I had to produce a complete page - or two or three - in one day. I took a lot of pride in my work, and I hated to do a mediocre job. Evidently, some of the writers enjoyed my work best of all for that very reason.

Joseph "Joe" Shuster (July 10 1914 – July 30 1992) was a Canadian-American comic book artist. Although the duo received an encouraging letter Consolidated never again publiJoe Shusterd comic books. Shuster modeled the hero on Douglas Fairbanks Sr.

He was best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman with writer Jerry Siegel first publiJoe Shusterd in Action Comics #1 (June 1938). In 2005 the Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association instituted the Joe Shuster Awards named to honor the Canada-born artist.