Will Eisner

Jack Kirby’s dynamic artwork has shaped the visual sensibilities of films, television, and video games far beyond the literal adaptations of the super heroes he co-created for Marvel Comics.

IF THERE’S A FORM revolutionizing popular culture today, it’s comics—and in particular, comics in the form of the graphic novel. Providing the cutting edge for success in movies, on television, in print—as textbooks, e-books, and online—and even invading such avant-garde spaces as the theater, comics and graphic novels are rewriting the rules for creativity.

It’s that he was one of the first to show the world that comics should be taken seriously.