Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby

Jacob Kurtzberg, best known by his pen name, Jack Kirby (; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994), was an American comic book artist, writer and editor, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. He grew up in New York City and learned to draw cartoon figures by tracing characters from comic strips and editorial cartoons. He entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s, drawing various comics features under different pen names, including Jack Curtiss, before ultimately settling on Jack Kirby. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Kirby has received more than 4,501,523 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia making him the 5th most popular comic artist.