Articles lead the reader through Joe’s career starting with
the war years where he sharpened his skills drawing superheroes, to the lean
years when the Comic Book Authority successfully shut down a large number of
comic book publishers thus making work scarce and finally to his ‘discovery’
years at DC Comics drawing war comics.
A multi-talented artist ,Joe could draw anything and anyone
as evidenced by the wide range of comic books he drew from war comics to superheroes.
Alter Ego does a superb job of showing Joe’s evolution as an
artist. As the decades progressed Joe’s
talent continued to grow and as a testimony to his talent his art is just as
popular with young readers of today as it is to long time fans of his work.
Artist, writer, editor and headmaster of his own school on
Comic Book Art, Joe Kubert was truly a Renaissance man who will be sorely
missed. Be sure to pick up this very
special issue that is jam-packed with Joe’s art and a very intimate interview
with the artist himself.