Simon and Kirby
The Legendary Creative Team
of the Golden Age of Comics
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Joe Simon and Jack Kirby were the most successful and creative collaborators in the history of comics.
Photo: Joe Simon (left) and Jack Kirby (right) at the drawing board.
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The legendary Simon and Kirby Studio produced Captain America, Fighting American, Boys' Ranch, Young Romance, Newsboy Legion, Boy Commandos, Black Magic, and Bullseye among a host of cartoon characters that have been treasured by generations of avid and loyal fans worldwide.
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During their career together, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created and produced numerous comic books and characters for almost every publisher. For Simon, participation in ownership of the property was the key to making an arrangement for a company to publish the work, even as far back as Captain America.
Simon and Kirby had the distinctintion of forming one of the first indepdendent publishing companies in comics' history. This was Mainline Publications, Simon and Kirby's very own publishing company.
The legendary Simon and Kirby Studio employed different talents at different times but everyone who worked with Simon and Kirby contributed to the team's success.
When Simon and Kirby eventually went their separate ways in the later 1950s, Simon continued to produce work in which he held or participated in ownership. Kirby went on to reinvent himself working for such publishers as Marvel and DC Comics.
As for those Simon and Kirby days, such comic book greats as Carl Burgos, Al Williamson, Mort Meskin, Marvin Stein, Carmine and Jimmy Infantino, Howard Ferguson, Ben Oda, Jack Oleck, George Tuska, Dick Ayers and others contributed to making the Simon and Kirby Studio truly legendary.
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The Simon and Kirby characters live on, and the team's awesome creative forces are still felt today, powerfully influencing comics and other media.
This site is a dedication to Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, and the legendary Simon and Kirby Studio.
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