{"id":16574,"date":"2013-03-04T19:56:32","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T00:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mutantooze.org\/wiki\/?p=16574"},"modified":"2013-03-04T19:56:32","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T00:56:32","slug":"biography-jack-kirby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mutantooze.org\/wiki\/biography-jack-kirby\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography – Jack Kirby"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michaelangelo by Jack Kirby<\/p><\/div>\n

Jack Kirby<\/b>\u00a0is a legendary comic book artist. He is the mutual idol of\u00a0TMNTcreators\u00a0Kevin Eastman\u00a0and\u00a0Peter Laird.<\/p>\n

Biography<\/span><\/p>\n

Born on August 28, 1917, Jack Kirby is best known for his work on the art of the early\u00a0Fantastic Four<\/i>\u00a0comic books from\u00a0Marvel Comics<\/i>. Soon after, he began work on several other comic lines from\u00a0Marvel<\/i>, such as\u00a0The Avengers<\/i>, the original\u00a0X-Men\u00a0<\/i>line,\u00a0Hulk<\/i>, and many, many others.<\/p>\n

Unfortuneately, he became dissatisfied with working with\u00a0Marvel<\/i>, and joinedMarvel’<\/i>s main rival:\u00a0DC Comics<\/i>. There, he could be more creative with his art, and create some stories of his own. He mixed previously created lines, such asSuperman<\/i>, with his own lines to form a storyline spanning almost all\u00a0DC<\/i>\u00a0titles. He soon returned to\u00a0Marvel<\/i>, though was treated improperly and was not given his full pay, among other employment benefits. He left\u00a0Marvel<\/i>\u00a0and began working with animation.<\/p>\n

He died February 6, 1994.<\/p>\n

TMNT (Mirage)\"\"<\/h3>\n

Kirby\u00a0appears in\u00a0Donatello #1. He is first seen in his office space drawing a fly creature with his pencil as\u00a0Donatellopeaks through the door. The fly creature Kirby just drew startles Donatello which in turn startles Kirby. Kirby is surprised since he didn’t remember drawing him and comes to the conclusion that he must be real. He assumes Donatello has come for the crystal and defends that he was only borrowing it for a while. Donatello assures Kirby that he is a friend and questions him about how he made those drawings come to life. Kirby tells him that it was the crystal on his pencil that supplies the “magic”. He explains that he had found the crystal by accident a few months ago and discovered what it could do. He then shows Donatello a doorway he had drawn that didn’t go away, unlike the rest of his drawings. Donatello steps through the doorway, and tells Kirby that he must see what’s on the other side.<\/p>\n

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Grabbing his sketch book, Kirby jumps through the doorway and is caught by Don. They then spot a strange looking creature with horns which Kirby recognizes as something he has drawn. They both witness more of the strange creatures attacking the human types. Noticing the struggle against the amount of creatures, Kirby helps Don out by drawing him, what he calls, a “Gravitic Equalizer” that cancels out the gravity equation. He then draws Don a “Mobile Creep Trapper” that responds to brainwaves. He notices that the Trapper has filled up quickly, Kirby tries to think of another way to stop them. Realizing that the creatures are all in his sketchbook, he quickly draws all of the creatures bound with metal cuffs making it so they cannot move or fight.<\/p>\n

The human fighters thank Kirby, calling him a “mighty sorcerer”. Donatello tells him that they should probably go home, although Kirby shows interest in staying around in this world and exploring. But then both of them notice that the doorway from whence they came is shrinking. Kirby tells Don to go through first and helps push him through. Realizing that he won’t be able to make it through, Kirby sends a note through the doorway instead;\u00a0Don–“Life at best is bitter sweet” Take care of yourself! -Kirby<\/i><\/p>\n

TMNT (2003)\"\"<\/h3>\n

In this world, Kirby found an odd-looking gem in a coal pile and attached it to his pencil. After doing this, everything he drew came to life temporarily, except a portal-like device. When Donatello found Kirby when helping his brother\u00a0Raphael\u00a0turn the water temperature hotter, they went through the portal, and found that everything he had drawn since putting the crystal on the pencil had become a world. The villains he had drawn were overunning a city, and Donatello and Kirby managed to defeat all the villains. There was only enough time for one of them to get back through the portal, and Jack forced Donatello back through the portal. Jack had enough time to send a note to Donatello through the portal, however.<\/p>\n

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He appears in the episode\u00a0The King<\/i>, and refers to himelf only as “Kirby”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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