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Bob Kane

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Jerry Robinson, Creator of the Joker, Dishes on Superman

    ​By R.C. Baker It turns out that the Joker -- pop culture's pre-eminent villain -- was created by one of the good guys. N.C. Christopher Couch's new book, Jerry Robinson: Ambassador of Comics (Abrams ComicArts, 224 pp., $35.00), recounts how, in 1939, Robinson, then a 17-year-old preparing t ... More >>

  • Books

    September 29, 2010

    Jerry Robinson, Creator of The Joker, Dishes on Superman

    ​By R.C. Baker It turns out that the Joker -- pop culture's pre-eminent villain -- was created by one of the good guys. N.C. Christopher Couch's new book, Jerry Robinson: Ambassador of Comics (Abrams ComicArts, 224 pp., $35.00), recounts how, in 1939, Robinson, then a 17-year-old preparing t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2008

    Pulp Fictions: Grant Morrison's Batman

    ​By R.C. Baker It turns out that the Joker -- pop culture's pre-eminent villain -- was created by one of the good guys. N.C. Christopher Couch's new book, Jerry Robinson: Ambassador of Comics (Abrams ComicArts, 224 pp., $35.00), recounts how, in 1939, Robinson, then a 17-year-old preparing t ... More >>

  • Art

    August 1, 2006

    Ugly Americana

    ​By R.C. Baker It turns out that the Joker -- pop culture's pre-eminent villain -- was created by one of the good guys. N.C. Christopher Couch's new book, Jerry Robinson: Ambassador of Comics (Abrams ComicArts, 224 pp., $35.00), recounts how, in 1939, Robinson, then a 17-year-old preparing t ... More >>

  • NYC Life

    June 14, 2005

    Caped Fear

    A lapsed superhero fanatic suddenly finds himself living in a world of fantasists

  • Film

    June 7, 2005

    Cape and Scowl

    Batman and sobbin': Orphan grief and existential questions in a grim franchise retake

  • Film

    July 13, 2004

    Meow Nix

    Kitty litter: Armed with bullwhip and skimpy leather catsuit, Berry coughs up a hairball

  • Books

    July 22, 2003

    Eternal Return

    Alan Moore's Supreme Achievement

  • Books

    January 22, 2002

    Thwack! Batman’s Back

    Alan Moore's Supreme Achievement

  • Film

    November 13, 2001

    Whispers in the Dark

    Alan Moore's Supreme Achievement

  • Film

    August 8, 2000

    The Edge of the World

    Alan Moore's Supreme Achievement

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