The Joe Shuster Story

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The Joe Shuster Story: The Artist Behind Superman
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Author Julian Voloj
Illustrator Thomas Campi
Cover artist Thomas Campi
CountryUnited States/Italy
LanguageEnglish
Subject Graphic Novel, biography
GenreNonfiction
Publisher Super Genius republishing original italian book by BAO Publishing
Publication date
May 15, 2018
Media typePrint (Hardback and Paperback)
Pages164 pages
ISBN 978-1-629-91777-1

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.

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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". [1] 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." [2] The Comics Journal called it a "meticulously researched graphic biography" that is "smartly visualized in understated, softly painted Edward Hopper-esque images." [3]

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