Larry Young pointed this out to me via this link; Joe Shuster draws Batman.
Joe Shuster, and I say this as objectively as a Superman fanboy can, was far and away one of the best artists of the golden age. He had a distinct sense of style and design, and his work was never nearly so crude as a great many other comics of the late 30s/40s. There's a grace about his work.
In other news, holy heck The Dark Knight is awesome. Ledger's performance was brilliant, every second he's not on the screen you're just waiting for him to come back on. I think he may get too much credit for this version of the Joker, though. It's far from just the performance; the writers really created an iconic, creepy and just plain classic version of the character. They took everything that came before and added a tinge of realism. They didn't re-invent the wheel, they just made use of it in a very good way.
A lot of reviews I've read have mentioned how this surpasses its comic book origins and becomes a great crime movie. Well, duh. Batman's a superhero/crime book. He debuted in a title called "Detective Comics." I really thought this was one of the most comic booky movies I've ever seen, right up there with Iron Man in the sense of making me say that"Yup, this is the feeling i get from reading a really fun super hero comic."
Eckhart was also very good, as was Oldman. It's just a great, great movie. I also cannot guess what they're going to do for the third.
Finally, remember Every Issue Ever, SiB's sort of sister site? I do. The lady what runs it the mayor of lame town for abandoning it.
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Batman's cooler anyway.
Whenever I've seen pencil art by Shuster, I've regretted that actual stories couldn't have been reproduced straight from his pencils without inking. The inking styles of the era simply weren't a good enough match for the delicacy of his linework. (I have exactly the same feeling when I see early pencils by Jack Kirby, which are far more ornate and sinuous than you'd ever expect from seeing only the published pages.)
Also, the blog where this drawing was discovered looks interesting too. I'll have to go and check that out...
My proudest posts on all the internet are when I called the "Justice Heroes League" "Miscarriages of Justice" and when I called you and Every.Issue.Ever "Web's Finest" on what ended up being her Last.Post.Ever.
Endure. You can be the outcast.
We talked about the "web's finest" tag you gave use once; we both declared it awesome and geeked out over it.
Wow, awesome! Anyway, glad you're holding her feet to the fire, and that you're keepin' the faith at SIB. - B.
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