THE GOTHAM TRIBUNE: Steve Englehart, Part 2
Yesterday, I put up a column about how frustrating it is that one of the greatest Batman stories ever – the late ‘70s Detective Comics run from writer Steve Englehart and artist Marshall Rogers – is no longer in print in its entirety. I spoke to Englehart about the genesis of the run and today, he discusses its legacy and how it became one of the blueprints of the modern Batman.
THE GOTHAM TRIBUNE: The Fat Man Returns
As promised, we’ve got more from filmmaker Kevin Smith, whose “Fat Man on Batman” has become the prime Batman destination in the world of podcasting.
THE GOTHAM TRIBUNE: Hey, I got to hang out in the Batcopter!
In the ‘70s and into the ‘80s “Batman” was on after school on Channel 11, which was great. Daily doses of the dastardly doings in Gotham.
Channel 7, on the other hand, had “The 4:30 Movie,” which ran movies chopped down to 90 minutes, including commercials. Most of the time, this was no big deal – except on those days when they ran the 1966 “Batman” movie, right up against the show over on WPIX.
Holy Sophie’s Choice!
THE GOTHAM TRIBUNE: Kevin Smith, Part 1
Kevin Smith’s Bat-bona fides need no burnishing. The man behind “Clerks,” “Chasing Amy,” and “Dogma,” has loved Batman pretty much his whole life. He’s written him for DC Comics, and now he’s got the pre-eminent Batman podcast, “Fat Man on Batman,” in which he interviews all the top talent associated with the Bat.
I was recently able to turn the tables on Kevin and get him to talk about his relationship with the Dark Knight.
THE NEAL ADAMS INTERVIEWS: Secret Bat-Origins
When Neal Adams first began lurking on the outskirts of Gotham, DC was still more or less adhering to the tone of the 1960s TV show starring Adam West. Batman was an earnest do-gooder and there was little hint of the shadowy character he’d once been. It wasn’t camp or satire but it wasn’t grimy alleyways and psychopathic villains either.