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
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.
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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 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.
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
When I first drew him I had eyes in there and it didn't look right.
american-artist time
It's been 25 years now, and truthfully, time sometimes blurs the memory.
american-artist took
It took them a while to catch on that Batman would be the greatest.
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.