The Kirby Krackle

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:35:45 -0400

In honor of Jack “The King” Kirby’s birthday last month (he’d be 109 years old), here’s krackle.js, a one-line script tag to give every click on every page that signature Kirby Krackle.

Try it out by clicking anywhere in this page, and then read on for an overview of my process, the questions I abandoned, and what I think matters about making a toy like this.

Fig. 1 If you have JavaScript disabled, this is what you're missing.

First, how to use it

Inspect the source and try out the demo page on GitHub pages.

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The Kirby Krackle

First, how to use it