Joe Shuster

I started young but at every turn, listening provided a foundation for my leadership. I can say categorically that all the really…

— Joe Shuster

Jerry picked up the technique of visualizing the story as a movie scenario; and whenever he gave me a script, I would…

— Joe Shuster

In this drawing we just let our imagination run wild. We visualized Superman toys, games, and a radio show - that was…

— Joe Shuster

He was mostly leaping tall buildings in the beginning. There were cases where he would leap off a tall building or swoop…

— Joe Shuster

Those early sketches looked too cartoony; I really wanted to do detailed drawings - I was taking anatomy classes - but unfortunately…

— Joe Shuster

I think initially we wanted to use the first letter of the character's name. We thought S was perfect.

— Joe Shuster

Jerry often says that Slam Bradley was really the forerunner of Superman, because we turned it out with no restrictions, complete freedom…

— Joe Shuster

And I agreed the feeling of action as he was flying or jumping or leaping - a flowing cape would give it…

— Joe Shuster

I had to produce a complete page - or two or three - in one day. I took a lot of pride…

— Joe Shuster

I came from Canada when I was about 10 years old, and our family settled in Cleveland, Ohio.

— Joe Shuster

Before I ever put anything on paper, Jerry and I would talk back and forth.

— Joe Shuster

Clark Kent, I suppose, had a little bit of Harold Lloyd in him.

— Joe Shuster

Jerry reversed the usual formula of the superhero who goes to another planet. He put the superhero in ordinary, familiar surroundings, instead…

— Joe Shuster

Not only that, but when I first met Joe, to my intense delight, he showed me that he was a collector. He…

— Joe Shuster

In the beginning, we had a great deal of freedom, and Jerry wrote completely out of his imagination - very, very freely.…

— Joe Shuster

Jerry and I always felt that the character was enjoying himself. He was having fun: he wasn't taking himself seriously. It was…

— Joe Shuster

I was mild-mannered, wore glasses, was very shy with women.

— Joe Shuster

I did all the work at the beginning up until the point where I couldn't handle the increasingly heavy art production burden…

— Joe Shuster

I drew a picture on the back of a calendar in pencil. In those days they used to give out free calendars,…

— Joe Shuster