After Superman issue #187, Batman #182 was my second DC 80-pg. GIANT comic book.
The collection of reprints features “Fantastic, BIZARRE Adventures!” The most enduring story is “The Rainbow Batman.” YouTube has a surprising number of videos about Rainbow Batman.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rainbow+batman
Here’s one that does a good job of explaining the history behind Batman’s mysterious costume swaps.
Now there’s a bizarre “AI Batman” in (mostly) black & white!
“An Evening with Sy Barry” came off very well indeed. Attendees included residents of the facility, high school students, and some college students. Most of them were unlikely to be very familiar with Sy’s work. So, he was pleased when I chimed in with the names of some of his former colleagues and dearly departed old friends, such as Infantino, Toth, Giella, Giacoia, and Romita.
* Another terrible title!
This picture was taken for Joe Sinnott’s 88th birthday, in 2014. On the right is Sy Barry, who drew the Phantom comic strip for over thirty years.
I will be visiting with Mr. Barry tomorrow evening.
* That has to be one of the worst titles I’ve ever thought up!
A 1991 Frazetta drawing depicting Tarzan doing the Dum-Dum with his dance buddies.
The Conan painting by Frazetta that was up for auction recently, sold for twelve MILLION, five hundred THOUSAND dollars, when including the Heritage “Buyer’s Premium.”
Now you can experience what I did at the National Cartoonists Society Awards Dinner. Minus the dinner. 😉
The video will start when Colleen took the stage to present two awards. As Colleen correctly implied, comic book people are typically more familiar with comic strips than comic strip people are familiar with comic books.
Last Monday, I was on a ZOOM call with members of the National Cartoonists Society. One of the participants was MAD Magazine artist Sam Viviano. Seeing Sam reminded me of this new documentary about MAD.
It’s currently available on Amazon to rent for five bucks, or purchase for only $7. CHEAP!
https://www.amazon.com/When-Went-MAD-Alan-Bernstein/dp/B0F22GNGJ5
But it’s also available to view for free on Hoopla.
https://www.hoopladigital.com/
Hoopla is an online digital library that requires just three things to join:
Early in the documentary, the claim is made that M.C. Gaines, father of MAD publisher Bill Gaines, had a hand in how Superman was first published. Here is some historical background.
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/maxwell-charles-gaines-the-man-who-rejected-superman-in-1936/
