On this day in 1917, Jacob Kurtzberg was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Early in his artistic career he used several pen names before settling on Jack Kirby because he said it reminded him of actor James Cagney. Today would have been his 108th birthday had he not passed away on February 6, 1994 at the age of 76.
I wrote more about my love for Kirby’s art in my article about my Mt. Rushmore of Comic Book Artists.
