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I couldn't draw anything that was too outlandish or too horrible. I never did that. What I did draw was something intriguing. There was something about this monster that you could live with. If you saw him you wouldn't faint dead away.
Jack Kirby
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Jack Kirby
Age: 76 †
Born: 1917
Born: August 28
Died: 1994
Died: February 6
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Jacob Kurtzberg
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When Superman came out it galvanized the entire industry. It's just part of the American scene.
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I was a good student in the subjects that I wanted to be good in. The curriculum in my section was excellent.
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Of course, mothers were very conventional, everything was very conventional. You had to have approval.
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Our dreams make us large.
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I had very high respect for the Pratt Institute, but I thought that I had done my best, and that was not their version of the best.
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