Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. He grew up in New York City and learnt to draw cartoon figures by tracing characters from comic strips and editorial cartoons. He entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s, drawing various comics features under different pen names, including Jack Curtiss, before settling on Jack Kirby. In 1940, he and writer-editor Joe Simon created the highly successful superhero character Captain America for Timely Comics, predecessor of Marvel Comics. During the 1940s, Kirby regularly teamed with Simon, creating numerous characters for that company and for National Comics Publications, later to become DC Comics. After serving in the European Theatre in World War II, Kirby produced work for DC Comics, Harvey Comics, Hillman Periodicals, and other publishers. At Crestwood Publications, he and Simon created the genre of romance comics and later founded their own short-lived comic company, Mainline Publications. Kirby was involved in Timely's 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics, which in the next decade became Marvel. There, in the 1960s, Kirby cocreated many of the company's major characters, including Ant-Man, the Avengers, the Black Panther, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, Iron Man, the Silver Surfer, Thor, and the X-Men, among many others. Kirby's titles garnered high sales and critical acclaim, but in 1970, feeling he had been treated unfairly, largely in the realm of authorship credit and creators' rights, Kirby left the company for rival DC. At DC, Kirby created his Fourth World saga, which spanned several comic titles. While these series proved commercially unsuccessful and were cancelled, the Fourth World's New Gods have continued as a significant part of the DC Universe. Kirby returned to Marvel briefly in the mid-to-late 1970s and then ventured into television animation and independent comics. In his later years, Kirby, who has been called "the William Blake of comics," began receiving great recognition in the mainstream press for his career accomplishments, and in 1987 he was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame. In 2017, Kirby was posthumously named a Disney Legend for his creations not only in the field of publishing but also because those creations formed the basis for The Walt Disney Company's financially and critically successful media franchise, the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Kirby was married to Rosalind Goldstein in 1942. They had four children and remained married until his death from heart failure in 1994, at the age of 76. The Jack Kirby Awards and Jack Kirby Hall of Fame were named in his honour, and he is known as "The King" among comics fans for his many influential contributions to the medium. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Kirby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

杰克·柯比（Jack Kirby，1917 年 8 月 28 日 - 1994 年 2 月 6 日），原名雅各布·库茨伯格，美国漫画家、作家和编辑。库尔茨伯格在纽约市长大，在 1930 年代进入了新兴的漫画行业。他用不同的笔名画了各种连环画，最终选择了杰克·柯比。1941 年，柯比和作家乔·西蒙为 Timely Comics 创作了非常成功的超级英雄角色美国队长。在 1940 年代，柯比为各种出版商创作了许多漫画，经常与西蒙合作。 在第二次世界大战中服役后，柯比回到了漫画界，并在各种流派中工作。他为包括 Archie Comics 和 DC Comics 在内的多家出版商做出了贡献，但最终发现自己在 Timely 的 1950 年代迭代 Atlas Comics（后来被称为 Marvel Comics）工作。在 1960 年代，柯比与作家兼编辑斯坦·李共同创作了漫威漫画的许多主要角色，包括神奇四侠、X 战警和绿巨人。尽管 Lee-Kirby 的作品销量很高，广受好评，但 Kirby 感到受到不公平对待，并于 1970 年离开公司前往竞争对手 DC Comics。 在为 DC 工作期间，柯比创作了他的第四世界传奇，其中跨越了多个漫画标题。虽然这些和其他游戏被证明在商业上不成功并被取消，但他们的几个角色和第四世界神话仍然是 DC 漫画宇宙的重要组成部分。柯比在 1970 年代中后期短暂回到漫威，然后涉足电视动画和独立漫画。晚年，柯比因其职业成就而获得广泛认可，被历史学家和粉丝视为漫画媒体的主要创新者和最具影响力的创作者之一。 1987 年，柯比与卡尔·巴克斯和威尔·艾斯纳一起成为威尔·艾斯纳漫画名人堂的三位首届入选者之一。

積克·高比（Jack Kirby，1917 年 8 月 28 日 - 1994 年 2 月 6 日），原名雅各布·庫茨伯格，美國漫畫家、作家和編輯。庫爾茨伯格在紐約市長大，在 1930 年代進入了新興的漫畫行業。他用不同的筆名畫了各種聯環畫，最終選擇了積克·高比。1941 年，高比和作家喬·西蒙為 Timely Comics 創作了非常成功的超級英雄角色美國隊長。在 1940 年代，高比為各種出版商創作了許多漫畫，經常與西蒙合作。 在第二次世界大戰中服役後，高比回到了漫畫界，並在各種流派中工作。他為包括 Archie Comics 和 DC Comics 在內的多家出版商做出了貢獻，但最終發現自己在 Timely 的 1950 年代迭代 Atlas Comics（後來被稱為 Marvel Comics）工作。在 1960 年代，高比與作家兼編輯斯坦·李共同創作了漫威漫畫的許多主要角色，包括神奇四俠、變種特攻和綠巨人。盡管 Lee - Kirby 的作品銷量很高，廣受好評，但 Kirby 感到受到不公平對待，並於 1970 年離開公司前往競爭對手 DC Comics。 在為 DC 工作期間，高比創作了他的第四世界傳奇，其中跨越了多個漫畫標題。雖然這些和其他遊戲被證明在商業上不成功並被取消，但他們的幾個角色和第四世界神話仍然是 DC 漫畫宇宙的重要組成部分。高比在 1970 年代中後期短暫回到漫威，然後涉足電視動畫和獨立漫畫。晚年，高比因其職業成就而獲得廣泛認可，被歷史學家和粉絲視為漫畫媒體的主要創新者和最具影響力的創作者之一。 1987 年，高比與卡爾·巴克斯和威爾·艾斯納一起成為威爾·艾斯納漫畫名人堂的三位首屆入選者之一。