Post by Cary Friedman on Mar 29, 2007 14:02:08 GMT -5
Marshall Rogers
January 22, 1950-March 25, 2007
This news makes me really, really sad.
When I picture the Batman, I see him as Marshall Rogers drew him.
I started reading comic books in the late 60’s / early 70's, but I was a little too young to really 'get' what they were all about. I read the words and looked at the pictures, but all very casually, without any real comprehension or appreciation of what was going on. I reached the age where I could appreciate comics -- especially Batman comics -- in the mid 70's. And that was when Steve Engelhart, Marshall Rogers, and Terry Austin gave us their legendary run on the Batman.
Were there better runs on Batman, better interpretations of the Batman, before or after? It's certainly possible, I suppose. I’m in no position to judge, because I can’t be objective at all. The Engelhart / Rogers / Austin run -- now dubbed Dark Detective I -- appeared exactly at the time in my life when it could make the greatest impression on me. It solidified my obsession with the Batman, for a lifetime. Before that I was too young to appreciate the Batman. After that, I was less impressionable.
My cousin Eric met Marshall Rogers at a number of Conventions, and said that he was a very nice man. We spoke the other morning after the sad news broke and mourned for that large part of our youth that had now passed away.
RIP, Marshall Rogers. You will definitely be missed.
For more information, see:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Rogers:
... Rogers' work with writer Steve Engelhart in Detective Comics #471-476 is considered a definitive interpretation of the darker mooded Batman, although their version tended to be more cerebral and less angry than those of their contemporaries. They had recently done a sequel mini-series called Batman: Dark Detective, and had worked together on other series, such as The Silver Surfer. Their first Batman run was collected in trade paperback: Batman: Strange Apparitions (ISBN 1-56389-500-5). Dark Detective was also recently reprinted in trade paperback: Batman: Dark Detective (ISBN 1-4012-0898-3). ...
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forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=106531
January 22, 1950-March 25, 2007
This news makes me really, really sad.
When I picture the Batman, I see him as Marshall Rogers drew him.
I started reading comic books in the late 60’s / early 70's, but I was a little too young to really 'get' what they were all about. I read the words and looked at the pictures, but all very casually, without any real comprehension or appreciation of what was going on. I reached the age where I could appreciate comics -- especially Batman comics -- in the mid 70's. And that was when Steve Engelhart, Marshall Rogers, and Terry Austin gave us their legendary run on the Batman.
Were there better runs on Batman, better interpretations of the Batman, before or after? It's certainly possible, I suppose. I’m in no position to judge, because I can’t be objective at all. The Engelhart / Rogers / Austin run -- now dubbed Dark Detective I -- appeared exactly at the time in my life when it could make the greatest impression on me. It solidified my obsession with the Batman, for a lifetime. Before that I was too young to appreciate the Batman. After that, I was less impressionable.
My cousin Eric met Marshall Rogers at a number of Conventions, and said that he was a very nice man. We spoke the other morning after the sad news broke and mourned for that large part of our youth that had now passed away.
RIP, Marshall Rogers. You will definitely be missed.
For more information, see:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Rogers:
... Rogers' work with writer Steve Engelhart in Detective Comics #471-476 is considered a definitive interpretation of the darker mooded Batman, although their version tended to be more cerebral and less angry than those of their contemporaries. They had recently done a sequel mini-series called Batman: Dark Detective, and had worked together on other series, such as The Silver Surfer. Their first Batman run was collected in trade paperback: Batman: Strange Apparitions (ISBN 1-56389-500-5). Dark Detective was also recently reprinted in trade paperback: Batman: Dark Detective (ISBN 1-4012-0898-3). ...
www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=006123;p=0
forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=106531