Today is Jack Kirby's birthday.

Just sayin'.

EDIT:

Forgot to mention that you can follow #WakeUpAndDraw on Twitter to see what folks have been drawing to mark the day (and raise money for the Hero Initiative).

Kirby was never my favorite comic book artist, but his extensive influence on the medium is undeniable. And I am fond of Kirby Krackle, like this:

You could have at least said "Today is Flippa Dippa creator Jack Kirby's birthday".

I will read some Demon to celebrate.

he's running... right into your heart.

One thing I love about Kamandi's world is that Australia is ruled by the "Kanga Rat Murder Society."

Michael Barnes wrote: You could have at least said "Today is Flippa Dippa creator Jack Kirby's birthday".

Speaking of Flippa Dippa, you might find this old post from my friend's blog interesting. (I highly recommend regular reading.)

And, as long as I'm plugging friends' work ...

Scroll about 1/3 down to where the Thor page pencils start to get to the very interesting meat of the article, Kirby's notes to Stan Lee:

www.tcj.com/a-96th-birthday/

Edit: or just search "in the future we'll"

That 10 underused Kirby concepts link was cool. I've started on Kamandi, very emotionally raw and upsetting stuff.