Joseph Shuster (/ ˈ ʃ uː s t ər / 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). Shuster was involved in a number of legal battles over ownership of the Superman ...

Jun 17, 2024 · Creators of Superman at work: cartoonist Joe Shuster, seated, speaking with fellow cartoonist Jerry Siegel, 1945. New Yorker/Wikimedia Commons. Pencil in hand, Joe Shuster enjoyed drawing and sketching as a young boy.

Superman was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster in Cleveland, Ohio. Action Comics #1 was copyrighted on April 11, 1938.

Quickly, he got Joe Shuster busy sketching the new character and working the story up- this time in comics format. A new company, Humor Publishing, had just released three album-sized comic books, Detective Dan, Adventures of Detective Ace …

Joseph Shuster (July 10, 1914 – July 30, 1992) was a Canadian - American cartoonist. Shuster along with Jerry Siegel created Superman. It proved one of the most popular and influential comic book hero in comic book history. Shuster died of a heart failure and hypertension in Los Angeles, California, aged 78. [1][2]

Shuster, Joseph E. (“Joe”)(b. 10 July 1914 in Toronto, Canada; d. 30 July 1992 in Los Angeles, California), comic book illustrator best known for creating and drawing the character Superman with Jerry Siegel.

Jun 19, 2018 · Recently released from Super Genius (a Papercutz imprint), The Joe Shuster Story: The Artist Behind Superman finally presents Shuster’s tale, as well as that of his friend and Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel, via sequential art.

Joe Shuster (1914-1992) is best known for creating the world’s first superhero, Superman, in collaboration with writer Jerry Siegel. When they first met in 1930, Shuster and Siegel were two shy, unpopular Jewish teens from Cleveland who shared an …

Joseph Shuster (July 10th, 1914 - July 30th 1992) was a Canadian comic strip artist for National Periodical Publications (later known as DC Comics). Along with his lifelong friend, Jerry Siegel, Joe co-created what is arguably the most famous pop-culture icon of all time - Superman.

As a child, Shuster worked as a newspaper boy for the Toronto Daily Star. The family barely made ends meet, and the budding young artist would scrounge for paper, which the family could not afford. In 1924, the Shusters moved to Cleveland, Ohio, …