Joe Simon

Joe Simon was a comic book writer and artist. He is better known as the first editor of Timely Comics (later renamed to Marvel Comics) and the co-creator of Captain America. In 1913, Simon was born to a Jewish-American family in Rochester, New York. His father was tailor Harry Simon was from the city of Leeds, England. Harry had immigrated to the United States in 1905. Simon's mother, Rose Kurland, was American. Simon attended Benjamin Franklin High School. He was the art director for both the school newspaper and the yearbook. While still in school, he managed to sell some of his artwork to universities. Simon graduated in 1932, at the age of 19. Shortly after his school graduation, Simon was hired as an assistant by Adolph Edler, the art director of the Hearst-owned newspaper "Rochester Journal-American ". His duties included the creation of editorial cartoons and sports illustrations. In 1934, Simon was hired as a regular artist by the "Syracuse Herald". In 1936, he left the news