The Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center recently posted The King’s designs from a theater production of Julius Caesar.
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| In 1969, Sheldon Feldner contacted Marvel Comics, asking if one of Marvel’s artists would be interested in designing costumes for a production of William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar by the University Theatre Company at Santa Cruz at the newly-built Cowell College of the University of California at Santa Cruz. |
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| As luck would have it, the Kirby family had recently moved to California, and Stan Lee recommended that Feldner contact Jack Kirby. |
The article showcases several examples of Kirby’s designs plus more history of the Cowell College play, color photos of the actors in Kirby-designed costumes, and even a .pdf of a piece from a Santa Cruz area newspaper Sunday supplement.
All in all a very interesting overview of Kirby history that I was previously unaware.
(Thanks to Scott Edelman)