Several comic book and comic strip writers, artists, and others have appeared within the fictional world of comics, both their own and others'. Some appear as simple characters in the story, some appear as characters who break the fourth wall and address the reader directly, and some make cameo appearances in framing sequences to introduce a story and sometimes to have a last word.
Since his 1942 one-shot story Un marinaio nella stratosfera ("A Sailor into the Stratosphere") published by Edizioni A.V.E. until his death in 1997, Jac has very often portrayed himself in his own comics, or at least was referenced by various characters, usually interacting with them.
^ abBates, Cary; Maggin, Elliot S. (w), Dillin, Dick (p), McLaughlin, Frank (i). "Avenging Ghosts of the Justice Society!" Justice League of America, no. 124 (November 1975). DC Comics.
^ abcdefghijklmA Rutland Halloween Parade story. The 1972 parade was featured in three stories split between Marvel and DC, which could be read separately but in fact made up a bizarre cross-company crossover mingling real and fictional characters. Marvel's Amazing Adventures #16 by Steve Englehart featured minor plot strands that were picked up on in DC's Justice League of America #103 by writer Len Wein. The same plot feature (revolving around Englehart's car) was then continued in Thor #207 by writer Gerry Conway. All stories featured Tom Fagan, Englehart, Conway, Wein and his first wife, Glynis Wein. See: Thomas, Roy (ed.) Alter Ego: The Comic Book Artist Collection Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing, March 2001, pp. 79–80
^ abcdefghijkThomas, Roy (w), Pérez, George (p), Sinnott, Joe (i). "Improbable As It May Seem--The Impossible Man Is Back in Town!" Fantastic Four, no. 176 (November 1976).
^ abcdefgRiley, Shannon E. (July 2014). "It Came from the Fifth Dimension! The Life and Times of Bat-Mite, Batman's Most Annoying Sidekick". Back Issue! (73). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 27–28.
^ abcDaudt, Ron E. (2010). "Jack C. Harris Interview (Pt. 2)". TheSilverLantern.com. Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2011. the Warlord goes into a sort of parallel world where it's like a Dungeons and Dragons game and at the end of the story we pull back and the two guys playing Dungeons and Dragons are me and Grell. Which I thought was great and as we're playing the game this other guy comes in to scold us for not doing our work and it's Joe Orlando.
^Jack Kirby (as a character) at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
^McAvennie, Michael; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1960s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 130. ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9. Trapped on 'Earth-Prime', the Flash knew only one man could possibly help him: DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz.((cite book)): |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Christiansen, Jeff (January 3, 2004). "Danette". The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013.