
2: The Road To Batman
06/20/22 • 69 min
This month we discuss all of the history that leads up to Batman’s creation. What’s a Comic? When was the first Comic created? Where did superheroes come from? Join us as we set the stage for Batman’s inception.
- Understanding Comics (Book)
- Papyrus Making Video
- Paper Making Video
- Woodcut
- Printing Press Documentary
- Literacy Data
- What is Historiography? (Video)
- Newspaper Printing (Video)
- Joseph Pulitzer
- The Yellow Kid
- William Randolph Hearst
- American Comics (Book)
- Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
- Why Does Superman Hate Cars? (Video)
You can find an archive of all episodes at batlessons.com
Send your comments, questions and corrections to [email protected] or tweet at us @batlessons
Podcast Artwork by Sergio R. M. Duarte
Podcast Music by Renzo Calma
This month we discuss all of the history that leads up to Batman’s creation. What’s a Comic? When was the first Comic created? Where did superheroes come from? Join us as we set the stage for Batman’s inception.
- Understanding Comics (Book)
- Papyrus Making Video
- Paper Making Video
- Woodcut
- Printing Press Documentary
- Literacy Data
- What is Historiography? (Video)
- Newspaper Printing (Video)
- Joseph Pulitzer
- The Yellow Kid
- William Randolph Hearst
- American Comics (Book)
- Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
- Why Does Superman Hate Cars? (Video)
You can find an archive of all episodes at batlessons.com
Send your comments, questions and corrections to [email protected] or tweet at us @batlessons
Podcast Artwork by Sergio R. M. Duarte
Podcast Music by Renzo Calma
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1: How Big Is Batman?
Brian and Alex introduce themselves, and talk about what the show is going to be. Why bother talking about the history of Batman? And how much are we signing up for? Clearly the topic is big... but how big?
You can find an archive of all episodes at batlessons.com. Send your comments, questions and corrections to [email protected] or tweet at us @batlessons
Podcast Artwork by Sergio R. M. Duarte
Podcast Music by Renzo Calma
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3: Creation Of Batman
Alex and Brian talk about inspirations for Batman, the creation of Batman, and credit for that creation. Then we read Detective Comics #27 together and talk about inspiration for that story specifically.
- Bill The Boy Wonder (Book)
- Batman and Me (Book)
- Zorro Theme Song (video)
- The Shadow Radio Catchphrase (video)
- DC Universe Infinite
- Batman The Golden Age (Book)
- Dial B For Blog (wayback machine)
You can find an archive of all episodes at batlessons.com
Send your comments, questions and corrections to [email protected] or tweet at us @batlessons
Podcast Artwork by Sergio R. M. Duarte
Podcast Music by Renzo Calma
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