Joe Kubert
Joe Kubert ( born September 18, 1926 in Jerzierzany; † 12 August 2012) was an American comic book artist and founder of the eponymous school for graphic design and art Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art
Life
Kubert came in the 1920s with its coming from Poland parents emigrated to the United States, where the family settled in Brooklyn, New York City. 1938, with eleven and a half years, Kubert let him take the publisher Louis Silberkleit under contract and began working as a professional cartoonist in the following years. He initially worried especially the mascara moderate revision of the work of " fatherly friend " as Irv Novick, Bob Montana and Mort Meskin. For Montana Kubert inked among other comics of the popular series Archie.
After attending the Manhattan School of Art and Music presented Kubert from 1942 first own drawings pencil artist before. His first published work appeared in the case published by the publishing Holyoke Comics Catman Comics # 8 of March 1942. Later in the 1940s was followed by work on series like Blue Beetle and The Spirit.
These were followed by works of science fiction series like Hawkman.
After 1995, Kubert put the autobiographical comic novels Yossel: before April 19, 1943 (2003) and Fax from Sarajevo ( 1996). While the latter deals with the war in Bosnia and the siege of Sarajevo by Serb forces in the early 1990s, the first-named band reflects the idea of Jewish origin Kubert how his life would have been during the Second World War, perhaps, if his parents are not United in the States would have emigrated, but remained in Poland. Most recently Kubert didactic comics for the U.S. Army, where the readers the importance of maintenance and inspection, is brought their equipment.
Kubert, who was one of the last " master " who was the "golden era " of American comics in the 1930s and 1940s, was inducted into the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1997.
From Kuberts marriage the sons of Adam Kubert and Andy Kubert have emerged, like him, had made as a full-time cartoonist career.
He died on 12 August 2012 at the age of 85 after a prolonged hospital stay.