Jerry Robinson
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Robinson at the 2008 Comic Con International in San Diego.
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| Born | Sherrill David Robinson January 1, 1922 Trenton, New Jersey, United States |
| Died | December 7, 2011 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller |
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Notable works
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Batman Robin Joker |
| Awards |
National Cartoonists Society Award
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National Cartoonists Society Award
Sherrill David Robinson (January 1, 1922 – December 7, 2011), known as Jerry Robinson, was an American comic book artist known for his work on DC Comics' Batman line of comics during the 1940s. He is best known as the co-creator of Robin and the Joker and for his work on behalf of creators' rights.
He was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2004.
Jerry Robinson was born in Trenton, New Jersey, the son of Mae and Benjamin Robinson. He was of Russian Jewish descent. He attended Columbia University, but did not graduate.
Robinson was a 17-year-old journalism student at Columbia University in 1939 when he was discovered by Batman creator Bob Kane, who hired him to work on that fledgling comic as an inker and letterer. Kane, with writer Bill Finger, had shortly before created the character Batman for National Comics, the future DC Comics. Robinson rented a room from a family in The Bronx near Kane's family's Grand Concourse apartment, where Kane used his bedroom as an art studio. He started as a letterer and a background inker, shortly graduating to inking secondary figures. Within a year, he became Batman's primary inker, with George Roussos inking backgrounds. Batman quickly became a hit character, and Kane rented space for Robinson and Roussos in Times Square's Times Tower. In addition to Batman, Robinson and Roussos did inks and backgrounds on Target and the Targeteers for Novelty Press. Roussos recounted of his collaboration with Robinson:
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