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Comics and Cocktails with the Curators – In-person Program
Please join the American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) and the Center for Jewish History (CJH) for Comics and Cocktails with the Curators, a special opening event for The Jack Kirby Way: How a Boy from the Lower East Side Became the King of Comics.
Before he became the “King of Comics,” Jack Kirby was Jacob Kurtzberg, the son of Jewish immigrants growing up on New York’s Lower East Side during the Great Depression. He would go on to help create the Marvel Universe and forever transform popular culture. Featuring more than 70 pieces of original art, rare comics, and historic artifacts, this first-of-its-kind exhibition explores how Kirby’s Jewish identity, New York roots, and boundless imagination inspired generations of superheroes and stories that changed the world.
Curated by author, pop culture historian, and AJHS Trustee Roy Schwartz, along with Founding Trustee and Director of the Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center, Randolph Hoppe, this exhibition is presented by the American Jewish Historical Society in partnership with the Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center. Karen L. Green, Curator for Comics and Cartoons at Columbia University, will moderate this discussion.
Light refreshments will be served, and space is limited.
Ticket Info: Free; please RSVP by Tuesday, June 16
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