Happy Holidays, Everyone!

Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan

Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan by Chip Kidd. Highly Recommended! The stories by Jiro Kuwata are simple and fun and the drawings are fantastic. I bought the paperback, then discovered that the hardcover includes an extra story about a band of rogue alien robot art thieves at large in Gotham City.

Batman: The Brave & the Bold

This surprised me- when this new Batman series was announced I expected more of the same, so I was very pleasantly surprised to see these bright, fun images. Producer James Tucker is one of the best artists I've ever known, and I really hope he gets to put a lot of his Dick Sprang/ Chester Gould influence into this show. Can't wait!

UPDATE: An interesting contrast: What artists think of the new designs vs. what "fans" think of them.