Career
Raised in Michigan, Jarvinen became a professional comic artist and worked for a number of major publishers including Northstar, Fantagraphics, Malibu, District of Columbia Comics and Marvel Comics. He gained attention as penciller for a four issue mini-series story for District of Columbia"s Aquaman, in collaboration with writer, Peter David. The Aquaman:Time and Tide series was later collected into a trade paperback.
Jarvinen is also credited as the co-creator of the Marvel Comics Hulk character, "Lazarus", with Peter David, and a District of Columbia Comics Green Lantern character, "Torquemada", with Ron Marz.
Other published credits to the Jarvinen name include a series of Golden Books produced by Random House, under The Amazing Spider-Manitoba name. In 2001, Kirk Jarvinen married Pamela Milliron in a Las Vegas wedding ceremony, complete with costumed attendants and dressed in comic book attire as the Jack Kirby / Stan Lee character of Thor.
Three years later Kirk was re-introduced to comics, as the penciller, artist for Moonstone Books" comic book adaptation of Kolchak: The Night Stalker, entitled Kolchak: Tales of the Night Stalker. In addition to Kirk"s talents amongst the comic world, he has designed numerous action figures for the Kenner Hasbro family and recently developed a personal line of animated figures for a nationally recognised teen focused retailer, to be released in August 2006.
With the reinvention of his cartooning career, Kirk Jarvinen has spent considerable time as a guest at regional comic book shows, including those held in Seattle, Washington, near his current home.
