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Stan Lee on Jack Kirby at the SF Giants game/ Art by Deryl Skelton

Artists: Jack Kirby () , Skelton Deryl (Penciller) , Deryl Skelton (All) , Stan Lee (Writer)

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Stan Lee on Jack Kirby at the SF Giants game/ Art by Deryl Skelton Comic Art

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Stan w/ Sergio Romo

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Title:	Stan Lee on Jack Kirby at the SF Giants game/ Art by Deryl Skelton
Artist:	Jack Kirby ()
Artist:	Skelton Deryl (Penciller)
Artist:	Deryl Skelton (All)
Artist:	Stan Lee (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Pin Up
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	3,616
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	8/11/2013
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On Aug 7th 2013 Stan Lee had a meet and greet at the SF Giants ballpark before the game. For about 30 min. He talked w/ pitcher Sergio Romo (see photo) in front of 120 fans about "what the Hulk eats" and other such fan talk. Stan answered pre-written questions and told how he created Spider-Man ("...I saw a fly walking up a wall...") w/out ever mentioning Steve Ditko. No one mentioned Jack Kirby at all so, at the end when the announcer said there was time for a question from the audience, I made my move.

"What can you tell us about Jack Kirby?" I asked. Stan's eyes popped open and he gushed, "Jack was a brilliant artist and a wonderful man..." He began to wax poetic but non-specific. I asked about how important Jack was to Marvel. "His Name was Jack Kirby and if you don't know who he was I'd like you to leave the audience!" A mild laughter bubbled from the crowd. It seemed no one knew Jack Kirby.

I wish I would have known that I'd be able to ask Stan a question. I would have come up w/ something better like "How much credit do you think Jack Kirby deserves for creating the Marvel Characters?"

The "give away" for this event was this signed and #ed ltd. print of Stan and Romo as a super heros by Deryl Skelton

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AJ Charan
Member Since 2013

Posted on 8/13/2013

I was there in person and wanted to say thanks for the question about Jack Kirby (had no idea that he did the penciling on the giveaway print). At first, I thought it was a "plant question" from someone in Mr. Lee's group that was in the crowd, but found the video from Deryl's facebook. I wish more of the questions were more like yours instead of the "who would hit more home runs, Sergio or Captain America?" type. I was one of the people who cheered once you mentioned Jack Kirby

LEN CALLO
Member Since 2004

Posted on 8/13/2013

AJ Charan wrote:

AJ, Kirby didn't pencil this piece. It was all done by Skelton. I put Jack's name in cuz, to me, that was the main thrust of this post. Sorry for the confusion. The debate about how much credit for the creation of Marvel characters Stan deserves has gone on since the 60's. I just wanted to see how much credit he might give Jack.

AJ Charan
Member Since 2013

Posted on 8/13/2013

LEN CALLO wrote:

oh no worries. I knew Jack had passed in 1994. I just thought maybe it was a blueprint that Jack sitting around and Deryl and the rest of the team had modified a bit to bring up to date. Stan def gave jack his fair share of credit and I loved that closing statement he had.

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