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It’s Jack Kirby’s birthday, and everybody is celebrating!
Jack Kirby would have been 95 today, and celebrations are breaking out all over the comics blogosphere. Here’s a quick guide; feel free to post more links in comments.
• Tom Spurgeon, as always, has a comprehensive lineup of panels and pages and videos.
• Follow the Twitter hashtag #WakeUpAndDraw today to see birthday cards created by 100 different artists to benefit The Hero Initiative, which will auction off the originals in the near future.
• Today’s a good day to buy yourself some comics: Kirby’s granddaughter Jillian Kirby has started the Kirby4Heroes campaign, in which comics stores donate a percentage of their sales from today to The Hero Initiative.
• Diversions of the Groovy Kind celebrates with splash pages — lots of ‘em!
• John Kane sets off some visual fireworks with a roundup of Kirby’s sound effects at The Savage Critics.
• Richard Bruton narrows his focus to Kirby’s Mister Miracle comics at the Forbidden Planet blog.
• Steven Brower meditates on the genius of Jack Kirby at The Kirby Effect, the blog of the Jack Kirby Museum.
• And finally, stand up and be counted, because it’s Read Comics in Public Day — for everyone!

6 Comments
Tom Scioli
August 28, 2012 at 8:28 am
I’ve posted a comic about Jack Kirby’s role in The Battle of Dornot. http://www.ambarb.com/?p=676
Comics Fan
August 28, 2012 at 8:32 am
God save the King – Kirby Lives!
MattComix
August 28, 2012 at 9:36 am
Happy Birthday Jack!
..and thank you.
Mike Nielsen
August 28, 2012 at 11:08 am
The Grand Comics Database facebook page is celebrating Jack Kirby’s birthday also, with a cover gallery of all Jack Kirby covers in the GCD.
CogInTheWheel
August 28, 2012 at 11:14 am
Tom Scioli, Whaaaaaattt :p
Kiby lives on through us!
Mike Pascale
August 28, 2012 at 11:50 am
Don’t forget all the cool and fun Kirby portraits at the KirbyMuseum site! Mine is on sale and all proceeds will be donated to the HERO Initiative.
http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/kirby-vision/
Happy birthday, Jack! And THANK YOU.