{"id":989,"date":"2013-02-12T07:55:21","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T07:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/?page_id=989"},"modified":"2013-02-12T07:55:21","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T07:55:21","slug":"realfolks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/effect\/realfolks\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirby’s Real Folks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom MOREHOUSE writes –
\nAs a lifelong collector of Jack Kirby’s work, one of the things that I always enjoyed is the sense of reality about the universe Jack created. His fight scenes work because as a fighter himself, Jack would think about how (if he had the skills\/powers of the protagonist) he would go about taking down his opposition. While some have a problem with how accurately he drew his handguns, Jack’s weaponry & machinery always looked like it should be able to do whatever he wanted us to believe it could. Another factor in conveying a sense of reality to his stories was the inclusion of recognizable “real people”, whether it be a world leader or just some kids he met at a convention. Jack’s universe was peopled with real folks and that’s the focus of this exhibit\/archive; to gather and document as many examples of these as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

So start pouring through your Kirby comic collections and memory banks and send the museum scans of the primary panel\/page on which the person appears along with the issue name, date, etc.. If the illustration is from some publication other than a traditional comic book, please include scans of the entire article for reference use. Be sure to identify the figure(s) in the scans. You can contact me at mohavipack@aol.com<\/a>, or Rand at curator@kirbymuseum.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To start things off I’ve gathered examples from some of the more obscure and rare items in my Kirbykrypt collection as well as a couple of examples from standard comics.<\/p>\n

– Tom<\/p>\n

This exhibit\/archive is an active, ongoing project – we’ll be adding to it as we go. Click on the Captain America page above to see the whole exhibit. So, as Tom says above, contact us with your suggestions and scans.<\/p>\n

– Rand HOPPE<\/p>\n

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