SELF PORTRAITS • FAMILY PORTRAITS • WORLD WAR II 1920: First Photo? (photo of 3-year-old Jacob Kurtzberg with parents, Rose and Benjamin Kurtzberg) (R: TJKC 43,50,64) 1935: Rose Kurtzberg (mother) Kurtzberg - a (R: AOJK, p 7; TJKC 45) ca. 1930s: Ben Kurtzberg (father) Kurtzberg - a (R: TJKC 45) ca. 1930s: David Kurtzberg (brother) Kurtzberg - a (R: TJKC 45) Dec 28, 1937: Dutch (dog; signed) Kurtzberg - a(p) (R: KKOC, TJKC 68) Jack Kirby (with pipe) Kirby - a(p) (R: AOJK, p 15) 1939: 1940: “Me” Kirby - a(p) (R: AOJK, p 7) Win 1942: “Satan Wears A Swastika” (Simon and Kirby app. in story) Kirby/Simon - a (R: Boy Commandos 1) Mar 1942: Photo: Joe Simon and Jack Kirby at drawing board with [Boy Commandos] title splash for DC 64) (R: KU, TJKC 40) 1943-1945: [World War II portraits, sketches, letters] (various) Kirby (writing / art) (USA / Europe) (See AH 100, AOJK, CJL 1, JKQ 10,12, KKOC, KU, MLIC, Snow White, Spirit 39, TJKC 10,25,27,34,49,64, Yank) Aug 1943: “Sad Lookin’ Sight Ain’t I?” (with military gear; sent to fan while in basic training) Kirby - a(p) (Camp Stewart, Savannah, GA, USA) (R: TJKC 10) Aug 21, 1943: “Pvt. Jack Kirby” Kirby - a (Camp Stewart, Savannah, GA, USA) (R: AOJK, p 49; CJL 1, KKOC) 1943: “Two Guys In My Barracks” (two unknown American soldier portraits) Kirby - a(p) (note: mis-dated 1942) (R: AOJK, p 50) (R: CJL 1) (R: TJKC 72) 1943: “We Ate Like Chasayrim” (Jack and Rosalind Kirby) Kirby - a(p) (R: AOJK, p 50) 1944: “Stifled But Still Yours” Kirby - a(p) (V-Mail to Roz; signed: “Jackson”) (R: CJL 1, TJKC 64) 1944: [Soldier Portraits] (two unknown; American) Kirby - a(p) (R: TJKC 25) 1944: [Soldier Portraits] (three unknown; American) / [German / Japanese Soldier] Kirby - a(p) (R: TJKC 25) 1944: Tiger Tank (sketch) Kirby - a (See TJKC 38 p 51) Oct 1944: “Under Fire” (American soldiers with mortar) Kirby - a(p) (Metz, France) (R: AOJK, p 53; CJL 1) 1944: [Dead German Soldiers] Kirby - a(p) (France) (R: AOJK, p 54; CJL 1) 1944: [Kneeling Soldier] (American) Kirby - a(p) (France) (R: AOJK, CJL 1, KU) 1944: Self Portrait (sentry duty with helmet and knife) Kirby - a(p) (France) (V-Mail to Roz; signed: “Jackson”) (R: KU) 1944: Self Portrait (running communication cable) Kirby - a(p) (France) (V-Mail to Roz) (R: AOJK, p 56; CJL 1, KKOC, KU) Fall 1944: [G.I. Portrait Studies] Kirby - a(p) (France) (note: most unknown to exist; Kirby traded some for cigars) (See TJKC 64) Sep 1944: “Mitch Sytkowski” (fellow G.I. portrait study) Kirby - a(p) (Corny, France) (R: TJKC 64) Oct 1944: Self Portrait (bearded, with pipe) Kirby - a(p) (France) (V-Mail to Roz) (R: AOJK, p 58) Oct 1944: “The Missus—My Gorgeous Babe” (Rosalind Kirby) Kirby - a(p) (drawn in a foxhole in France) (R: AH 100, AOJK, p 56; CJL 1, JKQ 1, KU) Nov 23, 1944: “The Little Woman” (Rosalind Kirby) Kirby - a(p) (France) (R: AOJK, p 56; JKQ 10, KKOC, TJKC 64) 1944-1945: Self Portrait (in hospital bed with cigar) Kirby - a(p) (France/UK) (V-Mail to Roz) (R: KU, The Spirit 39, TJKC 64) 1944-1945: Self Portrait (in hospital bed (1) with magazine) Kirby - a(p) (France/UK) (V-Mail to Roz; signed: “Jackson”) (R: JKQ 12, KU, TJKC 49) 1944-1945: Self Portrait (in hospital bed (2) with girlie magazine) Kirby - a(p) (France/UK) (V-Mail to Roz; signed: “Jackson”) (R: KU, TJKC 64) (See Snow White / Seven Dwarves (unpublished) 1944-1945: [Medical Illustrations] (P.F.C. Kirby, while recuperating in hospital, painted some vivid color wound illustrations in gouache for doctors, and brought some home) (See MLIC p 140-141; TJKC 64 p 15) 1945: Self Portrait (writing aboard ship with cigar) Kirby - a(p) (V-Mail to Roz; signed: “Jackson”) (R: KU, TJKC 64) Dec 6, 1945: [Susan Kirby birth announcement] “Stuntman” (cartoon; ink / wash; Simon and Kirby app.) (attributed Kirby - a) (See TJKC 70) Apr 1947: “The Bear Skull Trail To Death” (Kirby app. in story as editor) Kirby/Simon - a (R: Headline Comics 23) (R: CJK 3) May 1947: “Justice Finds A Cop Killer” (Kirby app. in story) Kirby - a (R: Frankenstein Comics 7) (R: CJK 3) Sep 1949: Photo Cover (posing as burglar; qualified self portrait) (R: Headline Comics 27) 1949: Photo Cover outtakes (unpublished; qualified self portraits for Headline Comics covers) (R: Comic Art Tribute to Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (card set) #14) // (R: AE V3#76, MLIC, JKT 2) Jul 1954: “The Youth” (Simon and Kirby cameo in story) Kirby/Simon - a (R: Bulls-eye 1) Mar 1956: Rosalind Kirby look-a-like purported on cover of True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated 38 (R: AL, TJKC 20) 1961-1978: Fantastic Four (some would say The Thing is Kirby’s first metaphoric self-portrait—with cigar (1961-1970; 1975-1978) Kirby - a(p) (“If you’ll notice the way the Thing talks and acts, you’ll find that the Thing is really Jack Kirby” —Jack Kirby (1992) (See What If? 11) Oct 1962 Fantastic Four 7 (Kirby self portrait (Reed Richards) purported on cover) Kirby - a (Evanier (TJKC 34 p 10) Jan 1963: “The Return Of Doctor Doom” (Lee and Kirby app. on cover and in story) Kirby/Ayers - a (R: Fantastic Four 10) 1963-1964: Lisa Kirby (daughter; figure studies) Kirby - a(p) (R: TJKC 67) 1965: “Bedlam At The Baxter Building” (Lee and Kirby app. in story) Kirby/Colletta - a (R: Fantastic Four Annual 3) 1967: The Thing (at drawing board with cigar) Kirby - a(p) (R: TJKC 13, SACBA) Nov 1967: “This Is A Plot?” (Lee and Kirby app. in story) 3p Kirby/Giacoia - a (R: Fantastic Four Special 5) Nov 18, 1967: Lisa Kirby (daughter) Kirby - a(p) (R: TJKC 67) 1969: Self Portrait (at drawing board with Marvel Super-Heroes) Kirby/Royer - a (first Royer inks on Kirby) (Marvelmania) (R: Marvelmania Comic Artist Inking and Coloring Kit, Artist Self Portrait Kit, Marvelmania Comic Art
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