"Bat-Manga" is out and for
Batman purists it is like discovering the holy grail. Jiro Kuwata created a Japanese take on Batman and Robin when he licensed the characters when the television series was at its height in the U.S.
"Bat-Manga!" is not the weighty, thinky "Secret History of Batman in Japan" that its subtitle suggests. Instead, it's an exhilarating pop-cultural artifact: This here is an alternate Batman, as interpreted in the '60s through an Asian filter. Kidd & Co. — photographer
Geoff Spear, co-researcher
Saul Ferris and translator
Anne Ishii — have essentially renovated illustrator
Jiro Kuwata's short-lived, long-forgotten Japanese take on the title, which hit the East in the wake of the campy TV series' international popularity.
As The Dark Knight nears the $1 Billion mark, Warner Bros. is ramping up its Oscar campaign by launching its "For Your Consideration" website. You can check out the website as well as download the script written by Jonathan & brother Christopher Nolan here.
"Bat-Manga" is out and for Batman purists it is like discovering the holy grail. Jiro Kuwata created a Japanese take on Batman and Robin when he licensed the characters when the television series was at its height in the U.S. "Bat-Manga!" is not the weighty, thinky "Secret History of Batman in Japan" that its subtitle suggests. Instead, it's an exhilarating pop-cultural artifact: This here is an alternate Batman, as interpreted in the '60s through an Asian filter. Kidd & Co. — photographer Geoff Spear, co-researcher Saul Ferris and translator Anne Ishii — have essentially renovated illustrator Jiro Kuwata's short-lived, long-forgotten Japanese take on the title, which hit the East in the wake of the campy TV series' international popularity.
