Street Code is both the short, ten page autobiographical comic story and the 2009 mini-comic by American writer-artist Jack Kirby. Both Bill Sienkiewicz and Jeff Zapata consider it among Kirby's greatest works,[1] and it supplanted all other works in the minds of Jack and wife Roz. Roz appreciated it so much she framed the two-page spread from the story and gave it pride of place on her wall.[2] It was commissioned by Richard Kyle in 1983 but did not see print until 1990 in Argosy vol.3 #2, with lettering by Bill Spicer. The story was shot from Kirby's pencils. Kyle intended to print it with a colored tone behind it, which Kirby requested not be too colorful, but rather drab to suit the times. Kyle said
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- ↑ Morrow, John; Cooke, Jon B., eds. (28 August 2017). Kirby100: 100 Top Creators Celebrate Jack Kirby's Greatest Work. TwoMorrows Publishing. pp. 192–194.
- ↑ Evanier, Mark (2008). Kirby: King of Comics. Abrams Books. p. 23. ISBN 9780810994478.
- ↑ Morrow, John, ed. (19 February 2004). Collected Jack Kirby Collector. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 129. ISBN 1893905004.
- ↑ Hoppe, Rand (11 June 2009). "Jack Kirby's Street Code at MoCCA". Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
