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One of Kirby's wartime drawings included in Kirby Unleashed: A "King" Kirby Portfolio.
1943 found Kirby stationed overseas in the Fifth Division, Third Army, commanded by General Patton. Serving as a combat Infantryman, he fought in the campaign at Metz and earned two battle stars and a severe case of frozen feet. While in the army hospital, he kept a steady flow of letters back to the States and his new bride, Rosalind. At left, some of the "V-Mail" (letters reduced in size, photographically for easy handling and paper conservation) he sent back, all profusely illustrated. Above, a sketch done while on the move. Below, a drawing of Mrs. Kirby done, from memory, on the back of a piece of German stationery picked up off a dead enemy soldier. On the opposite page, a charcoal sketch done on the scene in a German bunker. In 1945, he returned to America and reteamed with Joe Simon to work with the newly-formed Harvey Comics Company. 1943 found Kirby stationed overseas in the Fifth Division, Third Army, commanded by General Patton. Serving as a combat Infantryman, he fought in the campaign at Metz and earned two battle stars and a severe case of frozen feet. While in the army hospital, he kept a steady flow of letters back to the States and his new bride, Rosalind. At left, some of the "V-Mail" (letters reduced in size, photographically for easy handling and paper conservation) he sent back, all profusely illustrated. Above, a sketch done while on the move. Below, a drawing of Mrs. Kirby done, from memory, on the back of a piece of German stationery picked up off a dead enemy soldier. On the opposite page, a charcoal sketch done on the scene in a German bunker. In 1945, he returned to America and reteamed with Joe Simon to work with the newly-formed Harvey Comics Company.
July 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM