Happy Birthday, Jack Kirby, and thank you.

Happy 92nd Birthday, Jack Kirby

Thank you for: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Amazing Adventures, The Avengers, Black Panther, Captain America Comics, Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers, Challengers of The Unknown, a slough of crime comics, Destroyer Duck, Devil Dinosaur,  Fantastic Four, Forever People, Green Arrow, The Incredible Hulk, Journey Into Mystery, Justice, Inc, Kamandi, Machine Man, Mister Miracle, The New Gods, O.M.A.C., inventing romance comics, Sgt Fury And His Howling Commandos, Silver Star, Strange Tales, Strange Worlds, Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen, Tales of Suspense, Tales to Astonish, The  Newsboy Legion, The Demon, The Eternals, The Inhumans, The Losers, The Mighty Thor, The Sandman, World of Fantasy, The X-Men and so, so much more.

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“Don’t you guys like heroes any more?”

Jack Kirby would be 91 today.

I was in New York during the Pope’s latest visit and when I got back to Boston, I mentioned the terrific adoration shown by the many, many Catholics who came out to see him ride around in his Popemobile. Many had worked themselves into a frenzy, with tears running down their face, reaching out for him.

“I don’t get it, honey. He’s just a man whose been chosen as the Church’s mouthpiece,” I said to Kristin over dinner. “They’re worshiping him as if he were God himself.”

“Kevin, think about how you’d feel if you’d been able to meet Jack Kirby.”

“Oh, that’s not fucking fair.“

O Deadly Darkseid: A Critical Exploration of the Master of Apokolips

(Inspired by Chris Sims’s excellent look at The Joker and Christopher Bird’s take on Lex Luthor.)