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There is a wealth of great Kirby creations waiting to be read. Check to see what you're missing.
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WiK is dedicated to the genius of Jack Kirby, whose imagination has and continues to inspire generations.
This research and educational website celebrates the work of Jack Kirby, comic book creator and artist for over six decades. For more information on Jack Kirby, visit Jack Kirby in the artists section.
Membership to WiK is free. Members can rate, comment, subscribe to updates and Zoom into larger size versions of the comic art. Become a member now.
So you've found a beautiful Kirby comic art page in the Gallery section and you want to leave a comment but you don't want to keep going back to see if some other member responded to your comment. Now you can subscribe to a comic art page and receive any new posted comments other WiK member leave. Start a conversation. When you signup for a new feature call "Suscriptions," you will receive emails when new comments are added. In the Gallery section, the "Subscription" link can be found above the comment entry form, underneath the comic art page scans.
WiK will be attending the Comic Art Con, “The First Exclusive Comic Art Convention,” in Secaucus, NJ on September 12th, 10AM to 4PM. I will be set up with scanner at Bechara Maalouf, Nostalgic Investments to scan as much Kirby comic art as time permits for the Jack Kirby Museum's Original Art Digital Archive and this site. If you are a collector with Kirby comic art and plan to attend, please stop by and have it archived or just to say hello.
With the launch of the new What if Kirby, I've been using Twitter to "tweet" out a selection from the gallery everyday. These tweets are called Wikpik. In some cases it is a comic art page of historical significance, in other cases its a comic art page I just added to the gallery. To receive these tweets you will need an account with the social network site, Twitter.
Happy birthday to Jack Kirby on today, his 93rd birthday anniversary and welcome to the new, relaunched What if Kirby website. I originally launched WiK in 2001, this new redesigned site was rebuilt from the ground up. So what has changed? Well basically everything. The site runs on a powerful content management platform called Drupal which allows for the collection of comic art in the gallery and creations sections to be searchable and easily added to. There is nothing like this relaunched version of WiK. Think of the Grand Comic Book Database for Kirby comic art. In addition, social media elements such as membership, rating, tweeting and facebook allow the site's content to be shared with the greater community.
It was a very successful year at the recent San Diego Comic Con. Rand Hoppe of the Jack Kirby Museum and I scanned about 160 pages of Kirby comic art to add to the Kirby Original Art Digital Archive Project and to this website. Many dealers contributed scans and several collectors brought their art to be scanned. Highlights include a rare Captain America, Issue 6 page 17. Not only was it a Golden Age page from 1941 but it was a splash page. See the details. One of the few known to exist. A special thanks to Bechara Maalouf of Nostalgic Investments for allowing the page to be scanned and presented on this website.
If you find WiK useful please help support efforts to acquire more scans of Kirby's comic art, hire help, add more functionality and pay hosting costs. Any amount is welcomed and 10% goes to The Jack Kirby Museum to support their educational and research efforts. Thank you.
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Mike Royer started inking Kirby in 1969, inking most of Kirby's titles up until 1993. Learn more about the artists that have worked with Jack Kirby.
The Jack Kirby Museum and Research Center is a non profit organization created to promote and encourage the study, understanding, preservation and appreciation of the work of Jack Kirby. Their efforts have helped make this site possible.
