Kirby Day: What a Blast!

Two days ago, Thursday, August 28, was Kirby Day—that is, Jack Kirby’s birthday. It brought a delightful outpouring of remembrance and appreciation that spilled over into Friday. The Kirby4Heroes campaign took the occasion to raise money for The Hero Initiative—I hope they were able to raise a lot!

It’s never too late to donate to The Hero Initiative. 🙂

I was glad to contribute to Kirby Day in my own small way: with a posting at Acts of Geek (also run here on my blog), and by taking part in the big two-part (one, two) celebration over at Comics Alliance.

I went a little Twitter crazy on the 28th, tweeting links to online examples of top-notch Kirby scholarship, Kirby appreciation, and Kirbyana. For the record, here are the things I linked to (besides those mentioned above):

Things You Can Do for Jack Kirby’s 97th Birthday, at Den of Geek!
Tom Spurgeon’s awesome annual Kirby gallery at The Comics Reporter!
Essential reading: Gary Groth’s interview with Jack and Roz Kirby (1989), over at The Comics Journal.
An audio treasure: Kirby’s recorded interview from the very first San Diego Con!
HiLobrow’s wonderful series of posts from 2011, Kirb Your Enthusiasm.
NPR: Raising A Birthday Glass To Comics King Jack Kirby (a piece on the Kirby Day celebration at Schmaltz Brewery in Clifton Park, NY)
Aaron Noble’s super-smart blog entry on the composition of Kirby’s 2-page spreads.
Jack Kirby in Context, a wonderful post full of Kirby family photos, at Sean Howe’s Untold Story Tumblr
Jack Kirby Makes Me Stupid, by Dean Haspiel, at Trip City
Patrick Reed on Kirby’s Wildest DC Comics Covers, at Comics Alliance
Gregg Bendian’s Interzone performing “Primordial Ink,” from the awesome album Requiem for Jack Kirby (a video—wish I could embed it here!)