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!
Tomorrow, I will be attending an informal lunch with the New England chapter of the National Cartoonists Society. The invitation came with homework — a drawing for Inktober.
This took four hours, from preliminary sketch to inked finish. It’s a compositional mess, and my inking needs work, and much more patience, but it’s done.
I added a splash of color to a laser printer copy of the scan.
Boston University Radio, WBUR, talks about the 75th anniversary of Peanuts, with the Washington Post’s Michael Cavna.
Thanks for remembering me, cartoon Donald, but it was half my life, 35 years ago, that my cartoon Donald called you a freak.
