Jack Kirby: 'Heroes and Humanity' Finale
Pictures at an Exhibition #5
Tick… tick… tick… time is running out to see Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity at The Skirball Cultural Center, if you happen to be in Los Angeles, from now until March 1st, 2026. The Skirball encourages photography and social media posting, and this is the last of my posts from this exhibition featuring the incredible work of Jack (King) Kirby.
DEVIL DINOSAUR #4, PP. 2-3
Marvel, 1978. Pencils: Jack Kirby. Inks: Mike Royer.
Loan Courtesy of Glen David
SAN DIEGO (GOLDEN STATE) COMIC-CON PROGRAM, 1970
Comic-Con International. Cover art by Jack Kirby.
Loans Courtesy of Tommy Goldbach and David Folkman.
UNTITLED (ROBOT)
1966. Pencils: Jack Kirby.
Loan Courtesy of Hans Kosenkranius.
Kirby writes: This is a war which has jumped all previous boundaries…civilians are killed, not by accident, but by design! they look wrong... they think wrong... they talk in ways intolerable to those with the gun… and when the gun begins to bark, it cannot see men, women, and children its sights are centered on labels… thousands of dying labels…
OUR FIGHTING FORCES #153
DC Comics, 1975. Pencils: Jack Kirby. Inks: D. Bruce Berry.
Loan courtesy of Mike Burkey.
I missed the caption for this one, but it’s pretty self-explanatory!
SUPERMAN’S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN #147, PP. 2-3
DC Comics, 1972. Pencils: Jack Kirby. Inks: Mike Royer.
Loan Courtesy of Tod Seisser.
THUNDARR THE BARBARIAN PRESENTATION PIECE
Ruby-Spears, circa early 1980s. Pencils: Jack Kirby.
Inks and colors: unknown studio artist.
Loan Courtesy of Dinesh Shamdasani.
On display was this original photograph featuring Jack Kirby, birth name Jacob Kurtzberg, with his parents, Rose and Benjamin. New York City, 1920.
Plus this photo of Jack with his wife, Rosalind “Roz” Goldstein Kirby.
SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON FRIEND OF FANDOM CERTIFICATE
Comic-Con International, circa early 1970s. Art by Jack Kirby and Dave Stevens, layout by Scott Shaw.
Loans Courtesy of Tommy Goldbach.
JACOB WRESTLING WITH THE ANGEL
Circa 1970s. Pencils: Jack Kirby.
Loan Courtesy of Jeremy Kirby.
PAUL AND LINDA MEET MAGNETO, UNPUBLISHED PIECE
1976. Pencils: Jack Kirby.
Loan Courtesy of Hans Kosenkranius.
Presented to Paul and Linda McCartney by Jack and Roz Kirby during the Wings tour at the LA Forum in 1976.
SILVER STAR #6, P. 14
Pacific Comics, 1984. Pencils: Jack Kirby.
Inks: D. Bruce Berry.
Loan Courtesy of Glen David Gold.
UNTITLED (COLLAGE)
1969. Collage: Jack Kirby.
Loan Courtesy of Harry Mendryk.
Above: The collage in its entirety.
REPRODUCTION OF CALPURNIA COSTUME DESIGN
1969. University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) for Julius Caesar Production.
Designed by Jack Kirby, 1969.
Here are the four previous posts from this amazing exhibition.
Just want to say Thank You for this series of posts on the Jack Kirby exhibit… my love for everything Kirby has grown exponentially over the past few years and I feel like I’m only getting started. Thank you for sharing some great pictures of his artwork in your Posts… so much GREAT stuff. ❤️
Great stuff Steve! You saved some of the best for last. Is the exhibition catalogue any good? Although I probably have too many books by Kirby and on Kirby so I'll have to resist the temptation.