tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post7553099561813736689..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: The Many Modern Faces of RobinUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-20222926949509532202008-05-04T17:51:00.000-05:002008-05-04T17:51:00.000-05:00Sorry, I meant that in portraying Tim Drake, the c...Sorry, I meant that in portraying Tim Drake, the <A HREF="http://ozandends.blogspot.com/2007/12/more-than-one-robin.html" REL="nofollow">current Robin</A>, artists have wide leeway as long as they show a black-haired male teen. <BR/><BR/>I didn't wish to imply that Batman's partner can only be a black-haired male teen—though the DC editors' decision to have the first Jason Todd dye his red hair to black indicates that there's strong pressure in that direction.<BR/><BR/>Artists who portray female Robins, including Frank Miller with Carrie Kelly and other artists with Stephanie Brown, show female teens with lighter hair. <BR/><BR/>I suspect that over the last fifteen years there have been enough artists drawing Stephanie Brown (as Spoiler and Robin and out of costume) in enough styles that we could assemble a similar gallery of her in very different styles. <BR/><BR/>(I've relied on <A HTTP://WWW.COVERBROWSER.COM/>CoverBrowser.com </A> for quite a while, and am pleased to have it as a resource.)J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-1672608576723860002008-05-04T17:33:00.000-05:002008-05-04T17:33:00.000-05:00You mention Frank Miller and that one prerequisite...You mention Frank Miller and that one prerequisite for Robin is that he needs to be male, but didn't The Dark Knight returns have a female quasi-Robin? (Probably not in official continuum but ...)<BR/><BR/>(Oh and thanks for using CoverBrowser.com!)Philipp Lenssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09340991515644165702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-58888758348725906812008-05-04T13:59:00.000-05:002008-05-04T13:59:00.000-05:00I just found some cover copy from Batman: Digital ...I just found some cover copy from <I>Batman: Digital Justice</I> that’s too nostalgic to keep to myself. The heavily hyped detail of this story was that Pepe Moreno created it on a computer rather than a drawing board. The book boasted: “It was produced on a Macintosh II System with...8MB of RAM, a removable 45 MB hard disk drive and a 19" Trinitron monitor.”J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-58306587431216303692008-05-04T13:55:00.000-05:002008-05-04T13:55:00.000-05:00Batman: Digital Justice was published in 1990, whe...<I>Batman: Digital Justice</I> was published in 1990, when the image and even the concept of Robin was in flux. I should track that futuristic story down.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-18759763982701265482008-05-04T13:42:00.000-05:002008-05-04T13:42:00.000-05:00Amazing. When you started on your Robinia, I had n...Amazing. When you started on your Robinia, I had no idea you'd uncover so much. Or that it would be so interesting.<BR/><BR/>You've almost got me ready to dig out my comics horde looking for cool Robins.<BR/>I'm trying to remember what Robin looked like in Digital Justice.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492841891625994218noreply@blogger.com