Showing posts with label Fred Finger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fred Finger. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Bill Finger's ashes

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On 3/7/07, I got good news about a bad situation. Bonnie Burrell, ex-wife of Bill Finger’s son Fred Finger, told me what really  happened to...
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Sunday, November 22, 2020

"10 Real Life Heroes Who Helped Bill Finger Get Credit" (Screen Rant)

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On Screen Rant, Tim Davis has posted an unranked list of people who helped Batman co-creator Bill Finger receive official credit in 2015 (4...
Saturday, February 8, 2020

From dispiriting to uplifting: a tale of two school assemblies that mention a gay man

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I’ve been on a good streak.  It’s been many months since a school administrator has come up to me after my presentation for grades 3-5 to...
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Saturday, December 2, 2017

Mentioning sexual orientation during an author presentation, part 2

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A librarian who heard me keynote a conference (in which I tell the Bill Finger story) asked to book me for her Virginia school. With one ...
Sunday, September 24, 2017

The problem with mentioning sexual orientation in an elementary assembly

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In my hourlong author presentation for grades 3 and up, I say that Bill Finger's only son Fred was gay. It is an essential point ...
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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Only known video of Bill Finger's son Fred

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In 2011, halfway between the time I sold the manuscript for Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman (2010) and the time the b...
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Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Three boroughs/four records offices in one summer’s day

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On 8/17/06 (a decade ago today), I was a human pinball. I made a hot mad dash around New York City in search of various vital records of Bi...
Monday, January 18, 2016

The Everest of school visits

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On the first day of 2016, I flew to India for third time within a year for my third stint at the American School of Bombay. I taught creati...