Jack Kirby’s youngest granddaughter, 16 year old Jillian Kirby, has announced Kirby4Heroes in a video on the LA Times’ Hero Complex, accompanied by an article from Geoff Boucher.
Jillian’s idea is that on her grandfather’s 95th birthday, which is on August 28th, comic shops in California, as well as Midtown Comics in NYC, will donate a portion of sales to the Hero Initiative. The Hero Initiative is a wonderful non-profit organization that creates a financial safety net for yesterdays’ creators who may need emergency medical aid, financial support for essentials of life, and an avenue back into paying work.
If you can’t make it to a participating comic shop, a direct donation to the Hero Initiative tagged with Kirby4Heroes would be very welcome.
Fantastic initiative NPO which is deserving of more press. My producing partner of our new online series “Generic Girl” and I are devout fans of Jack Kirby (we named one of our lead characters after him) and will be following the Hero Initiative closely. We have been heavily inspired by Jack Kirby’s prodigious work and definitely want to share this mission with our fans and friends. Thanks for this news lead and best of luck to Jillian and everyone behind Kirby4Heroes!
Our series: http://gogenericgirl.com