The above image seems to bear that out.Īnnouncing a brand-new scholarly book project! I suspect that Kirby always bore the weight of his upbringing around with him, in his mind, and in his drawing. Splash page from Fantastic Four #95 (Feb. We continue to reap the harvest of his tameless imagination, furious narrative drawing, and huge, thrilling, absurd ideas. He eventually drew himself and his family out of the Lower East Side.Īs Jack Kirby, he turned the world of American comic books on its head. He read, soaked in movies like a sponge, made up stories in his head, and drew, drew, drew. “Jakie” grew up in the claustrophobic tenements of the Lower East Side, scrabbling for territory and opportunity like so many other kids around him. His parents, Rose and Ben, were immigrants from Galicia, in what was then the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. 105 years ago tomorrow - AugJacob Kurtzberg was born at 147 Essex Street on NYC’s Lower East Side, the first native-born American in his family.
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