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Bob Kane

23 quotes in 129 categories

[Wikipedia] Robert Kane was an American comic book writer, animator, and artist who was traditionally credited as the creator of Batman but is now credited as his co-creator. Kane likewise worked on many other early related characters for DC Comics. He was inducted into the comic book industry's Jack Kirby Hall

Quotes by Bob Kane

It's been 25 years now, and truthfully, time sometimes blurs the memory.

Been

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If Bill Finger created Batman, where is Bill Finger's byline on my strip? It is conspicuous by its absence.

Absence

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I didn't have the time to literally write and draw the strip at the same time.

Draws

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What I read is so distorted that I cannot believe that the person they are talking about is myself.

Believe

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This sounds like my autobiography, but I thought this would be a good time to sound off about myself, as I think…

Autobiography

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Although Bill Finger literally typed the scripts in the early days, he wrote the scripts from ideas that we mutually collaborated on.…

Bills

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Batman has been acknowledged as a legend in my lifetime.

Legends

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The trouble with being a ghostwriter or artist is that you must remain rather anonymously without credit. If one wants the credit,…

Art

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I intend to explode the myths about myself and get down to the real truth about the legend that is Batman.

Batman

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To me, it's not work. When I draw and I write, I find it relaxing. It's not like 9-to-5, where a man…

Draws

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It took them a while to catch on that Batman would be the greatest.

Batman

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Much is written about the Batman because he is publicly exposed in print. Very little is known personally about his creator, because…

Batman

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I was involved with the Batman. There are two sides to every story. Now you've heard my side.

Heard

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In the Golden Age of Batman, I penciled, inked, and lettered my strip by myself.

Age

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When I first drew him I had eyes in there and it didn't look right.

Drew

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The New Look of Batman is more illustrative and realistic.

Batman

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I am planning a one-man art show of original Batman oil paintings that I will show in New York City.

Art

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If you ever want to get the facts straight about me or the Batman, please write to the original source, myself, for…

Facts

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How can an article about me or the Batman be the true story when I am not consulted or interviewed?

Articles

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I created Batman about 10 years before Ian Fleming created James Bond.

Batman

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It is difficult to separate, at times, the myth from the truth.

Difficult

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I am also a writer. That is a fact not known by the public in general.

Facts

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Remember Killer Moth, the most ingenuous rogue ever to defy the dynamic duo, Batman and Robin ?Perhaps you recall how the weird…

Aids

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