The legendary Jerry Robinson passes at age 89 (UPDATE)
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Jerry Robinson, perhaps best known for creating Batman’s famous enemy The Joker, has passed away at the age of 89.
Over the course of his early years in comics, Robinson proved a creative and social dynamo, moonlighting as a comics artist on projects such as the infamous “created in one night” issue of “Daredevil” while taking classes in Journalism at Columbia University. “I was always a political animal,” Robinson told CBR News last year. As the production of comic books wound down near the end of World War II, Robinson moved primarily to newspaper comic strips where he remained for the late ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, becoming known for Editorial illustration, political satire strips such as his long-running “Still Life With Robinson” and lush cover paintings for Broadway’s “Playbill.” The artist also served as President of both the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) and the National Cartoonists Society (NCS), and remains the only person to receive both honors.
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UPDATE: An individual of his reputation is going to get main stream media attention. I’ll link to some of the larger news orgs.
LA Times: Jerry Robinson, key creator behind the Joker and Robin, dead at 89
Hollywood Reporter: Batman Artist Jerry Robinson Dies at 89
NY Times: Jerry Robinson, Godfather of a Comic-Book Villain, Dies at 89
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