Ray Wyman Jr.

Though many books and articles have been written about the immense talents and legacy of Jack Kirby, they all pale in comparison to Wyman's outstanding artistic survey. The oversized volume offers countless color and black and white reproductions of the master's work, many rarely seen, from his teens through 1991. Not only does The Art of Jack Kirby chronologically follow the creative life, but supplies an indispensable Jack Kirby book list, publication timeline, character list, and his extraordinary career statistics.


From 1938 through 1991 (the entirety of his career), Kirby averaged
376 pages year
31 pages a month
1 page per day
26 covers a year
2.2 covers a month.

During his longest uninterrupted period of publication (July 1958-January 1978), he averaged
670 pages a year
56 pages a month
1.8 pages a day
52 covers a year,
4.3 covers a month.

It's enough to drive any mortal artist into a fetal position.
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