From Comics Book Resources: "R.I.P. Jerry Robinson Joker Creator and Comics Ambassador"
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From Comics Book Resources: "R.I.P. Jerry Robinson Joker Creator and Comics Ambassador"
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Another one of my heroes gone. And one more guy I wished I'd had had a chance to meet.
In the 70's, thanks to varous Golden Age reprints, it was Robinson's version of BATMAN that became one of my favorites. Those stories, and that art, just had a look, a feel a life about them that was somehow missing in most later BATMAN eras, though I suspect some of that found its way into the Englehart-Rogers collaboration.
The 1st Joker story may be my most-read single BATMAN episode. "Die! Die! Why don't you DIE??" ("Hasn't he ever heard of a bullet-proof vest?")
Years ago, when I was on the editorial board of a semi-major metropolitan newspaper, a rather genial old gent came to call on the editorial cartoonist. They visited for about a half-hour, and the old man went on his way. When I asked the cartoonist who that was, he told me, "Jerry Robinson."
"JERRY ROBINSON!" I exclaimed, much like any teenage girl today would if Justin Bieber had come by.
He felt bad that he didn't introduce us; he had no idea I would know or care who Jerry Robinson is.
Here are the quotes released by DC Comics:
I am grateful for that stretch during the '70s when DC was putting out 80-Page Giants and 100-Page Super-Spectaculars and the early Limited Collectors' Edition tabloids; it was through those that I got to see the classic Golden Age art.
Even though all the Batman artists toiled under the Bob Kane house style -- rather ironic since just about all of Kane's ghost artists could draw better than he could -- you could always spot a Jerry Robinson tale. His Batman was tall and gangly, his Alfred was loose-limbed, and his Robin was always restless and ready to spring into action.
And, of course, and most of all, Jerry Robinson gave us the Clown Prince of Crime, that marvelous mountebank, that grinning gargoyle, that conniving jester, The Joker, one of the most enduring creations of all time.
I thought it was wild how many early Joker stories had him appear to DIE at the end... so they had to explain at the beginning of the NEXT one how he escaped. It was almost like a serial... except, with the VILLAIN appearing to die instead of the hero between installments! (It must have really been something when he was FINALLY hauled away to JAIL! Oh, sure, he was captured in his 1st appearance... but he got escaped the law so fast, it was ridiculous.)
This was in stark contrast to The Catrwoman, who NEVER got caught in her early appearances. She kept escaping at the end, with Batman having a wry smnile on his face as he looked forward to their next encounter (something that really bothered Robin-- heh).
"ready to spring into action"
Don't you mean "sprang" ?? (heehee)
Henry R. Kujawa said:
Sure! Batman, clever like a Fox, put his Finger on who was raising Kane and Sprang into action off to Paris quicker than you could say Jack Robinson ...