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Update!

Contrary to what you may have seen here on on our homepage, we have been busy for the past year.

We’ve set up at the Comic Art Show in September 2018, New York Comic Con in October 2018, Comic Art Show in April 2019, Big Apple Con in March 2019, WonderCon in March 2019, LA Comic Art Show in May 2019, Heroes Con in June 2019 and San Diego Comic-Con in Jul 2019!

Many thanks to the Comic Art Show, Big Apple Con, LA Comic Art Show, HeroesCon, and Comic-Con International for their support of our efforts!

We’ve added new merchandise to our line: the Galactic Head pin, the NY Warrior t-shirt, the Rainbow Flyer t-shirt.

We now have upwards of 4500 pieces of original art scanned in our Digital Archive. Thanks so much to all the collectors, especially Jack’s grandson Jeremy Kirby, for allowing us to scan your Kirby art!

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Celebrating Jack Kirby at 101

Today would have been Jack Kirby’s 101st birthday. From his tough Jewish immigrant beginnings on New York City’s Lower East Side, to the comic book publishing houses of Midtown Manhattan, to Brooklyn and the suburbs of Nassau County, to Thousand Oaks in Ventura County, California, Jack Kirby’s mind and hand brought us countless visually powerful stories and images. His work ethic, timeless ideas, and iconic visualizations continue to influence the storytellers of today, whether on the comic book page or the silver screen. Characters and scenarios that first came from his simple drawing board are household names worldwide, remain the cornerstone of the comic book industry, and are now the foundation of billion dollar blockbuster films.

Having seen the horrors of war firsthand, Kirby understood both the consequences of violence and the meaning of sacrifice, and his experiences informed the heroic ideals exemplified not just in his work but in his everyday life. Kirby’s kindness and general decency towards his fellows, fans, and friends remains the backbone for the culture of comic books, pop culture fandom, and conventions that attract millions of devotees each year. It’s easy to see the impact of Kirby’s creations, but don’t forget the legacy of Kirby the man.

We here at the Jack Kirby Museum are humbled and honored to do the work we do, to educate the world about Jack Kirby, his life, his images, and his stories. We look forward to continuing our work, and thank everyone for their support, especially The Kirby Estate.

We have some exciting projects in the works! Thank you, Jack!

Jack Kirby by Suzy Skaar 1992

 

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Heroes!

Heroes Con starts tomorrow! The Kirby Museum will be set up at booth 1322 to 1421 with displays from our “A Jack Kirby Odyssey” exhibit we held in May including enlarged pencil copies of several complete 2001: A Space Odyssey issues. We will have our scanner to scan and archive Kirby art for the Kirby Digital Archive. If you have original art or photos of Jack, please bring them, we would love to add them for the archive.

We will also host a landmark 3-part panel at Heroes Con on Saturday called KING-SIZED KIRBY ANNUAL # 101, moderated by RAND HOPPE AND TOM KRAFT:

1: KIRBY 101—That’s right! An introduction to Jack Kirby – with no prerequisites! Essential for novices and devotees alike!

2: A celebration of the influence of Kirby with Michael Royer and Ed Piskor and John Morrow

3: Finally, a discussion and tour of the Kirby Museum

Attend the event at 3:00 pm in room 209. Don’t miss this!

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“A Jack Kirby Odyssey” Events

Don’t forget, the show is at
One Art Space
23 Warren St., Manhattan (near Church St.)

Hours
Friday, May 11th: Noon – 7pm
Saturday, May 12th: Noon – 8pm
Sunday, May 13th: Noon – 6pm

Friday:
5pm – Opening Celebration

Saturday:
1pm – The Jack’d Kirby podcast live!
5pm – Kubrick and Kirby: Mind-Breakers. Hoppe and Romberger in Conversation
7pm – Fake Church with Geoff Grimwood. Improv Comedy!

Sunday:
2pm – Norton’s Odyssey – audio-visual dramatic reading of issues #5&6
4pm – The New Seed! – audio-visual dramatic reading of issue #7
5pm – Closing Celebration

There is no admission fee for “A Jack Kirby Odyssey”, but we’d love to receive a small donation of something like $5. If you can’t afford to donate, that’s cool.

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Take “A Jack Kirby Odyssey” in NYC May 11-13!

The Jack Kirby Museum is proud to announce our first pop-up event of 2018. A Jack Kirby Odyssey will celebrate the King of Comics’ visionary work adapting and expanding on Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Kirby Museum’s A Jack Kirby Odyssey will take place at One Art Space, located at 23 Warren Street in New York City, from May 11 through May 13.

Just in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Kubrick’s cinematic masterpiece, the Jack Kirby Museum will present an oversized reproduction Kirby’s adaptation of the movie, compilations of the photocopies of Kirby’s pencil art for his subsequent stories, which have never been reprinted, as well as dramatic, multimedia performances of three of these stories.

“Jack Kirby’s 2001: A Space Odyssey comics were pure Kosmic Kirby at the top of his craft, expanding on the 2001 story in ways not even masters like Kubrick or Clarke could have imagined,” says Kirby Museum Acting Director, Rand Hoppe. “We can’t wait for fans to have their minds blown by the stories AND the visuals.”

“The comics on display for A Jack Kirby Odyssey were painstakingly reproduced from the photocopies of Kirby’s pencil art,” adds Kirby Museum President, Tom Kraft. “The oversized comics at our Kirby 100 birthday celebration at One Art Space were big hits. We expect people will love seeing Kirby’s cosmic pencil art at large size, too.”

More programming will be announced shortly. For ongoing updates, check kirbymuseum.org, follow @JackKirbyMuseum on Twitter, and like facebook.com/KirbyMuseum.

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“Jack Kirby: 100 Years” Event in NYC a Huge Success

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We’d like to thank everyone who came out to our Jack Kirby: 100 Years celebration of Kirby’s centenary in New York City last month. The event, which ran from August 27 through August 30, was our humble attempt to pay tribute to the scope and breadth of Kirby’s career, and to allow fans a place to celebrate together.

For Kirby’s birthday on the 28th, we served cake and refreshments to attendees, and presented Kirby Museum director Randolph Hoppe’s biographical talk/visual presentation on Kirby’s life. All profits from that day’s fundraising efforts were donated to The Hero Initiative, in honor of Jillian Kirby’s ongoing Kirby4Heroes campaign.

We were overwhelmed by the support we received both from attendees, and our hosts, the One Art Space gallery in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood, who were gracious, helpful, and generous with not only the wonderful gallery space they provided for us, but with their time and personal attention to our needs.

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“Jack Kirby: 100 Years” Schedule

Sunday, August 27th

One Art Space, 23 Warren St, NYC

Open from Noon until 7pm – Opening Celebration All Day

3pm – “Explore Kirby Original Art”  with Collector/Museum Trustee Tom Kraft

5pm – Silent Auction starts – (original art will not be offered). Telephone bids MAY be available. Stay tuned.

6pm – “What is the Jack Kirby Museum?” with Tom Kraft and Founding Trustee Rand Hoppe

7pm – Silent Auction ends.

Monday, August 28th

One Art Space, 23 Warren St, NYC

Open from Noon until 7pm – Birthday Celebration All Day

All profits from T-shirt sales today will go to the Kirby4Heroes campaign for the Hero initiative

6pm – “Jack Kirby – 100 years” talk by Rand Hoppe

Tuesday, August 29th

One Art Space, 23 Warren St, NYC

Open from Noon until 7pm

Wednesday, August 30th

One Art Space, 23 Warren St, NYC

6pm – “The Science Fiction Work of Jack Kirby” talk with Writer Adam McGovern and Rand Hoppe

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“Jack Kirby: 100 Years” in New York City

The Jack Kirby Museum Presents

A Special Four Day Event Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Jack Kirby

NEW YORK, NY (August 15, 2017) – Jack Kirby, the co-creator of Captain America, The Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, and many other pop culture icons, played an indispensable role in the emergence of comics as an art form. Kirby is to comics what Hitchcock or Spielberg are to movies, Babe Ruth is to baseball, or The Beatles are to rock n’ roll. Not only was Kirby incredibly prolific and influential, but he was an innovator whose work has come to define fantastic storytelling in comics and beyond.

To mark the 100th anniversary of Jack Kirby’s birth, the Jack Kirby Museum and Research Center will open a special, limited-engagement event, celebrating the life, legacy, and boundless creativity of the King of Comics. “Jack Kirby – 100 Years” will take place at One Art Space, located at 23 Warren Street in New York City, from August 27-30.

Jack Kirby 100 Years Highlights Include:

  • Oversized reproductions of some of Kirby’s most famous work.
  • Opening reception and birthday party
  • A peek into the Museum’s digital archive, allowing fans access to thousands of pages of scanned art.
  • A gift shop featuring limited edition prints of Kirby artwork, books, t-shirts, and more.
  • A Kirby 100 Years talk by Founding Trustee Rand Hoppe
  • An introduction to the Kirby Museum by Trustees Tom Kraft and Rand Hoppe
  • More to be announced as we get closer to the date.

About Us

The Jack Kirby Museum and Research Center is organized exclusively for educational purposes; more specifically, to promote and encourage the study, understanding, preservation and appreciation of the work of Jack Kirby. Kirby 100 marks our third pop-up event in New York City and we regularly travel the US and Europe putting on and assisting exhibitions and lectures about Mr. Kirby’s life and art.

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100 Days of Jack Kirby begins now!

The Jack Kirby Museum and Research Center is proud to announce the 100 Days of Kirby in honor of Jack’s approaching 100th birthday on August 28. Our Kirby centenary efforts will consist of live events, talks, parties, and a few surprises along the way.  We’ll be working with friends, members, and donors both in the United States and the international community to make Jack’s 100th birthday a global event.

As part of our Kirby 100 effort, we’re offering some exciting new donation rewards and membership options. Your donation will allow us to honor Jack Kirby the way he deserves, and help us to scale future efforts, both to celebrate Jack’s centenary and beyond. Your donations help support our ongoing efforts to scan, collect, and preserve Jack’s work for future generations. You’ll be able to see more of our scans and preservation efforts than ever before, as we open up our digital archives for viewing on social media over the next 100 days. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram, like us on Facebook, and keep an eye on the front page of kirbymuseum.org for daily journeys into the life and work of one of the greatest artists of any medium the 20th Century produced.

 

To thank you for your support, we’re offering…

$1 = A set of Kirby 100 stickers

$5 = A set of Kirby 100 stickers and a set of Psychedelic Flyer postcards

$10 = A set of Kirby 100 stickers a set of Psychedelic Flyer postcards, and one mini-comic (choose Street Code or Private Kirby)

$25 = A set of Kirby 100 stickers, a set of Psychedelic Flyer postcards, and both mini-comics.

MEMBERSHIP LEVELS
As a member of the Jack Kirby Museum, you’ll receive a 10% discount on all items in the Museum store and preferred access to upcoming Kirby Museum events for the duration of your membership. (and if you are a current member, be on the lookout for a package of goodies from the Museum Shop.)

$50 = At the $50 membership level, you’ll receive all of the items in the $25 donation package, and you can choose from one of the following prints or posters (while supplies last):

Erik Larsen’s Savage Kirby Dragon (12″ x 18″), Lord of Light: The Streets of Heaven and Comics Combatives Foxhole Event Poster (11″ x 17″)

$100 = At the $100 membership level, you’ll get everything in the $50 level plus choose one of the following t-shirts.

Kirby T-Shirts

Top: V-neck T-shirt (Ladies Sizes only), King Miracle T-Shirt (Men and Ladies Sizes), and Galactic Black T-shirt (Men and Ladies Sizes) – Bottom: Electrocute T-shirt (Men Sizes only) and Dark Psychedelic Flier long sleeve T-shirt (Men Sizes only)

$150 = At the $150 membership level, you’ll everything in the $100 level, plus choose one of the following vintage posters (while supplies last). Please note that these vintage posters are not in mint condition. Expect imperfections.

Kirby Vintage Prints

Top: Captain America (23″ x 29″), 1941 Captain America (14″ x 23″) and Kirby Marvel (14″ x 23″) – Bottom: Incan Visitation (24″ x 18″) and Galactic Head (18″ x 20″)

$200 = Your $200 membership gets you all of the merchandise outlined above, plus as a limited-edition, signed-and-numbered prints of Tom Morehouse’s “The Power-Packed Marvel Art of Jack Kirby” collage (while supplies last).

“The Power-Packed Marvel Art of Jack Kirby” Collage (24″ x 39″)

$500 = Your $500 membership gets you all of the merchandise outlined above, plus a full set of limited edition Tribes Trilogy prints.

TribesTrilogy

Tribes Trilogy: Kabuto, Lizard and Woman (18″ x 24″)

$750 = Your $750 membership includes all of the above, plus a full set of Kirby Museum t-shirts (order may be slightly delayed because of sizing supply).

$1,000 = Your $1,000 membership includes everything outlined above, including every vintage poster. So this includes:

  • All three posters
  • All five t-shirts
  • “The Power-Packed Marvel Art of Jack Kirby” Collage
  • All three Tribes Trilogy limited Prints

Additional naming and sponsorship opportunities will be offered as some of our events and exhibits crystallize. We still have opportunities to host and sponsor events, so please contact kirby100@kirbymuseum.org.

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Kirby 100 Print Series Release at the Five Points Festival

The Kirby Museum is pleased to release our first set of prints celebrating Jack Kirby’s centenary. To start the series we have digitally remastered and restored the Tribes Trilogy paintings. The Trilogy was drawn, inked and colored by Jack Kirby. Prints will be on display and for sale at our booth (#445) during this weekend’s Five Points Festival on NYC’s Lower East Side. Prints cost $60.00 each or all 3 with the same series number for $200.00. Prints will be for sale soon on our website.

More about the prints:

  • This first set is limited to an edition of 50 with the first 10 numbers held in reserve
  • Each print has the Kirby 100 logo and an embossed Kirby Museum logo
  • Prints are 18 x 24 inches
  • Printed as high resolution Giclée using Epson UltraChrome HD pigment inks
  • Paper is Epson Hot Press Natural, Smooth Fine Art heavy weight (16mm) paper and is archival, acid-free, 100% cotton fiber
  • Each print is packaged in a 1mm resealable archival mylar sleeve

These prints were remastered from high resolution scans of the original art held in our Kirby Digital Archive. Colors were enhanced to match as closely as possible the original Dr. Ph. Martin ink colors used by Kirby. For example, some of the edges of the art showed the bright colors of the original colors because they had been protected from fading by being under mats or frames. The biggest challenge was the Lizard print. The edges were bright pink however the rest had faded. Restoring the pink gave this print impact.

Tom Kraft

All sales will benefit the museum in our ongoing efforts to study, preserve, and publicize the work of Jack Kirby.

Tribes Trilogy: Kabuto

Tribes Trilogy: Woman

Tribes Trilogy: Lizard

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