When he was two months old, his parents immigrated with him to Joe Kubert was born on October 12, 1926, in Yzerin, Poland. " I've always felt that the job I have is not so much drawing as telling a story in a graphic form-in other words, drawing to communicate." From the Old World to the New His work as an artist and illustrator, writer, director at DC Comics, and as a pioneering cartoon art instructor has, according to Jennings, "helped define American comic books." Kubert's sixty-plus-year career spans the history and evolution of the comic book and the rise of the graphic novel. Rock and, in particular, the graphic novels Fax from Sarajevo: A Story of Survival and Yossel: April 19, 1943-include vivid portrayals of how war impacts the individual. Kubert established himself by drawing such comic book superheroes as Hawkman, Batman, and The Flash. Joe Kubert is a legendary comic book artist: "One of the old masters of the comic book," as New York Times contributor Dana Jennings wrote in 2003.
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