NPR: Magazine Fetish Cartoons by Superman Co-creator Joe Schuster

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Apr 23, 2009, 5:19:06 PM4/23/09

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The Sexy 'Secret Identity' Of Superman's Creator

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Author Craig Yoe explores the risque art of the man behind Superman in
his new book, "Secret Identity: The Fetish Art Of Superman's Co-creator
Joe Shuster."

As Yoe explains, artist Joe Shuster did not earn much money for his part
in the creation of the man of steel. After suing D.C. Comics over the
copyright for Superman, Shuster drew art for an obscure series of
magazines called "Nights Of Horror." In "Secret Identity," Yoe collects
Shuster's racy drawings and details the scandal and murder trial related
to Nights Of Horror.

The author of over 30 books, Yoe runs the New York design firm YOE!
Studio.

See Images From 'Secret Identity'

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Apr 23, 2009, 7:49:28 PM4/23/09

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On Apr 23, 5:19 pm, Bluuuue Rajah <Bluuuuue@Rajah.> wrote:
> The Sexy 'Secret Identity' Of Superman's Creator
>
> Listen Now [18 min 11 sec]http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103290167
>
> Author Craig Yoe explores the risque art of the man behind Superman in
> his new book, "Secret Identity: The Fetish Art Of Superman's Co-creator
> Joe Shuster."
>
> As Yoe explains, artist Joe Shuster did not earn much money for his part
> in the creation of the man of steel.

Joe did pretty well for himself, and got no worse than he really
deserved.

> After suing D.C. Comics over the
> copyright for Superman,

And losing

> Shuster drew art for an obscure series of
> magazines called "Nights Of Horror."

I'm a little concerned with the actual truth of this, as Joe was, it
is my understanding, damn near blind by then, and could only turn in
very rough pencils and Clark, Lois, and Superman faces for the studio
he headed that was producing Superman comics.

> In "Secret Identity," Yoe collects
> Shuster's racy drawings and details the scandal and murder trial related
> to Nights Of Horror.

I don't really know how necessary it was to bring this all forward,
either.

> The author of over 30 books, Yoe runs the New York design firm YOE!
> Studio.

And he's a dead ringer for Robert Vienneau.

Bluuuue Rajah

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Apr 23, 2009, 8:09:41 PM4/23/09

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plausible prose man <George...@aol.com> wrote in
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You're kidding me, right? It's a sequel to the Fred Wertham soap opera.
The history of censorship is one of the most important chapters in the
American drama.

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Apr 23, 2009, 10:09:49 PM4/23/09

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On Apr 23, 8:09 pm, Bluuuue Rajah <Bluuuuue@Rajah.> wrote:

No, I'm serious. I can't shake the intuition Yoe's simply tacked a
coda of humiliation and exploitation onto the life of Joe Shuster.

> It's a sequel to the Fred Wertham soap opera.

Well, mainly it's a Tijuana bible featuring Superman and Lois dressed
up as historical research; it's not like the story of the comics code
hysteria and proft hasn't been told elsewhere and better, like in Ten
Cent Plague.

Bob Hughes

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On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:49:28 -0700 (PDT), plausible prose man
<George...@aol.com> wrote:

>> Shuster drew art for an obscure series of
>> magazines called "Nights Of Horror."
>
> I'm a little concerned with the actual truth of this, as Joe was, it
>is my understanding, damn near blind by then, and could only turn in
>very rough pencils and Clark, Lois, and Superman faces for the studio
>he headed that was producing Superman comics.
>

Joe's blindness has been exagerated. He was still drawing comics for
Charlton in the mid-fifties. The artwork in Yoe's book is clearly
Shuster's.