Joe Shuster (b. 1914)

Biography:

Joe Shuster was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating with writer Jerry Siegel (b. 1914) the character of Superman, who debuted in Action Comics #1 in 1938. Born in Toronto, Shuster and his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in the mid-1920s. Despite legal disputes over Superman’s rights, he received official credit and financial restitution after leaving the field in the 1970s due to partial blindness. Shuster was inducted into the Will Eisner and Jack Kirby halls of fame in the 1990s. In 2005, the Joe Shuster Awards were created to honor his comics contributions.

Notes:

To be confirmed against the Who's Who entry.

Name:

  • Joe Shuster
  • Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Joe Family name: Shuster

Other Names:

  1. Joe Type: Common Alternative Name
  2. Hugh Langley Type: Pen Name
  3. Reuths Type: Pen Name
  4. Shuster Type: Common Alternative Name
  5. Joseph Shuster Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Joseph Family name: Shuster
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Signatures:

  1. Chet Davis [generic]
  2. Joe Shuster [generic]
  3. Joe Shuster [loops on J, S and R]
  4. Jose [generic]
  5. Lois [generic]
  6. Shuster [generic]
  7. Shuster [joint with Siegel]
  8. Stilletto [generic]

Awards:

  1. 1970: Academy of Comic Book Arts - Hall of Fame Award
  2. 1975: Inkpot Award - [no name]
  3. 1981: Eagle Awards - Roll of Honour
  4. 1986: Eagle Awards - Roll of Honor
  5. 1992: Eisner Award - Hall of Fame
  6. 1993: Harvey Award - Jack Kirby Hall of Fame
  7. 2005: Joe Shuster Awards - Hall of Fame Inductees

Awards for Stories:

  1. 2020: Hugo Award - Retro Hugo
    The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk! (Superman) comic story, 12p

Relations:

  1. Ghosted by - Dick Ayers (b. 1924)
  2. Ghosted by - Wayne Boring (b. 1905)
  3. Ghosted by - Jack Burnley (b. 1911)
  4. Ghosted by - Paul Cassidy (b. 1910)
  5. Ghosted by - Sam Citron
  6. Ghosted by - Ed Dobrotka (b. 1917)
  7. Ghosted by - Stan Kaye (b. 1916)
  8. Ghosted by - Don Komisarow (b. 1914)
  9. Ghosted by - Paul Lauretta (b. 1917)
  10. Ghosted by - Bill Molno (b. 1923)
  11. Ghosted by - Dennis Neville (b. 1895)
  12. Ghosted by - Leo Nowak (b. 1907)
  13. Ghosted by - Pete Riss (b. 1914)
  14. Ghosted by - George Roussos (b. 1920)
  15. Ghosted by - John Sikela (b. 1906)
  16. Ghosted by - Jon Small
  17. Ghosted by - Ira Yarbrough (b. 1910)
  18. Sibling - Frank Shuster (b. 1918)
  19. Owner - Siegel and Shuster Studio (b. 1939)
    Notes: Joe Shuster was the owner and director of the studio from 1939 to 1948.

Schools:

  1. Cleveland School of Art ? to ?

  2. John Huntington Polytechnical Institute [Cleveland, Ohio] ? to ?

Art Influences:

Joe Shuster (b. 1914) stated influences by:
  1. Milton Caniff (b. 1907)
  2. Roy Crane (b. 1901)
  3. Russell Patterson (b. 1894)
  4. Alex Raymond (b. 1909)

Memberships:

  1. National Cartoonists Society Type: member

Non Comics Works:

  1. Publication Title: The Adventures of Superman (book) - Role: artist - Year: 1942
    Employer Name : Random House
    Work Title: illustrations
    Notes: In this prose novel written by George Lowther, Joe Shuster is credited with four color and six black-and-white illustrations, including the frontispiece of Jor-el and Lara placing the infant Kal-el into the ship, the ship rocketing away as Krypton explodes and other scenes from the book, as well as several sketches of Superman used on the title page and at the beginning and ending of most chapters.

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