Those early sketches looked too cartoony; I really wanted to do detailed drawings – I was taking anatomy classes – but unfortunately I wasn’t able to do it because of the time element.
Joe Shuster Quotes
Jerry reversed the usual formula of the superhero who goes to another planet. He put the superhero in ordinary, familiar surroundings, instead of the other way around, as was done in most science fiction. That was the first time I can recall that it had ever been done.
Similar Quotes
Cricket is the greatest game that the wit of man has yet devised.
- Sir Pelham WarnerAdvertising is selling Twinkies to adults.
- Donald R. VanceThe struggle of the male to learn to listen to and respect his own intuitive, inner prompt...
- Herb GoldbergEach generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the ...
- Francis SchaefferEach had defended his own country; the Germans Germany, the Frenchmen France; they had don...
- Ernst TollerComments on: "Joe Shuster Quotes: Jerry reversed the usual formula of the superhero who goes to another planet...."
| Birth: | 10th July, 1914 |
| Death: | 30th July, 1992 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Cartoonist |
About
Joseph "Joe" Shuster was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a Canadian-born American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with writer Jerry Siegel, in Action Comics. He and Siegel were inducted into both the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1993. In 2005, the Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association instituted the Joe Shuster Awards, named to honor the Canada-born artist.
Share with your friends