On Tuesday, 15th April, the London Institute of Contemporary Arts presented a one-off event entitled “Live at Kirby Plaza” in which some of the field’s most prominent “Kirbyologists” discussed the life of work of one of, if not the finest, comic artist who ever lived - Jack Kirby. Even casual fans will undoubtedly know Kirby as Stan Lee’s co-creator on a vast array of Marvel’s most popular characters, as well as the creator of the DC-owned New Gods property.

Oh, to have been in London… if only to have heard things like this:

Speaking on cassette, Kirby himself related a story about turning down an illustration job for NASA’s space program because they wouldn’t allow him to go into space as payment.

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