To put it lightly, art amounts to a lot of toil spent on a project. Often, they come without monetary rewards, leading to the romanticizing of the "starving artist," someone who works endlessly to bring forth one's artistic vision without adequate food, water or shelter. Despite the harsh environment one puts themselves through, art, be it through media like literature, movies and comics, is celebrated across the world. Sometimes, a creative work becomes so famous that it is used as symbol of national pride, like how Action Comics, now DC Comics, used Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's Superman for Allied propaganda during World War II like this Max Fleischer's Superman "Japoteur" cartoon you can legally watch online. However, success and artistic merits often does not come immediately. It may take years, if not decades or centuries, to properly evaluate a work's artistic merit.

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An artist's work does not always receive recognition within his or her lifetime. Emily Dickinson, one of America's most renowned poets, published less than a dozen of her poems within her lifetime, all of which received significant edits. She kept the poems to herself until she died in 1886. After her death, Lavinia, her younger sister, went into her room and found hundreds of poems that Dickinson never told anyone about. She dedicated the rest of her life to getting Emily Dickinson's work out there. With nearly 1800 poems, Dickinson is one of the most prolific poets, having a major influence on modern poets.

Works of art considered to be great today do not always start with a warm reception. When Irvin Kershner's "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes" released back in 1980, many fans and critics considered it a disappointment. Over time, the movie's reputation improved to the point where it is seen as one of the greatest films ever, with its IMDB user score at 8.8/10, which is an outstanding achievement. Time has been kind to a once somewhat maligned movie, especially since "The Emperor's March" is one of the most famous film scores.

Time can also earn a medium artistic respect, like comics for example. During The Golden Age of Comics, from the late 1930s until early 1950s, comic books were generally considered to be disposable entertainment, not aware that comics like Action Comics #1 (featuring Superman's debut on May, 1938) would command millions in the future. Recent decades, however, have shown artistic progress in the media. The late 1980s brought Alan Moore's "Watchmen," which made Time's list of 100 greatest novels since 1923, the first comic to make the list, and a substantial accomplishment for a medium considered to be juvenile. Along with "The Dark Knight Returns," it was responsible for helping media to be taken seriously by adults.