Evan's Comic Book Blog

Batman and Bill is the story of Bill Finger, the Co-Creator of Batman, who was deprived of the credit he rightfully deserved.  This doc was very well done, I've known the Bill Finger story for quite some time but this doc provided a lot of great new info that I wasn't aware of. Marc Tyler Nobleman deserves a lot of credit for the work he put in to see that Bill Finger finally got his credit. There were a lot of great interviews with comic legends like Roy Thomas, Carmine Infantino and Jerry Robinson. It really sheds light on what a scumbag Bob Kane really was. And really makes you think what Kane really even contributed to Batman. Bill created the iconic look, the Joker, Robin, Catwoman, the Riddler, Alfred, Commisioner Gordon and so on and so forth. Bill wrote all those stories and created Batmans origin, the Bat Symbol, Batmobile, Batcave. It's also widely known that Kane used ghost artists like Jerry Robinson and Sheldon Modolff. So what did Kane really do? He screwed ...

The first Saturday in May is Free Comic Book Day.  It's a big day for the industry, giving them a chance to promote upcoming titles, and with them giving out free books it tends to attract new readers.  It's a big day for people like me because that means comic shops are having sales, usually great sales which gives us a chance to score some awesome deals. I went to 4 shops total, 3 of which were great and one was not so great. All the shops I went to were running sales from 25-50% off. I bought a lot of books, over 100 total. A couple of the shops also had some great artists doing signings. I got to see Ming Doyle again and bought a Constantine sketch from her, Her artwork is awesome. I didn't walk away with any major books, some nice Adam Hughes stuff like Wonder Woman 184 and Zatanna 16. I got a decent amount of variants. The 3 shops I want to shout out for being great and making FCBD a wonderful experience for fans are, Merrymac Comics and Games in Merrimack NH, Chr...