IF YOU KNOW CAPTAIN AMERICA, THE FANTASTIC FOUR, THOR, IRON MAN OR THE X-MEN, THEN YOU KNOW JACK KIRBY...OR DO YOU?

The regional premiere of KING KIRBY brings the life and work of prolific comic book artist Jack “KING of Comics” Kirby to the stage July 4-July 12 as a live theatre motion comic. Combining multimedia art, projections, shadow puppetry, voiceover and performance from live actors, the comic book art form comes to alive to tell the story of its most essential creator. IT’S THE ULTIMATE ORIGIN STORY!

Follow Jack Kirby from the tough Jewish ghetto of Hell’s Kitchen to the harrowing battlefields of Normandy during WWII, through the paranoia of tense Senate hearings in the 1950s and as he creates some of the most iconic heroes in pop culture. In a play that explores artistic creation, a story unfolds about the head on collision of the artistic process with the American Dream when, after pouring his life into his comics, Jack Kirby is forced to take a hero’s journey of his own battling for recognition as a fateful mistake sends him into obscurity while his creations become among the most recognizable in the world.

SPECIAL EVENTS
3:00 PM July 4: FOURTH OF JULY WITH CAP MATINEE PREMIERE with free Captain America themed concessions and giveaways

8:00 PM July 12: KIRBY COSPLAY CONTEST AND CELEBRATION

SPECIAL PROMOTION
See the show for only $10. Visit the Plano location of MADNESS GAMES &COMICS (3000 Custer Road-#310) for EXCLUSIVE $10 DISCOUNT TICKET VOUCHERS. American Chronicle Theatre Company is grateful to Madness Games & Comics for their support of local performing arts.