Joe Shuster
Joe Shuster
Joseph "Joe" Shuster was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with writer Jerry Siegel, in Action Comics #1...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth10 July 1914
CountryCanada
ohio years cleveland
I came from Canada when I was about 10 years old, and our family settled in Cleveland, Ohio.
jerry
Before I ever put anything on paper, Jerry and I would talk back and forth.
buildings cases draw mostly natural point tall
He was mostly leaping tall buildings in the beginning. There were cases where he would leap off a tall building or swoop down, and at that point he would look like he was flying, I suppose. It was just natural to draw him like that.
destroyed drawings fact simply tear turned
I'm a perfectionist, and I think the fact that the drawings had been turned down made me want to tear them up. I simply destroyed them.
fun character artist
Jerry and I always felt that the character was enjoying himself. He was having fun: he wasn't taking himself seriously. It was always a lark for him, as you can see in my early drawings.
glasses shy
I was mild-mannered, wore glasses, was very shy with women.
jumping giving flying
And I agreed the feeling of action as he was flying or jumping or leaping - a flowing cape would give it movement. It really helped, and it was very easy to draw.
anatomy classes detailed drawings looked sketches time
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.