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Joe Kubert
Born September 18, 1926 (1926-09-18) (age 81)
Poland
Nationality Naturalized American
(immigrated Polish)
Area(s) Penciller, Inker, Writer
Notable works Sgt. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Rock
Hawkman
Awards Alley Award (1962, 1963, 1969)
National Cartoonists Society Awards (1974, 1980)
Eisner Award (1977)
Harvey Award (1997)

Joe Kubert (born September 18, 1926) is a Jewish-American comic book artist who went on to found the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. The Alley Award was an American series of Comic-book fan awards first presented in 1962 for comics published in 1961 The National Cartoonists Society is the world's largest organization of professional Cartoonists It presents the Reuben Awards. The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is a prize given for creative achievement in American Comic books It is named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner The Harvey Awards, named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993 and coordinated by the publisher Fantagraphics are given for achievement in Comic books Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, or Joe Kubert School, located in Dover, New Jersey, is a three-year Technical school that teaches He is best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Sgt. Rock and Hawkman. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company For other meanings of the term see Hawkman (disambiguation Hawkman is a Superhero in the DC Comics universe. His sons, Andy Kubert and Adam Kubert, have themselves become successful comic-book artists. Andrew "Andy" Kubert is an American Comic book Artist, son of Joe Kubert, and brother of Adam Kubert, both of whom are also Adam Kubert (born October 6, 1959 in Boonton New Jersey) is an American Comic book Artist whose work has been published

Kubert's other creations include the comic books Tor, Son of Sinbad, and Viking Prince, and, with writer Robin Moore, the comic strip Tales of the Green Beret. Tor is a fictional character a Prehistoric -human Protagonist who originated in Comic books from the U Robert Lowell "Robin" Moore Jr ( October 31 1925 - February 21 2008) was an American Writer who is most Tales of the Green Beret is a Comic strip created by Robin Moore and Joe Kubert.

Kubert was inducted into the Harvey Awards' Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1997, and Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1998. The Harvey Awards, named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993 and coordinated by the publisher Fantagraphics are given for achievement in Comic books The Harvey Awards, named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993 and coordinated by the publisher Fantagraphics are given for achievement in Comic books William Erwin Eisner ( March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an acclaimed American Comics Writer, Artist and

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Biography

Early life and career

Kubert was born at Yzeran, Poland[1]. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland He emigrated to Brooklyn, New York City, United States, at age two months with his parents and his two-and-a-half-year-old sister Ida. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [1] Raised in the East New York neighborhood, the son of a kosher butcher, Kubert started drawing at an early age, encouraged by his parents. East New York is a low-income residential neighborhood located in eastern Brooklyn, a borough of New York City. A butcher is someone who prepares various Meats and other related goods for sale [1]

In his introduction to his graphic novel Yossel, Kubert wrote, "I got my first paying job as a cartoonist for comic books when I was eleven-and-a-half or twelve years old. A Five dollars a page. In 1938, that was a lot of money". [1] Another source, utilizing quotes from Kubert, says in 1938, a school friend who was related to Louis Silberkleit, a principal of MLJ Studios (the future Archie Comics), urged Kubert to visit the company, where he began an unofficial apprentice and at age 12 "was allowed to ink a rush job, the pencils of Bob Montana's [teen-humor feature] 'Archie'". Archie Comics is an American Comic book publisher known for its many series featuring the fictional teenage Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper Robert William "Bob" Montana ( October 23, 1920 - January 4, 1975) was an American Comic strip artist who created [2] Author David Hajdu, who interviewed Kubert and other comics professionals for the book The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008), reported, however, that

"Kubert has told varying versions of the story of his introduction to the comics business at age ten, sometimes setting it at the comics shop run by Harry "A" Chesler, sometimes at MLJ; however, MLJ did not start operation until 1939, when Kubert was thirteen". Harry Chesler Jr was the Entrepreneur behind what is often credited as the first Comic book "packager" (shop of the late-1930s to 1940s Golden [3]

Kubert attended Manhattan's High School of Music and Art. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York Fiorello H LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, also officially known as "H [1] During this time he and classmate Norman Maurer, a future collaborator, would sometimes skip school in order to see publishers. Norman Richard Maurer ( May 13, 1926 - November 23, 1986) was a comic book artist and a writer director and producer of films and TV shows [2] Kunbert began honing his craft at the quirkily named Harry "A" Chesler's studio, one of the comic-book "packagers" that had sprung up in the medium's early days to supply outsourced comics to publishers. "Popular press" redirects here note that the University of Wisconsin Press publishes under the imprint "The Popular Press" Kubert's first known professional job was penciling and inking the six-page story "Black-Out", starring the character Volton, in Holyoke Publishing's Catman Comics #8 (March 1942; also listed as vol. Holyoke Publishing Company was an American Comic-book publisher founded by Frank Temmerson in 1940 during the period fans and historians call the Cat-Man and Kitten (also Catman and Kitten and The Cat-Man and the Kitten) were a pair of Superhero characters 2, #13). He would continuing drawing the feature for the next three issues, and was soon doing similar work for Fox Comics' Blue Beetle. Fox Feature Syndicate (also known as Fox Comics and Fox Publications) was a Comic book Publisher from early in the period known to fans and historians Blue Beetle is the name of three fictional, American Comic book Superheroes published by a variety of companies since 1940 Branching into additional art skills, he began coloring the Quality Comics reprints of future industry legend Will Eisner's The Spirit, a seven-page comics feature that as part of a newspaper Sunday-supplement. In Comics, a colorist is responsible for adding color to black and white line art Quality Comics was an American comic book Publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call William Erwin Eisner ( March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an acclaimed American Comics Writer, Artist and

1940s and 1950s

Kubert's first work for DC Comics, where he would spend much of his career and produce some of his most notable art, was penciling and inking the 50-page "Seven Soldiers of Victory" superhero-team story in Leading Comics #8 (Fall 1943), published by a DC predecessor company, All-American Comics. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do All-American Comics was the flagship title of Comic book Publisher All-American Publications. Through the decade, Kubert's art would also appear in comics from Fiction House, Harvey Comics, but he was otherwise worked exclusively for All-American and DC. Fiction House is an American Publisher of Pulp magazines and Comic books that existed from the 1920s to the 1950s Harvey Comics (also known as Harvey Publications) was an American Comic book Publisher, founded by Alfred Harvey in 1941 after buying

In the 1950s, he became managing editor of St. John Publications, where he, his old classmate Norman Maurer, and Norman's brother Leonard Maurer produced the first 3-D comic books, starting with Three Dimension Comics #1 (Sept. St John Publications was an American publisher of magazines and comic books Norman Richard Maurer ( May 13, 1926 - November 23, 1986) was a comic book artist and a writer director and producer of films and TV shows Stereoscopy, stereoscopic imaging or 3-D (three-dimensional imaging is any technique capable of recording three-dimensional visual 1953 oversize format, Oct. 1953 standard-size reprint), featuring Mighty Mouse. According to Kubert, it sold a remarkable 1. 2 million copies at 25 cents apiece at a time when comics cost a dime. [4]

At St. John, writer Norman Maurer and artist Kubert created the enduring character Tor, a prehistoric-human protagonist who debuted in the comic 1,000,000 Years Ago (Sept. Tor is a fictional character a Prehistoric -human Protagonist who originated in Comic books from the U Stone Age Paleolithic See also Paleolithic, Recent African Origin, Early Homo sapiens, Early human migrations "Paleolithic" 1953). Tor immediately went on to star in 3-D Comics #2-3 (Oct. -Nov. 1953), followed by a titular, traditionally 2-D comic-book series, written and drawn by Joe Kubert, that premiered with issue #3 (May 1954). The character has gone on to appear in series from Eclipse Comics, Marvel Comics' Epic imprint, and DC Comics through at least the 1990s. Eclipse Comics was an American Comic book Publisher, one of several influential independent publishers during the 1980s and early 1990s Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc Epic Comics was a creator-owned Imprint of Marvel Comics started in 1982 lasting through the mid-1990s and being briefly revived on a small scale in the mid-2000s DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Kubert in the late 1950s unsuccessfully attempted to sell Tor as a newspaper comic strip. [5]

DC Comics and Sgt. Rock

Beginning with Our Army At War #32 (March 1955), Kubert began to freelance again for DC Comics, in addition to Lev Gleason Publications and Atlas Comics, the 1950s iteration of Marvel Comics. Lev Gleason Publications, founded by Leverett Gleason was the publisher of a number of popular Comic books during the 1940s and early 1950s including Daredevil Atlas Comics is the 1950s Comic book Publishing company that would evolve into Marvel Comics. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc By the end of the year he was drawing for DC exclusively, working on such characters as the medieval adventurer Viking Prince, the superhero Hawkman, which would become one of his signature efforts, and, in the war comic GI Combat, features starring Sgt. Rock and The Haunted Tank, two more signature strips

From 1965 through 1967 he collaborated with author Robin Moore on the syndicated daily comic strip Tales of the Green Beret for the Chicago Tribune. Viking Prince is a DC Comics title which featured in the Comic book The Brave and the Bold. For other meanings of the term see Hawkman (disambiguation Hawkman is a Superhero in the DC Comics universe. GI Combat is a long-running comic book series published first by Quality Comics and later by National Periodical Publications, which was the "The Haunted Tank" is a Comic book feature that appeared in the DC Comics Anthology war title G Robert Lowell "Robin" Moore Jr ( October 31 1925 - February 21 2008) was an American Writer who is most Print syndication is a form of syndication in which News articles columns, or Comic strips are made available to Newspapers, Magazines A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist Tales of the Green Beret is a Comic strip created by Robin Moore and Joe Kubert. The Chicago Tribune is a major daily Newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and owned by the Tribune Company

Kubert served as DC Comics' director of publications from 1967 to 1976. During his tenure with DC, Kubert initiated titles based on such Edgar Rice Burroughs properties as Tarzan and Korak. Edgar Rice Burroughs ( September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan is a Fictional character, an archetypal Feral child raised in the African jungle by Apes who later returns to civilization only to Kubert also supervised the production of the comic books Sgt. Rock, Ragman and Weird Worlds. Ragman is a fictional mystic vigilante and Superhero who first appeared in the short-lived series named after him Weird Worlds was a short-lived Science fiction Anthology title from DC Comics that was published between 1972 and 1974 While performing supervisory duties he continued to draw for some books, notably Tarzan from 1972 to 1975. Kubert also did covers for Rima the Jungle Girl from 1974 to 1975. Rima, also known as Rima the Jungle Girl, is a Fictional character, a heroine of Victorian literature who was adapted as the star of short-lived

In 1976, he founded the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in Dover, New Jersey. The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, or Joe Kubert School, located in Dover, New Jersey, is a three-year Technical school that teaches Dover is a Town in Morris County, New Jersey on the Rockaway River. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

In 2003, Kubert returned to the Sgt. Rock character, illustrating 'Sgt. Rock: Between Hell and a Hard Place' a six-issue miniseries written by Brian Azarello and wrote and drew "Sgt. A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes Rock: The Prophecy", a six-issue miniseries in 2006. A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes

Yaakov and Yosef

Kubert wrote and drew a collection of faith-based comic strips beginning in the late 1980s for Tzivos Hashem, the Lubavitch children's organization, and Moshiach Times magazine. Tzivos Hashem, was founded in 1981 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe and is today is the foremost worldwide organization serving the physical and spiritual needs of Jewish Chabad-Lubavitch is one of the largest Hasidic movements in Orthodox Judaism, and is based in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn The stories, "The Adventures of Yaakov and Yosef", were based on biblical references, but were not Bible stories. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin Bible stories, Judeo-Christian parables retelling some portions of the Bible, have long had a place in family religious worship spiritual instruction literature and the cultural Many were based on stories of the Lubavitcher Rebbes and their disciples. [6]

Later career

PS Monthly (Feb. 2006). Cover art by Joe Kubert.
PS Monthly (Feb. 2006). Cover art by Joe Kubert.

As of the mid-2000s, Kubert is the artist for PS Magazine, a U.S. military magazine, with comic-book elements, that stresses the importance of preventive maintenance of vehicles, arms, and other ordnance. The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified military forces of the United States (The name derives from its being a "postscript" to other, related publications. )

Kubert has drawn graphic novels, including Yossel: April 19, 1943 (2003) and Fax from Sarajevo (1996), the latter initially released as a 207-page hardcover book[7] and two years later as a 224-page trade paperback. A Fax from Sarajevo is a Graphic novel by veteran American Comic book artist Joe Kubert. Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. [8] The non-fiction book originated as a series of faxes from European comics agent Ervin Rustemagić during the Serbian siege of Sarajevo. Ervin Rustemagić is a Comics producer and distributor born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serbs ( Serbian: Срби Srbi) are a South Slavic people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, TemplateInfobox City for more fields--> Sarajevo is the Capital city and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with Rustemagić and his family, whose home and possessions in suburban Dobrinja were destroyed, spent two-and-a-half years in a ruined building, communicating with the outside world via fax when they could. Fax (short for facsimile, from Latin fac simile, "make similar" i Friend and client Kubert was one recipient. Collaborating long-distance, they collected Rustemagić's account of life during wartime, with Kubert and editor Bob Cooper turning the raw faxes into a somber comics tale.

Awards

Kubert's several awards and nominations include:

Kubert was inducted into the Harvey Awards' Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1997, and Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1998. The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is a prize given for creative achievement in American Comic books It is named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner The Harvey Awards, named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993 and coordinated by the publisher Fantagraphics are given for achievement in Comic books The Harvey Awards, named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993 and coordinated by the publisher Fantagraphics are given for achievement in Comic books William Erwin Eisner ( March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an acclaimed American Comics Writer, Artist and

Hardcover reprints

Volume 1 (2005) ISBN-10 1593074042; ISBN-13 978-1593074043
Volume 2 (2006) ISBN-10 1593074166; ISBN-13 978-1593074166
Volume 3 (2006) ISBN-10 1593074174; ISBN-13 978-1593074173
Volume 1 (2001) ISBN-10 1563897814; ISBN-13 978-1563897818
Volume 1 (2002) ISBN-10 1563898306; ISBN-13 978-1563898303
Volume 3 (2004) ISBN-10 1563899981; ISBN-13 978-1563899980

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Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e Kubert, Joe. Excerpt from Yossel at JBooks. Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest independent American Comic book publishers behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company com
  2. ^ a b "The Genesis of Joe Kubert", Part 1, by Steve Stiles
  3. ^ Hajdu, David. The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America, page 357. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. ISBN-10: 0-374-18767-3; ISBN-13: 978-0-374-18767-5.
  4. ^ Universo HQ: Joe Kubert interview (circa 2001)
  5. ^ The Tor samples consisted of 12 daily strips, reprinted in six pages in Alter Ego #10 and later expanded to 16 pages in DC Comics' Tor #1.
  6. ^ Chabad.org: Kids Zone - Bookshelf - Comics
  7. ^ Dark Horse Comics (November 1996), ISBN 1-56971-143-7
  8. ^ Dark Horse Comics (October 1998) ISBN 1-56971-346-4

References

External links

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