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Jack Kirby finally gets his corner of the city that made him super

JL;DR SUMMARY Jack Kirby, the legendary comic book creator known for his pivotal role in developing characters like the Fantastic Four and Captain America, has been honored with a street renaming in New York City's Lower East Side, now known as Jack Kirby Way. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityLower East SideComicsMarvelStan LeeJack KirbyImmigrant HeritageGraphic StorytellingComic Book HistoryStreet Renaming

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"Jack Kirby Way is located at the intersection of Essex and Delancey Street."
Thousand Oaks, California, United States
"The Kirbys joined Temple Etz Chaim in Thousand Oaks, and Kirby made personal art."

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