smith (b. 1949)
  128. Mike Witherby (b. 1957)
  129. Dennis Woodyard (b. 1950)
  130. Robert Zailo (b. 1968)

Memberships:

  1. Comic Art Professional Society Type: member

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