The Joe Kubert Archives, Vol. 1 by Joe Kubert

Another source, utilizing quotes from Kubert, says in 1938, a school friend who was related to Louis Silberkleit, a principal of MLJ Studios (the future Archie Comics), urged Kubert to visit the company, where he began an unofficial apprenticeship and at age 12 'was allowed to ink a rush job, the pencils of Bob Montana's Archie'.

In his introduction to his graphic novel Yossel, Kubert wrote, 'I got my first paying job as a cartoonist for comic books when I was eleven-and-a-half or twelve years old. Raised in the East New York neighborhood, the son of a kosher butcher, Kubert started drawing at an early age, encouraged by his parents. He immigrated to Brooklyn, New York City, United States, at age two months with his parents and his two-and-a-half-year-old sister Ida. He was the son of Etta (née Reisenberg) and Jacob Kubert. Kubert was born Septem to a Jewish family in Jezierzany in southeast Poland (now Ozeriany in Ukraine). Kubert was inducted into the Harvey Awards' Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1997, and the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1998. Bissette, Amanda Conner, Rick Veitch, Eric Shanower, Steve Lieber, and Scott Kolins. Two of Kubert's sons, Andy Kubert and Adam Kubert, themselves became recognized comic book artists, as did many of Kubert's former students, including Stephen R. He is also known for working on his own creations, such as Tor, Son of Sinbad, and the Viking Prince, and, with writer Robin Moore, the comic strip Tales of the Green Beret. He is best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Sgt. Joseph Kubert ( / ˈ k juː b ər t/ Septem– August 12, 2012) was a Polish-born American comic book artist, art teacher, and founder of The Kubert School. Inkwell Awards Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame (2015). National Cartoonists Society Awards (1974, 1980)

The Joe Kubert Archives, Vol. 1 by Joe Kubert