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Superman created the whole industry, and to me, this was a story that had to be told in comic book form, paying homage to the artform itself.” The comic book industry was essentially born with Action Comics #1, so in many ways, the history of Joe Shuster is the history of American comic books.
May 10, 2018 · As much about the comic book industry’s evolving relationship with creators and the characters and ideas they’re responsible for as the man at the center of the story, The Joe Shuster Story ...
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Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame, 2005. Signature. Joseph Shuster ( / ˈʃuːstər / SHOO-stər; July 10, 1914 – July 30, 1992), [3] [4] [5] was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with Jerry Siegel, in Action Comics #1 ( cover-dated June 1938).
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Before making his name (if not his fortune) in the nascent comic book market, Jerry Siegel thought of himself primarily as a comedy writer. Before 1938, Siegel worked on a number of humor books, and even developed a mail-in ten-week correspondence course on how to understand the basic elements of comedy. Siegel’s love of comedy is apparent in the f...
Red-headed, debonair comedy club owner Larry Davis is more Bruce Wayne than Clark Kent in execution, smoothly handling talent, customers, and the ladies before slipping away into his double life. After accidentally foiling a crime in his own club, Davis gets the taste for fighting evil, and in the superhero tradition develops his own alternate iden...
After the failure of Funnyman, Jerry Siegel would eventually return to DC for a second stint as a work-for-hire writer, filling in much of the world of the Silver Age Legion of Super-Heroes. By 1966, Siegel would leave comics behind entirely, working until the end of his life as a file clerk in Los Angeles for no more than $7,000 a year. Joe Shuste...
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Feb 5, 2013 · The 1930’s was the start of the Golden Age of comics. This was when the seed of everything we know in comics today were first planted. There are several key events and characters from the 30’s that shaped the formation of modern comics. In 1933 Famous Funnies: A Carnival of Comics (Eastern Color Printing) was released.
Jul 9, 2019 · The Joe Shuster Story is a well-conceived, enthralling dramatization of the reality behind the fantasy of the superhero—and the seminal magic behind that reality, the out-of-this-world journey into the collective unconscious that allowed two inspired boys in Cleveland to make something super. Reviewed by Paul Tumey.
Feb 20, 2023 · Because cartoonist Joe Shuster and I, who co-originated Superman together, will not get one cent from the Superman super-movie deal. For most comic creators, not much has changed.
