I got to meet Jack Kirby in person, in 1988, at a Detroit area convention put on by Greg Theikston.  There was a bunch of his original art, just returned by Marvel, on display in the lobby of the hotel.  I was look at a Thor pin up page, when someone came up behind me and asked, "Do you think that is any good?"  I spun around that there was Jack Kirby.  I told him I love it and we began a conversation.  I had been hearing rumors that Jack's mind had gone, and he was being used by others to hurt Marvel.  My conversation with him tore that all down.  His mind was a sharp as a knife, and his imagination was equal to it.  After our conversation ended (a crowd had grown, so I let others get in to talk with him), I noticed I forgot to ask for an autograph.  I have since got a couple, but I didn't need one that day.  The memory of that talk is ingrained in my mind.  Better than an autograph.  Love and miss you Jack.

Seeing Neal Adams, Bruce Timm, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, and Stan Lee all appear in the same documentary is mindboggling.

I had the honor of meeting Jack Kirby once.  I told him how his visually exciting comics helped me learn how to read as a kid, and because of that I was able to go through college and attain graduate degrees, which is the truth.  He told me that what I was saying made him feel wonderful. Well, his comics sure made me feel wonderful, and I'm glad I got to return the favor.

I love Stan Lee, always will, but Jack Kirby should get just as much attention as he did.  I wish Disney and Marvel Studios would recognize him with some type of memorial.  He deserves it.

It’s sad that most die-hard Marvel fans don’t acknowledge the work that Jack Kirby did. He did just as much as Stan Lee, if not more.

It's really sad see nowadays Stan Lee receiving all the credits to the Marvel Heroes,  none of this would had the same impact without Kirby, the real Marvel's King

Jack Kirby was simply a man ahead of his time very creative too bad he's gone but it's creativity will live on forever through others

I hope Jack knew how important he was in the eyes of all of us kids, and how admired he is by us as adults. This man's art inspired a world of creators.

I've always had this belief that, unless you were the sole artist/writer/inker/etc, creating a comic book is a collaborative process. I cannot imagine a Marvel Universe without Jack Kirby or Stan Lee. Without Steve Ditko, Spider-Man would not have his iconic costume. But Stan Lee made Spider-Man a character we could relate to. And I haven't even mentioned the more unsung heroes of the Marvel Bullpen, from Larry Lieber to Don Heck, the inkers, the letterers, colorist, and so on.


Many people working behind the scenes of Marvel deserve much more credit than what they got. And that goes double for Jack Kirby. We owe him a debt to his contribution to comics that may never be repaid.

Not even two minutes into this doc, and I already feel the intense, comic artist nerd wafting off these guys, and I love it. These are my people.

Jack Kirby was a genius! I wish I could have met the man.

Jack kirby's  influence was so far reaching.  I remember growing up as kid in the early 70s being so moved by the images he created and the worlds  those images formed. I escaped into those worlds with boundless enthusiasm. A young poor Black kid growing up in the heart of the dreary drug pervaded Harlem ghetto was had his imagination fired up by this creative genius. He made me want to learn and read and explore new concepts in a way that kept me dreaming and hopeful for a better life.  What an incredible human being whose gifts touched so many of us wherever we were.  Thanks  Jack king Kirby,your inspiration continues. What a blessing you still are.

Hail to the King baby!

Jack Kirby is absolutely a genius of art.  When you contemplate that he didn't go to school or get any training other than experience and observation, it is astounding.  Everybody needs guidance and support.  For a poor kid to jump into graphics and 'just do it'  is very impressive.

best moment is when len & marv turn into little boys again remembering kirby

Happy 100 years of King Kirby. 1917-2017.

RIP STAN & JACK,.Respect to you both M England

Im 37 years old. I grew up with Kirby artwork. We couldn't really get comics every week and so what happened was that I would get a Marvel Masterwork, on my birthday and or Christmas and it would be the Lee/Kirby era of stories. That didnt really change till I was 17 and I started having enough of my own disposable income to get more modern comics and follow certain books. So yeah I was raised on the silver age haha.

The number of artist fundamentally misunderstanding what The Thing should be baffles me.

Y'know, as I learn more about Jack over the years the thing that stands out the most for me isn't necessarily his art, but his overall life. This was a guy who really lived a FULL life: drawing his way out the tenement, actively serving in the war and having some crazy tales to tell from it, getting married to a damn good woman and raising an equally good family, struggling and triumphing and struggling through the most prolific career in the history of American comics. And through it all to remain this humble, down-to-earth dude who, along with his gracious wife, would literally invite you into their house and serve you sandwiches and let you watch him draw—I mean, it's kinda nuts when you stop and think about it. If there was ANYBODY in the industry entitled to be an arrogant, egotistical prick, it was Jack Kirby. And he WASN'T. Far from it. And one of the key things to understanding his development as an artist and creator was that his incredibly full life, his incredible fullness and realness as a person, all got pumped and filtered from his brain into his hand and onto the drawing page—which is why I think there will never be another like him, at least not in comic books. That amazing confluence of experience and personality was, I believe, one of a kind. Or perhaps I should say, one of a KING.