Kirby - King of Comics
Author(s): Mark Evanier
Jack Kirby created or co-created some of comic books' most popular characters including Captain America, The X-Men, The Hulk, The Fantastic Four, The Mighty Thor, Darkseid and The New Gods. More significantly, he created much of the visual language for fantasy and adventure comics. There were comics before Kirby, but for the most part their page layout, graphics and visual dynamic aped what was being done in syndicated newspaper strips. Almost everything that was different about comic books began in the forties on the drawing table of Jack Kirby. This is his story by one who knew him well - the authorized celebration of the one and only 'King of Comics' and his groundbreaking work.
Product Information
Mark Evanier met Jack Kirby in 1969 and became his assistant and official biographer. A writer and historian, Evanier has written more than 500 comics for Disney, Gold Key, DC Comics and Marvel Comics, several hundred hours of television (including eight seasons of Garfield) and is the author of Mad Art (2002). He has three Emmy Award nominations and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Writers Guild of America.
General Fields
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- : 107661
- : 107661
- : 1.36
- : 25 April 2008
- : 311mm X 229mm X 26mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Mark Evanier
- : Hardback
- : 1
- : 741.5092
- : 224
- : cl200 / bw / tt200 illustrations, cl / bw / tt photographs
