Bob Kane
Bob Kane
Bob Kanewas an American comic book writer and artist who with writer Bill Finger co-created the DC Comics superhero Batman. He was inducted into the comic-book industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1994 and into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1996...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComic Book Artist
Date of Birth24 October 1915
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
age golden golden-age
In the Golden Age of Batman, I penciled, inked, and lettered my strip by myself.
writing guessing want
If you ever want to get the facts straight about me or the Batman, please write to the original source, myself, for the truth, instead of second guessing.
real legends myth
I intend to explode the myths about myself and get down to the real truth about the legend that is Batman.
writing draws
I didn't have the time to literally write and draw the strip at the same time.
art new-york men
I am planning a one-man art show of original Batman oil paintings that I will show in New York City.
facts known
I am also a writer. That is a fact not known by the public in general.
bills absence fingers
If Bill Finger created Batman, where is Bill Finger's byline on my strip? It is conspicuous by its absence.
eerie evil genius
Remember Killer Moth, the most ingenuous rogue ever to defy the dynamic duo, Batman and Robin ?Perhaps you recall how the weird beam from the Moth Signal summoned the Gangland Guardian to the aid of desperate criminals ?And who can forget the eerie Moth Cave where new and startling implements of crime were produced by this evil genius !
separation difficult myth
It is difficult to separate, at times, the myth from the truth.
artist leader want
The trouble with being a ghostwriter or artist is that you must remain rather anonymously without credit. If one wants the credit, one has to cease being a ghost and become a leader or innovator.
american-artist individual original style unique
I feel that my original style was much more unique and individual and was much more the real me. It had much more zing and schmaltz.
american-artist batman boy created figure format
I created the title, masthead, the format and concept, as well as the Batman figure and costume. Robin, the boy wonder, was also my idea.
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This was a very difficult determination in an extremely close race. Both men will make far better Virginia chief executives than their critics would lead you to believe.
american-artist answer batman question
I've often been asked, do I like the New Look Batman better than the old look. My answer to that question is, Emphatically, no!!