Happy Birthday Jack Kirby!

 Jack Kirby Portrait Art by Derek Langille

And of course some classics Kirby Cap art!  

Featuring my 2 favorite Kirby created Marvel villains MODOK and Arnim Zola!

The Kirby Family (@Kirby4Heroes) encourages fans to honor Jack Kirby 

with donations to The Hero Initiative.

Spidey Friday!

Sean Anderson

Steve Ditko

Joey Vazquez and Patrick Brown

Two by Adi Granov

Jack Kirby

Paolo Rivera

Cosmosnail

Kaz Ooori

Doaly

Janny Parks

Skottie Young

Here Stands Heimdall, The Eternally Vigilant! - Art by Jack Kirby

A few of the various vintage looks of Heimdall - Guardian of the Rainbow Bridge by Jack Kirby.

via Kirby4Heroes & The Kirby Museum

"Now I Am Free To Folllow My Own Evil Destiny!" - Loki

Some great close-up scans of  Loki in Jack Kirby's art for Thor issue #147, from 1967.

Images are from a fascinating piece by Robert Steibel's on the Kirby/Lee writing dynamic 

from his monthly column "Jack Kirby: Behind The Lines" for TCJ.com.

The full highly recommended article is here.

"Odin...The Living Omni-potence!!" - Thor Art by Jack Kirby

"It is Loki, My Sworn Enemy!" Thor - Journey Into Mystery, 1962

Journey Into Mystery #85, October 1962.

Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber. 

Art by Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and Don Heck

via Digsy is Comics

"None May Say What Loki Can Do!" - Loki Art by Jack Kirby

 Loki in All His Glorious Epicness

Vintage Jack Kirby THOR art via Kirby4Heroes

Epic Kirby Tech Animated GIF by Kerry Callen!

via Kerry Callen

Thanks For All The Marvelous Cosmic Awesomeness Jack!

 Jack Kirby - Born August 28th, 1917

 Most images via Giant-Size Geek, Cap'n's Comics, and Kirby Museum

Donations in The King's memory to The Hero Initiative are also
becoming a tradition on this day - so give if you can.