We saw previously some art Jack Kirby did for Esquire magazine's 1966 article about Comics On Campus. We didn't talk about how Kirby got screwed on that deal. Esquire acquired Jack's services through Marvel comics, who attracted Kirby's interest by offering magazine rates for the artwork, considerably higher than the rate paid for comic book work, making the deal very enticing. After the work was done, including an unpublished cover - the original art for which was lost - Jack learned that Marvel, not Esquire, was paying for the job, and they were only giving him comic book rates for it.
The contact at Esquire apologized for the whole mess upon learning the details, and promised Kirby more work to help make up for it. So it was that a few months later, Jack was contracted to illlustrate this short piece on the the last 46 Hours And 36 Minutes In The Life Of Jack Ruby appeared in that May's Esquire magazine. The original pages had documentary references to the Warren Commission Report and other sources at the bottom, dozens in total, showing the depth of research for the script:
46 Hours And 35 Minutes In The Life Of Jack Ruby by Jack Kirby with Chic Stone for Esquire #402 (1967)
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