The Joe Shuster Story
The Joe Shuster Story: The Artist Behind Superman is a graphic novel written by Julian Voloj and illustrated by Thomas Campi. It is the first graphic novel biography focusing on Superman co-creator Joe Shuster. The book was originally published in Italian and then translated into English.
Author | Julian Voloj |
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Illustrator | Thomas Campi |
Cover artist | Thomas Campi |
Country | United States/Italy |
Language | English |
Subject | Graphic Novel, biography |
Genre | Nonfiction |
Publisher | Super Genius republishing original italian book by BAO Publishing |
Publication date | May 15, 2018 |
Media type | Print (Hardback and Paperback) |
Pages | 164 pages |
ISBN | 978-1-629-91777-1 |
Reception
The Jewish Book Council said that "The Joe Shuster Story is a tale of unbridled aspiration in a world beset with the cruelties of reality". Publishers Weekly said that the book's art "lends warmth and beauty to this elegy to two kids chewed up by a system that sees dollar signs and goes in for the kill." The Comics Journal called it a "meticulously researched graphic biography" that is "smartly visualized in understated, softly painted Edward Hopper-esque images."
See also
- Boys of Steel, a picture book biography of Siegel and Shuster by Marc Tyler Nobleman and Ross MacDonald