Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

---

CHAOS ENSUES MEDIA:
-Website: witsendpod.com
-YouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UCwvSur7b4J_U3gMIA44OGWQ
-Support the channel on Patreon: patreon.com/thechaosensues

Read the full transcript on my website: witsendpod.com/podcast-episodes/chaos-ensues-jack-kirby-and-the-mob

Happy birthday to Jack Kirby. An older unreleased video essay from the Chaos Ensues archives talking about Kirby's experience with mobsters and his lesser known comics projects.

TIME CODES:
-0:00—Intro (Crooked Politician)
-0:25—Who is Jack Kirby?
-0:50—Jack Kirby Interview Lower East Side
-1:14—Street Code comic
-2:47—Interlude
-2:59—In the Days of the Mob (DC Comics)
-5:00—Mob Influence on Work
-5:43—Important Information

Footage:
-Capone Footage: youtube.com/watch?v=axd6KWtytr8
-Kirby Interview (Lower East Side): youtube.com/watch?v=9Pinxi9WY2o
-Kirby Entertainment Tonight (1982): youtu.be/v-BTa_lQ6uQ?si=r3COU9aNfGswpGRu
-New York Footage: youtube.com/watch?v=59jmCEX8Nxs

Written interviews and other sources:
-Leonard Pitts Interview: kirbymuseum.org/blogs/effect/2012/08/06/19867-kirby-interview
-Mondo 2000 Interview: kirbymuseum.org/blogs/effect/2012/06/09/19920814-interview
-Simon and Kirby Crime Comics: kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/3764