Tag Archives: Norm Breyfogle

Batman collections for casual readers

Posted on March 17, 2017 by I.M. Baytor

You know who Batman is. At least the gist of it. You’ve seen him in books or in films or on television, hopefully at his best. Probably, you’re even familiar with some of his supporting cast and rogues gallery, not … Continue reading →

Posted in BATMAN COMICS FOR BEGINNERS | Tagged Alan Grant, Archie Goodwin, Bob Haney, Brian Apthorp, Carlo Berberi, Carmine Infantino, Cary Bates, Chuck Dixon, Curt Swan, Dan Jurgens, David V. Reed, Denny O'Neil, Doug Moench, Eric Jones, Gardner Fox, Gerry Conway, J. Bone, J. Torres, Jack Abel, Jerry Serpe, Jim Aparo, Joe Giela, John Calnan, Kieron Dwyer, Landry Q. Walker, Len Wein, Linda Medley, Marshall Rogers, Mike Sekowsky, Neal Adams, Norm Breyfogle, Rich Buckler, Richmond Lewis, Stan Woch, Steve Englehart, Terry Austin, Tex Blaisdell, Tim Sale | 7 Comments

12 trippy Batman covers

Posted on March 2, 2017 by I.M. Baytor

I’ve often pointed out in this blog that, during the Silver Age, many Batman covers achieved a level of psychedelia akin to a bad acid trip. However, this phenomenon isn’t exclusive to the 1950s and 1960s… Here are a dozen … Continue reading →

Posted in COVERS OF BATMAN COMICS | Tagged Alex Ross, Alex Sinclair, Chris Burnham, covers, Dustin Nguyen, Ed Hannigan, Frank Quitely, Guillem March, Karl Kesel, Kelley Jones, Klaus Janson, Laura Allred, Michael Allred, Norm Breyfogle, Rich Buckler, Will Simpson | 1 Comment

Collections of Batman stories – part 2

Posted on September 8, 2016 by I.M. Baytor

If you read the last post, you know what’s going on. Here are another five compilations of Batman stories worth seeking out: TALES OF THE DEMON (1991) Tales of the Demon collects the first handful of stories Denny O’Neil wrote … Continue reading →

Posted in BATMAN COMICS FOR BEGINNERS | Tagged Alan Davis, Alan Grant, Bob Brown, Darwyn Cooke, Denny O'Neil, Don Newton, horror, Irv Novick, Jim Aparo, Jo Duffy, John Wagner, Kieron Dwyer, Max Allan Collins, Michael Golden, Mike W. Barr, Neal Adams, noir, Norm Breyfogle, Peter Milligan, Robert Greenberger, Tom Mandrake | Leave a comment

Remaking The Case of the Chemical Syndicate

Posted on May 24, 2016 by I.M. Baytor

As far as remakes go, I’m of the school of leave-good-works-alone-and-remake-the-bad-ones-instead. To use John Carpenter’s oeuvre as an example (as I often do), I can understand the financial urge to bank on title recognition, but artistically I see no point … Continue reading →

Posted in WEBS OF FICTION | Tagged Alan Grant, Bill Finger, Bob Brown, Bob Kane, Brad Meltzer, Bryan Hitch, Jim Aparo, Joe Giella, Julie Schwartz, Marshall Rogers, Marv Wolfman, Mike Friedrich, Norm Breyfogle, Roy Thomas, Todd Klein | Leave a comment

Alfred Hitchcock homages in Batman comics

Posted on June 18, 2015 by I.M. Baytor

The amazing thing about Alfred Hitchcock isn’t just that he directed what the latest Sight & Sound poll considers the greatest film of all time (Vertigo), or that on top of that he was behind numerous other classics, but that … Continue reading →

Posted in WEBS OF FICTION | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Alvaro Lopez, Brad Rader, David Lopez, Dean Haspiel, Doug Moench, Gabe Soria, horror, Jeromy Cox, Kelley Puckett, movies, Norm Breyfogle, Rick Burchett, Rick Taylor, Scott Peterson, Tim Harkins, Tom Mandrake, Will Pfeifer | Leave a comment

If you like Tim Burton’s Batman films…

Posted on April 13, 2015 by I.M. Baytor

Batman #349 Having already suggested a bunch of movies for fans of Batman comics, I figured it would make sense to also suggest comics for fans of the most prominent Batman movies. The thing is that, just like the comics, … Continue reading →

Posted in BATMAN COMICS FOR BEGINNERS | Tagged Dave McKean, Doug Moench, Grant Morrison, horror, Kelley Jones, Marshall Rogers, movies, Norm Breyfogle, Steve Englehart, Tim Burton | 1 Comment