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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Feb 2019

      1. This is going to play to stereotype but I have a story about Elliott Abrams and Jerry Robinson, the cartoonist who created The Joker.pic.twitter.com/x6oZ1nLPs8

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Feb 2019

      2. Jerry Robinson (1922 – 2011) was one of the early comic book artists. One of his claims to fame is that in 1939, working as an assistant to Batman creators Bob Kane and Bill Finger, he co-created Robin and The Joker. The visual design of these characters is from Robinson.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Feb 2019

      3. Robison was a real jack-of-all trade & worked in many different genres, including political cartooning. He served as president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists in 1970s & was active later in supporting imprisoned editorial cartoonists.

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Feb 2019

      4. In his capacity of working for press freedom for editorial cartoonists, Robinson took up the cause of imprisoned Uruguayan cartoonist Francesco Lorenzo Pons.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Feb 2019

      5. Robinson hit on the idea that the American editorial cartoonist association would give Pons an award as "Foreign Cartoonist of the Year" to pressure Uruguay to release him to get award.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Feb 2019

          6. The problem Robinson ran into was Abrams, who he described as "a real bad man" who tried to stonewall the project. But Robinson got Senator Paul Tsongas to pushback against Abrams.

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Feb 2019

          7. Despite Abrams's stonewalling, Robinson & the American editorial cartoonists were able to get Pons out of jail. Years later, Pons mentioned to Robinson that his (Pons') son son still has a picture of Batman on his wall.pic.twitter.com/Ui8kAygvTL

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        4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Feb 2019

          8. The whole story can be found here: http://www.tcj.com/jerry-robinson-been-there-done-that/9/ …

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        1. Secretary of Balloon Doggies‏ @aceoaces 13 Feb 2019
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          I think I see where this is going.

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