The Kirby tradition...

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Warren Ellis today tells a wonderful story about Jack Kirby that he got from Mark Evanier:

Kirby liked to innovate, not follow. His attitude was best summed up a few years later when he read that some new artist would be taking over on Captain America and hoped "to do it in the Kirby tradition."

Said Jack, "This kid doesn’t get it. The Kirby tradition is to create a new comic."

I wish more people in creative businesses understood the importance of originality.