
Chris Knowles | The Spandex Files: Creative Magic, The Kirby Conduit, & Demon Dinosaur
Jack Kirby's Prophetic Visions of Iraq and Technology
Christopher Knowles details uncanny instances where Jack Kirby's 1970s artwork appeared to predict future events, including the capture of Saddam Hussein from a bunker and the use of virtual reality goggles. Kirby's stories also featured a conflict involving a "Tiger Army" from Washington D.C. invading a desert land resembling Iraq, paralleling the actions of the Bush family decades later. The segment concludes with Kirby's early depictions of the "Face on Mars" and themes related to Jack Parsons.





