You look at Superman, the story of an orphan coming to America, keeping his identity secret and even the names, Kal-El and Jor-El, you can trace lines to the background of the creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, both Jewish. Overall, there was a remarkable confluence of events that led to the medium and the Jewish participation.
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When comics came along in the 1930s there was a talent pool waiting. And one reason is so many areaJerry Robinson:
I did 32 years of political cartoons, one every day for six days a week, I wrote and drew every worJerry Robinson:
I always felt that heroes were essentially dull. Villains were more exotic and could do more intereJerry Robinson:
Even though at 17 it was limited, I had a life before Batman.Jerry Robinson:
So once I thought of the villain with a sense of humor, I began to think of a name and the name "thJerry Robinson:
We really lived, ate, drank and slept Batman - ideas, characters and stories.Jerry Robinson:
We were just emerging from the Depression. Superman started in 1938. Batman started in 1939. So, weJerry Robinson:
So, I'm thinking of a name for a villain that has a sense of humor. I thought of 'The Joker' as a nJerry Robinson:
Looking at the Batman pages is like revisiting my youth. My first seven years in New York were theCharlie Munger:
There's danger in just shoveling out money to people who say, 'My life is a little harder than it u