Jack “King of Comics” Kirby based many of his characters on himself, none more so than the Fantastic Four's Ben Grimm, AKA ...

Marvel's Ryan Meinerding on how he and his team of concept artists helped The Thing show emotion, and how they brought iconic ...

Ben Grimm aka the Thing represents the heart of the Fantastic Four, and Jack Kirby's vision and attachment to the character ...

First Steps takes place in Marvel artist Jack Kirby’s world — literally. It’s only at the end of the film that it’s revealed ...

As the creator of the Avengers, Black Panther, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, Iron Man, the Silver Surfer, Thor and the X-Men among many other characters, comic book artist Jack Kirby more than ...

People view the Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) ...

Granddaughter Jillian Kirby noted that so much of the Fantastic Four drew from the Kirby family’s own history: “Grandpa Jack saw himself in the Thing, Ben Grimm being named after our great ...

Jack Kirby was a comic book superhero. As an artist and writer, he was the essential creator or co-creator behind entire worlds of heroes and villains, interstellar conflicts, and what has become ...

The problem facing the curators of a new exhibit on comic book creator Jack Kirby wasn’t finding enough art and archival material to depict the life and career of the man who helped create such iconic ...