I'm going to write a piece arguing this out but there's also Kirby's huge influence on diverse people like George RR Martin & George Lukacs.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
I don't know why you're focusing solely on today. Disney completely reshaped the childhoods of multiple generations.
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Replying to @JamesSurowiecki
Aside from superheroes, Kirby also key figure in creating romance comics genre, immensely popular in 1950s/1960s.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @JamesSurowiecki
It's great that you love Kirby – who doesn't? — but James is right. Disney the man and his company shaped and expressed America.
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Also, Disney and Hitchcock had clout to put their names front & center. The 'Marvel method' allowed Stan Lee alone to be the face of Marvel
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It's also incorrect to say Kirby was a primary influence on Lucas. In the biography SKYWALKING we learn that Lucas wanted 1/2
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Replying to @mattzollerseitz @OliverGoldie1 and
the first film to be his version of a live action Disney adventure film from the 1950s like 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. 2/2
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Star Wars is a hodge-podge of influences but Kirby's cosmic Space Operas much more evident than anything in Disney.
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Respectfully: no. Kurosawa, John Carter of Mars, flash Gordon, John ford are all greater and more apparent influences than Kirby. 1/2
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Replying to @mattzollerseitz @HeerJeet and
Also, to return to Heer's original complaint-- there are at least two biographies of Kirby out there.pic.twitter.com/PtAsF28CF3
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One's a coffee table art book & the other a breezy survey. Neither are anywhere near definitive.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @mattzollerseitz and
In the sense of thick, primarily prose-driven tome, sure (and I'd love that). But honestly, I think this description is dismissive of each.
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Replying to @BrianCDoan @HeerJeet and
It's entirely appropriate that Evanier's book (which has a lot of great anecdotal detail) is balanced by images, as that was Kirby's voice.
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