1. Since everyone is gathered together at SDCC, a twitter-essay on what we owe Jack Kirby.
-
-
4. The superhero genre of course pre-dates Kirby, although not by much, but no one did more to fertilize and invigorate the concept.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
4. Kirby constantly took pre-existing genre material and gave it an ideological edge or affective power previously lacking.
-
5. Example: Superman already had Popular Front subtext but Kirby co-created explicitly ideological anti-Nazi superhero with Captain America
- Show replies
New conversation -
-
-
@HeerJeet Not applicable to early boomers, those of us born from '46 to about '52 & not kids in' '70s. Generational split within boomers.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.