Person Detail: Jerry Robinson

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General Information:
Full Name: Jerry Robinson
Biography: (1922-2011) Historian. Jerry Robinson was born in Trenton, New Jersey, and died in Staten Island, New York. He was a comic-book artist, comics historian, and editorial cartoonist. He was best known as the creator of the Joker, the archnemesis of DC Comics' Batman. He wrote more than two dozen books on the history of comics.
Author's Timeline:
1922		(Unknown) County Sherrill David Robinson was born in Trenton, New Jersey, on January 1, 1922.
2011		Richmond County Jerry Robinson died at a hospice in Staten Island, New York, on December 7, 2011.
2011		New York County Mr. Robinson lived in Manhattan, New York.
1939		New York County Mr. Robinson studied at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York.
1974		(Unknown) County The Comics: An Illustrated History of Comic Strip Art (Pub: Putnam ISBN: ISBN-10: 0399109374 / ISBN-13: 978-0399109379) Nonfiction.
2004		(Unknown) County The Zap! Pow! Bam! Superhero-The Golden Age of Comic Books 1938-1950 (Pub: The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum ISBN: ISBN-10: 0976153408 / ISBN-13: 978-0976153405) Nonfiction written by Jerry Robinson with Michael Chabon, and Jules Feiffer.
1978		(Unknown) County The World's Greatest Comics Quiz (Pub: Tempo ISBN: ISBN-10: 0448173298 / ISBN-13: 978-0448173290) Nonfiction.
1978		(Unknown) County Skippy and Percy Crosby (Pub: Holt, Rinehart and Winston ISBN: ISBN-10: 0030184916 / ISBN-13: 978-0030184918) Nonfiction.
1979		(Unknown) County Life with Robinson (Pub: Cartoonists & Writers Syndicate, New York ISBN: )
?		New York County Mr. Robinson taught at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, New York.