DanGreenfield

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July 21, 2012 8:35 am Not to go off point here, but Paul, your wit and good humor are a big part of this website.
May 23, 2012 10:22 pm Just finished. Three things I want to say: 1. This book is in the new continuity. Batman's not only wearing the new costume, but he refers to Robin killing Nobody. DC has also stated as such. Not that it matters. You can't get hung up on that stuff. Story's the most important thing. The rest is just details. 2. It's so good to have Robin back. I don't know who that other kid is in Batman and Robin. 3. I think I laughed out loud about three or four times. Awesome.
March 17, 2012 5:57 pm Batman 251 -- "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge." Everything else is pretty much part of a longer arc, multi-parter, etc.
December 17, 2011 6:07 pm Everyone has their recommendations, but ... @Josh: Given how much you seem to appreciate Westerns and crime stories, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre would seem to be a natural. If it were a graphic novel, I could certainly see Jordi Bernet or Sean Phillips doing the art ...
December 10, 2011 9:30 pm I share your Infantino love. I really, really love that '60s DC look. He is one of my all-time favorites, though I'm not sure I'd list him among the gods. A demigod maybe.
December 10, 2011 6:29 pm I go to Midtown Grand Central. Love it. The NYC stores mentioned are all good ones. I'd add St. Mark's Comics in the East Village if you're in the neighborhood. And then you could walk a couple blocks over to Crif Dogs, for the city's best hot dogs.
December 10, 2011 6:18 pm I understood the distinction you were making, Josh. But in Schwartz's case, I think he could be characterized as a creator, at least in the broadest sense. He didn't put pen to paper but he had ideas and vision. In his case, it's not like he just made the trains run on time. Besides, he helped popularize gorillas on comic book covers. And, you know, that's rad.
December 10, 2011 5:06 pm As far as the gods go: Maybe it's because I'm an editor professionally but where's the love for Julius Schwartz? I'd argue -- strongly -- that he wasn't a mere exec. He didn't write or draw, granted, but was a creator on a much broader, influential scale. His relaunch of the Flash in 1956, followed by Green Lantern and others, saved the superhero genre. He's the godfather of the Silver Age. Stan Lee doesn't become Stan Lee unless Schwartz makes superheroes viable again. And, don't forget, he revamped Batman -- twice -- in ways that provided the foundation for the modern, gazillion-dollar-earning Batman we know today. Schwartz was the one who got rid of all the goofy aliens and sci-fi creatures for the 1964 New Look. Then, in the waning days of the TV-fueled Batmania, he made the move to take Batman back to his earliest roots. I'd certainly take him over Roy Thomas.
December 10, 2011 4:17 pm It's true. Gardner Fox is one of the great forgotten names in comics history. So much of the DC Universe came from him. Playing devil's advocate: Does the fact that people don't remember him that well preclude him from being a god? I wonder ...
December 10, 2011 4:09 pm I'd hate for it to come down to this choice, but I'd go with Adams because his impact on how comics look today is far greater than Ditko's. Adams' influence is immeasurable. (Oh, and Koufax walked away because he had to. Ditko because he wanted to.)