Jack KirbyJack Kirby was born Jacob Kurtzberg on August 28th, 1917 in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. He was a comic book artist, writer, and editor; one of the most innovative and influential creators in the history of comics.Growing up poor in New York City, Jacob Kurtzberg entered the newly emerging comics industry in the 1930s. He drew various comics features under different pen names, finally settling on Jack Kirby. In 1940, he and writer-editor Joe Simon created the highly successful superhero character Captain America for Timely Comics, predecessor of Marvel Comics. During the 1940s, Kirby, often collaborating with Simon, created numerous characters for that company and also for the company that would become DC Comics.Kirby eventually found himself at Timely's 1950s incarnation, Atlas Comics, later to be known as Marvel Comics. There, in the 1960s, he and writer-editor Stan Lee co-created many o
April's Challenge: Stalk a $taffer or CV ResultsIn April, we asked group members to stalk a CV or $taff member to help dispel the myth that these people are too important for everyday deviants to get to know. In fact, many of them produce great art and have fun personalities just like you and me! Here's what we found out:Staffers:iconmoonbeam13: $Moonbeam13Name: Danielle Ward (Danie)Location: CanadaJoined DeviantART: October 19, 2003Role: Director of Community RelationsRegular Articles: Community Relations Newsletter | Pimps and Whoas | Discovered$Moonbeam13 is Unique Because: *MissMorticia writes: "Way back in 2005 when I first started using dA, I remember coming across :dev
Trends.There are a number of trends I'm amused by at deviantART.Search for draw this again and you see a meme where deviants are showing their progress through the years. Examples: Then there's a trend on YouTube where deviants are posting video blogs about their deviantART experiences. I recently caught this one by *DomieNeek that I was charmed by. She makes great points, too! In November we published a Journal on #dt's Blog, very discreetly announcing that we've launched a set of API's (Application Programming Interfaces) so that developers out there could make Apps for deviantART.