Jerry Robinson

Jerry Robinson began his comic book career in 1939, while studying journalism at Columbia University. His first assignment under the supervision of Bob Kane and Bill Finger, was letterer and background inker. Within a year, Robinson became Batman’s primary inker just as the character emerged as a hit among comic book fans.

Robinson quickly moved up in the ranks. Within two years, he was hired away from Kane to work alongside Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster. But it was with Batman that Robinson is most noted, particularly with his co-creation of Robin and The Joker.

In 1943, when Kane left Batman comics to concentrate on the daily Batman comic strip, Robinson and Dick Sprang were brought on to pencil the Caped Crusader. However, only Kane’s name appeared on the strip itself.

When Robinson left comics, he began a long and successful career in newspaper comics. To his credit, Robinson created “True Classroom Flubs” and “Fluffs.”

Robinson was also president of the National Cartoonists Society from 1967 to 1969, and served two years as president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists starting in 1973.

In 1978 he founded Cartoonists & Writer Syndicate/CartoonArts International, while in May of 2007, DC Comics hired Robinson as a "creative consultant."