When Superman came out it galvanized the entire industry. It's just part of the American scene. Jack Kirby More Quotes by Jack Kirby More Quotes From Jack Kirby I always enjoyed doing monster books. Monster books gave me the opportunity to draw things out of the ordinary. Monster books were a challenge - what kind of monster would fascinate people? Jack Kirby opportunitybookpeople I like entertainment. I'm an innate admirer of good entertainment. I'll listen to MTV, I'll listen to Mozart, I'll listen to anything that has a good element in it. Jack Kirby mtventertainmentelements If you're drawing a Western town, you can duplicate that Western town from instinct alone. Some artists may take it from other illustrations or duplicate what you've drawn, but it will never have that gut reality that's instinctive in the artist. Jack Kirby illustrationartistreality I didn't save my money for a lawyer. I was a very young man, and saved my money for having a good time. Jack Kirby good-timeslawyermen An artist has to be humble, an editor must be officious, and a publisher must be somewhere out in the galaxy enjoying godhood. It was a caste system, pure and simple. And it was accepted that way. Nobody thought of contracts, nobody thought of insisting on better deals. Jack Kirby artistsimplehumble My own son feels I'm uncool but my grandson loves me. Being cool or uncool is a generational thing. But as a personal thing, I really love everybody in sight. Jack Kirby being-coolsightson Mort Meskin was a consummate professional, dedicated to his work. A great talent. Jack Kirby great-talentdedicatedtalent If my publisher hadn't said' let's do superhero stories,' I'd probably still be doing' A Kid Called Outlaw,'' The Two-Gun Kid' or' Millie the Model' or whatever I was doing at the time. Jack Kirby top-news I was handed a chocolate bar and an M-1 rifle and told to go kill Hitler. Jack Kirby riflebargochocolate
