This program was originally held in person at the Center for Jewish History on June 22nd at 6:30 pm Eastern.
The American Jewish Historical Society in partnership with the Jack Kirby Museum and the Center for Jewish History, hosted an evening of comics and cocktails with the curators of The Jack Kirby Way: How a boy from the Lower East Side became the King of Comics. Exhibition curators Roy Schwartz (pop culture historian and AJHS Trustee) and Randolph Hoppe (Co-Founder, Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center) discussed how Kirby’s early life in an immigrant working-class neighborhood influenced his artistic work. Roy and Rand discussed Kirby’s artistic influences (most notably the city of New York) as well as his impact on American pop culture, visual art, and aesthetics. Karen L. Green, Curator for Comics and Cartoons at Columbia University, moderated the discussion.
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