BoyDetective

January 13, 2013 10:27 am The cowl is blue. The ears are short. The cape is long and winding, almost bigger than the man himself. The symbol is black against a grey chest. The utility belt is yellow. The eyes are white. My artist is Andy Kubert. I've been a life long Batman fan, but I moved away from my local comic shop as a child so I relied on my local library to provide me with material. For most of these years I watched re-runs of the old Adam West Batman series and of course worshiped at the altar of Batman: The Animated Series. Then, in my late 20s...stress at work led me to seek out a new comic book shop and return to comics. The first Batman comic I had read in a while was Neil Gaiman's Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? in hardback with art by Andy Kubert. It was such an emotional comic because Andy Kubert managed to capture all the incarnations of Batman that I had seen over the years as the character was eulogized. I went back to read how Batman had gotten to this point and picked up Batman and Son by Grant Morrison with art by Andy Kubert. Words can not express how wonderful it felt to be back in the world of Batman and the artist to get me there was Andy Kubert. His work is beautiful. His expressions are masterful. You could almost look at just the panels without text and at least feel the story that is happening. While many fantastic artists have had the job of creating their own version of the Dark Knight, Andy Kubert will always hold a special place in my heart!