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In June 2008, I posted a cry for help . I asked if anyone could source eight unattributed Bill Finger quotations in Batman: The Complete H...

In the 2008 book The DC Vault , a curious story is recounted. In 1973, Bill Finger said the character Bob Kane showed him on that fateful da...

artist: Mike Moran Here's a cheeky nod to two other books I've written: Here's a friend...

The trailer for Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman features one of my favorite songs, "Try," by the (now-defu...

In 2011, I made pilgrimage to the Bronx apartment building in which Bill Finger lived in 1939—in other words, the building in which Batman w...

From 1998 to 2002, I regularly submitted single-panel (gag) cartoons to dozens of magazines and other publications in the United States, the...

Appropriately enough, he shows up in the "copyright" segment of the video:

In 2004, as I prepared to join the ranks of authors who do school visits , I was aware that my books to date did not have a high recognition...

First published in 1973, Stone Soup is one of my favorite things to introduce to young people; it’s currently the last slide in the PowerPo...

“For kids, it's a big colorful picture book with a story both interesting and a little sad. For adult fans, it's a rare chance to g...

In some airports, bookstores dress up as libraries. All that matters is that people are reading, baby.

Before Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman , no telling of the Batman creation story had put Bill (rightfully) at the cente...

In June, I posted a rundown of comic books that made an impact on me in my childhood . One was a 1985 issue in which a letter I wrote was pr...

Shipping in October. I'm honored to be among books by friends including Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown ( Creepy Carrots! ), Doreen Rappa...

Though Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster and Bill Finger began making heroic history at the same time, I know of only a couple of concrete overla...

One of my favorite books from childhood is Harry and the Terrible Whatzit (1977) by Dick Gackenbach (1927-2001).   I recently revisited i...

Embedded within these humbling reactions (most from educators) to Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman are some great sugg...

Don't be fooled by lists. Fairies are always the favorites. Vanity Fair 3/12 Entertainment Weekly 2011