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Joe Shuster

Canadian Artist

Born: Jul 10, 1914

Died: Jul 30, 1992

Art Beginning First Jerry Me Wanted

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In this drawing we just let our imagination run wild. We visualized Superman toys, games, and a radio show - that was before TV - and Superman movies. We even visualized Superman billboards. And it's all come true. Joe Shuster

Superman Before Imagination Wild Our Drawing Run TV Visualized True Come Toys Just Movies Show Billboards Games Radio Even

Before I ever put anything on paper, Jerry and I would talk back and forth. Joe Shuster

Before Back Paper Would Put Talk Anything Forth Jerry Ever

I came from Canada when I was about 10 years old, and our family settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Joe Shuster

Family Old Settled Our About Cleveland Came Years Canada Ohio

I did all the work at the beginning up until the point where I couldn't handle the increasingly heavy art production burden alone. I needed, and got, assistance. Joe Shuster

Work Art Alone Burden Beginning Increasingly Point Until Got Up Handle Did Where Heavy Production Assistance Needed

I drew a picture on the back of a calendar in pencil. In those days they used to give out free calendars, I had no art paper, so I took whatever else I could. Joe Shuster

Art Free Picture Whatever Else Took Back Paper Those Pencil Out Drew Give Could Had Days Calendar Calendars Used

I had to produce a complete page - or two or three - in one day. I took a lot of pride in my work, and I hated to do a mediocre job. Evidently, some of the writers enjoyed my work best of all for that very reason. Joe Shuster

I think initially we wanted to use the first letter of the character's name. We thought S was perfect. Joe Shuster

Character Thought First Think Perfect Name Wanted Use Initially Letter

In the beginning, we had a great deal of freedom, and Jerry wrote completely out of his imagination - very, very freely. We even had no editorial supervision to speak of, because they were in such a rush to get the thing in before deadline. But later on we were restricted. Joe Shuster

Great Freedom Speak Great Deal Before Beginning Imagination Later Out Rush Restricted Supervision Had Freely Wrote Deadline Because Deal Editorial Were His Very Get In The Beginning Even Jerry Thing

Jerry often says that Slam Bradley was really the forerunner of Superman, because we turned it out with no restrictions, complete freedom to do what we wanted; the only problem was that we had a deadline. Joe Shuster

Freedom Problem Superman Complete Complete Freedom Says Out Only Restrictions Had Deadline Because Forerunner Often Wanted Turned Really Slam Jerry

Jerry picked up the technique of visualizing the story as a movie scenario; and whenever he gave me a script, I would see it as a screenplay. That was the technique that Jerry used, and I just picked it up. Joe Shuster

Me Gave Would Visualizing See Scenario He Picked Up Just Whenever Movie Screenplay Story Script Used Jerry Technique

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. Joe Shuster

Time Science First Other Way Superhero Had He Put Instead Most Another Science Fiction Around First Time Reversed Been Surroundings Familiar Goes Done Fiction Ordinary Formula Planet Who Usual Jerry Ever Recall

Not only that, but when I first met Joe, to my intense delight, he showed me that he was a collector. He was collecting some of the early Tarzan pages by Hal Foster, and, later, early Flash Gordons; and I found that we were both absolutely interested in the same type of thing. Joe Shuster

Me First Met Type Later Collecting Joe Collector Some Only Both Delight Absolutely He Hal Were Tarzan Intense Same Flash Interested Pages Foster Found Thing Early

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