Jerry Robinson and the creation of The Joker

At the New York Comic Con 2009, on the Living Legens panel, Jerry Robinson, the creator of The Joker, talks in detail about how his creation cam to be.

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[xtrishiebabyx]

RIP Jerry Robinson



[JOKAWILD26]

@RowdyRodimus when Bill Finger came up and wrote the mythos of batman,, bob kane wasnt rich yet,, and bill finger didnt know that bob kane was going to throw him under the bus like he did, and take sol credit for the creation of BATMAN, even tho bill finger created pritty much the whole concept of batman , dark look and mythos of his life and parents himself,, poor guy RIP, to bill finger and jerry robinson, who both got screwed by bob kane

[RowdyRodimus]

@cha5 People don't seem to appreciate the people that laid the groundwork for the industry today. I remember Mart's wife giving me a huge hug and telling me how proud Mart felt that someone appreciated his work. It kind of hurt when I thought about the single digit line to meet him and the line to meet McFarlane circling the room.

Would have loved to have met Jerry. I did meet Sal Buscema and he was awesome, too. Not Golden Age, but had their character.

[cha5]

@RowdyRodimus I remember the second time I saw him at Comic-Con Int I asked him a bit about The Joker and asked if the Coney Island Funny Face Barker was at all an influence on the creation of The Joker, but he explained that the Conrad Viedt film The Man Who Laughs and the playing card joker out of a deck of cards were the two main influences not the Coney Island Funny Face. The only connection he saw between The Joker & the CI funny face was that they both had a grin and laughed.

[cha5]

@RowdyRodimus I remember Mart Nodell at Comic-Con, a remarkable man.

The last time I saw Jerry was at last October's New York Comic-Con.

I wish I could have stopped by his table just to say hi. I don't think I'll ever sell any of the Golden Age back issues I had him sign, I've had alot of back issues signed by different creators, Eisner, Stan Lee, Joe Simon, Gil Kane, and others but for me Jerry Robinson was the the most accessable and the nicest.

[RowdyRodimus]

@JOKAWILD26 A fun little fact, in an interview Bill Finger said he came up with the name Bruce Wayne as a play on Bob Kane since both were lazy, rich guys lol

[RowdyRodimus]

@cha5 I had almost the same experience with Mart Nodell and Todd McFarlane. I ended up spending almost the entire day with Mart (even helping at his booth while his wife took a nap at their room). He was almost 100% blind at the time and did paintings, before the end of the con, he and his wife gave me a painting he did of GA Green Lantern, Cpt. America and the Human Torch. Even told me stories involving Jerry here and Bob Kane lol

[cabrera1234]

RIP Jerry Robinson

[cha5]

R.I.P. Mr Robinson, I remember he was kind enough to sign several Golden Age Batman & Detective Comics for me ten or twelve years ago at Comic-Con Int, there was a whole line of people going to a Neil Gaiman signing and Mr Robinson was seated right close by with just about nobody at his table, (I remember being really annoyed and ashamed that one of the key comicbook artists who created a large chunk of the Batman mythos didn't have a Neil Gaiman length signing line) He was always a gentleman.

[carnage247mayhem]

Rip Jerry Robinson