Review from Toronto Film Scene:

Joe Shuster was actually born in Toronto but this documentary focused more their teen years growing up just a few blocks away from each other in Cleveland, Ohio. Joe as the artist and Jerry as the writer created a world that was influenced by pop culture, the movies, sports, history and the people around them to create on of the most enduring fictional characters of all time. There have been many misconceptions of how and where much of the Superman mythology came from over the years. This film does a great job of clarifying those myths and revealing many unknown facts: Everything from the origins of Lois Lane to where the look and name of Clark Kent came from.

Read the rest here — I really like what the reviewer says about the kids.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t make the drive up to Toronto — I’m a teacher and it was the last day of the semester. Thanks to Ellie Skrow for taking such good care of the film. She said the turnout was great and people were “blown away” by it (!). Hopefully we can bring it back to Toronto soon, but like I said, it really meant a lot to have its Canadian premiere in Joe’s birthplace at this very festival. Thanks so much to those who came and saw it — drop me a line and say hi.

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