Joe Simon
Joe Simon
Joseph Henry "Joe" Simonwas an American comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher. Simon created or co-created many important characters in the 1930s–1940s Golden Age of Comic Books and served as the first editor of Timely Comics, the company that would evolve into Marvel Comics...
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I like The Geek, a rag-doll pretending to be human. The Prez, an adolescent in the White House, just like the current occupant.
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He is a strong advocate for the ABC House, putting on a benefit shooting match which raises thousands of dollars for the house,
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Which editor? I can't think of one editor I worked with as an editor. The various companies did have editors but we always acted as our own editor, so the question has no answer.
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To look back and know that I have had a pivotal role in the development of comics is something I'm very proud of, although it's not something I think about unless someone brings it up.
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When I and the other young artists were working in comics, our work carried with it a particularly American slant. After all, we were Americans drawing and writing about things that touched us. As it turned out, the early work was, you might say, a comic book version of Jazz.