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. Joe Shuster characterdrawingearly Change image and share on social
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 familiarfictionformula share on social
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. Joe Shuster anatomycartoonyclass Change image and share on social
I think initially we wanted to use the first letter of the character's name. We thought S was perfect. Joe Shuster characterinitiallyletter Change image and share on social
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 artassistancebegin Change image and share on social
I came from Canada when I was about 10 years old, and our family settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Joe Shuster canadaclevelandfamily Change image and share on social
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 givejerrymovie share on social
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 billboarddrawgame share on social