Jerry Robinson dead

[Lario]

Jerry Robinson, a pioneer in the early days of Batman comics and a key force in the creation of Robin the Boy Wonder; the Joker; Bruce Wayne’s butler, Alfred; and Two-Face, died Wednesday afternoon in New York City. He was 89.

The illustrator with a far-ranging career – after shifting in the early 1960s into political cartooning, he would serve as president of the National Cartoonists Society and then author the exhaustive and well-regarded “The Comics: An Illustrated History of Comic Strip Art” — died in his sleep during a late afternoon nap, according to Michael E. Uslan, a close family friend and an executive producer on all the Batman feature films since the 1980s.

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Sad how I don't have anything to say about this. I haven't cared much about Batman before but this got my attention.

 

[Toad Eightyfive]

I've never heard of him before, but suddenly I'm sad.

 

[Koopayoshi]

I didn't know that. He was truly involved in creating a legend and he will be missed by many fans.