I was handed a chocolate bar and an M-1 rifle and told to go kill Hitler.
– Jack Kirby
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Posted by Lisa Kirby today. “Visiting dad on his 100th Birthday. Leaving him some special stones.” #Kirby100
From Chris Ryall on Twitter.
This is SO WONDERFUL <3
If you don’t know Jewish traditions, we don’t leave flowers. We place a stone on the grave.
I’m not going to lie, knowing Jack Kirby was Jewish has always meant a lot to me, but seeing his gravestone- with its Hebrew letters, its magen david, its stones- moved me more than I can say.
Kirby Meets Kirby
Monday, August 27 marks 100 years since the birth of Marvel universe co-creator Jack Kirby.
Coincidentally, August 2017 also marks 25 years since Nintendo released Kirby’s Dream Land in the US.
Naturally, I couldn’t help but imagine what would happen if the two met…
Want to view it all in a single image? Non-Tumblr version here.
