First off please read and respond to this article: "As 'The Avengers' will Make Millions, Creator Kirby May Get Squat"
To stand up and help out check these:
A Buck for Jack
The Jack Kirby Museum
Jack Kirby, the man responsible for creating and illustrating so many iconic comic book characters. In fact his art is large part what made them iconic. Captain America, one of my long time fav's he created with Joe Simon in the 1940's. Check out the following:
Jack Kirby was insanely prolific and highly creative. Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.'s article on him at JVJP's Illustrators site is wonderfully done and very informative (see link below). My favorite thing about Kirby is his ability to narrate a story visually and how he uses subtle cues in layout and motion to lead the eye through several frames.
For further reading and to see more art check out the following:
