Bill was a shoe salesman trying to break into the writing field. I didn’t know anything about creator rights. Bob had gone down and signed the contract, unknown to Bill Finger and myself, for Batman. JERRY ROBINSON podcast excerpt: “It always bothered us. Little known within the industry for all the years he toiled in obscurity, drawing and creating Batman comic books under the byline of the character’s creator, Bob Kane, Robinson emerged from the shadows to become a celebrated and recognized talent in his own right.He is perhaps best known as the actual creator of the greatest supervillain ever, The Joker, and Batman’s cheery sidekick, Robin the Boy Wonder. Petersburg, Florida! Detective Comics #38 (April 1940), the first appearance of Robin, drawn by Jerry Robinsonįor many years, original Batman artist Jerry Robinson was one of the forgotten men in comics.
Media is recorded live before a studio audience of cackling hyenas in whiteface and bright red Maybelline lipstick… right here in the NEW new media capitol of the world… St. 266 Shares Today’s Guest: Jerry Robinson, cartoon, early Batman artist credited with creating Robin the Boy Wonder, the Joker
