We were just emerging from the Depression. Superman started in 1938. Batman started in 1939. So, we were just recovering. — Jerry Robinson Copy Share Image
Looking at the Batman pages is like revisiting my youth. My first seven years in New York were the first seven years of Batman itself. While my time on Batman was important and exciting and notable considering the characters that… — Jerry Robinson Copy Share Image
When comics came along in the 1930s there was a talent pool waiting. And one reason is so many areas were closed to Jews.… — Jerry Robinson Copy Share Image
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… — Jerry Robinson Copy Share Image
We were just emerging from the Depression. Superman started in 1938. Batman started in 1939. So, we were just recovering. — Jerry Robinson Copy Share Image
So once I thought of the villain with a sense of humor, I began to think of a name and the name "the Joker"… — Jerry Robinson Copy Share Image
So, Im thinking of a name for a villain that has a sense of humor. I thought of The Joker as a name, and… — Jerry Robinson Copy Share Image
Looking at the Batman pages is like revisiting my youth. My first seven years in New York were the first seven years of Batman… — Jerry Robinson Copy Share Image
We really lived, ate, drank and slept Batman - ideas, characters and stories. — Jerry Robinson Copy Share Image
I did 32 years of political cartoons, one every day for six days a week, I wrote and drew every word, every line. That… — Jerry Robinson Copy Share Image
I always felt that heroes were essentially dull. Villains were more exotic and could do more interesting things. — Jerry Robinson Copy Share Image
