the joker, as drawn by jerry robinson on the cover of issue 69 of the batman detective comics in 1942. robinson, who helped bob kane create the joker and batman's sidekick, robin the boy wonder, died wednesday.
robinson was hired away from kane's shop by the batman publisher, for which he drew many of the most striking covers from the golden age of comics,
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an editor and friend, charles kochman, said robinson was different from most artists in the field because he worked on every kind of comic genre, from political cartoons to theater illustrations.
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comic book industry pioneer jerry robinson, who helped create batman's sidekick robin the boy wonder and their arch-nemesis the joker, has died at age 89.
while robinson is credited by many comic enthusiasts as the primary creator of the joker for issue no. 1 of batman,
red ugg boots, he and kane clashed over who was first to dream up the caped crusader's arch-enemy. in a 1994 interview, kane said he and writer bill finger had come up with the idea and robinson then produced a joker playing card for inspiration.
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the joker, as drawn by jerry robinson on the cover of issue 69 of the batman detective comics in 1942. robinson, who helped bob kane create the joker and batman's sidekick, robin the boy wonder, died wednesday.
robinson also served as a historian, writing the comics: an illustrated history of comic strip art and curating gallery exhibits, including one of the biggest at the kennedy library in washington in 1973 that included all the genres of the strip comic art form.
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"he saw the value of comics as an art," kochman said.
"the streets of gotham city," marts said, "are a little lonelier today."
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mike marts, editor of the batman line at dc comics, said robinson was "an innovator, a pioneer in storytelling."
robinson used his fame and position in the industry to serve as its ambassador, and he fought for other artists and creators to win credit for their work, especially in the superman series. initially, in the 1930s and '40s, publishers owned the rights and would discard drawings after they were used.
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later in life, robinson taught at new york's school of visual arts and was president of the association of american editorial cartoonists and the national cartoonists society.
in the early 1940s, robinson "illustrated some of the defining images of pop culture's greatest icons," said jim lee, co-publisher of dc entertainment inc., the parent company of batman publisher dc comics.
"jerry brought a realism to comics and a sense of humor," said kochman, his editor at abrams comic arts, which last year published a book called jerry robinson: ambassador of comics.
robinson, who died in his sleep wednesday at his new york home,
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in recent years,
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in the 1950s, he started drawing newspaper comic strips, political cartoons and cover illustrations for broadway's "playbill."
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