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
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.
believe talking persons
What I read is so distorted that I cannot believe that the person they are talking about is myself.
unique ideas imagination
Although Bill Finger literally typed the scripts in the early days, he wrote the scripts from ideas that we mutually collaborated on. Many of the unique concepts and story twists also came from my own fertile imagination.
stories true-story articles
How can an article about me or the Batman be the true story when I am not consulted or interviewed?
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.
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!!
american-artist assembly batman help
After it is said and done about who does what on the Batman assembly line, I do not underestimate all of the help I've received.
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.
bills absence fingers
If Bill Finger created Batman, where is Bill Finger's byline on my strip? It is conspicuous by its absence.
facts known
I am also a writer. That is a fact not known by the public in general.
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.