Bushfire Update

Just to show how fast these fires are moving and how bad the news is, only half an hour after my last post, it is now confirmed that 84 people are now dead. It has also been announced officially that former channel 9 newsreader Brian Naylor and his wife Moiree have perished in the fire [...]

Batman’s Villains – The Joker

Here’s a post from my old blog that I have decided to finally bring over here. I first posted this on March 3, 2008, so it may be a little out of date.  ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————- As I have already said in an earlier post, Batman is my favourite superhero. I thought it would be good to [...]

Bushfires

I feel quite horrible at the moment. For the last few hours I have been watching TV and witnessing the horror and devastation of the Victorian bushfires that have raged for the last two days. At the moment 76 people have been confirmed to have perished in the fires, whilst the towns of Marysville and [...]

Profile On Jerry Robinson – Creator of the Joker

This article is from the Amazing World of DC Comics #4, January/February 1975. Robinson talks about how he came up with the idea of the Joker and Robin, about Bob Kane and Bill Finger, and about his work in the Golden Age of Comics.   * Just a brief note, Jerry Robinson’s recollections about the [...]

Where Were You The Night Batman Died? Part 2 – The Testimony of The Riddler

This is part 2 of the story by David V. Reed, Where Were You The Night Batman Died? Here the Riddler gives his very unlikely testimony. Reed’s second stint on Batman had a very mixed reaction from fans. At the same time guys like Denny O’Neil, Steve Englehart and Frank Robbins were wrting a darker [...]