#1: The Octopusman vs Crypto King
In addition to my daily comic strip @effinbirds, I'm now writing @literalrobin, a comic that asks "what if Batman was an octopus and his sidekick was a literal robin?"
Keep your eyes peeled for some Batman 66 hat-tips.
It’s like someone went crazy with a label maker and I love it.
People always act like the old Batman show being corny was a product of its time but you’re never going to get me to believe this wasn’t a deliberate artistic choice
Making these signs must have been as much fun as putting them into the script.
One of the greatest joys of my life was receiving a treasure trove of producer William Dozier’s memos and letters. The amount of intention, the delicate balancing act required for this kind of humour, he was so aware of it and the writers worked so hard to get it just right. The fact that they did it while also working at an absurd pace — the show debuted early, as a mid-season replacement, and was such a hit that they had to deliver season two for the September date that they were planning to deliver season one, AND they made a feature film between seasons, AND they ran twice a week in season two, a sixty episode season — is astonishing to me. They did so much so well in such a short period of time.
Comic book omnivore Chris (@chcardin) and Aaron, the guy who runs @Swear_Trek, get together and watch the pilot for Star Trek: Discovery.
Also in this episode: Space groundhogs, the Star Trek comic book where Captain Picard saves Santa Claus, and what exactly is in Chris' bathtub.
A special episode recorded around a fire pit in the woods at Fireside Conference ( http://firesideconf.com ). Aaron's stories include:
