On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

Sad news from Gotham today.

Just published by Associated Press.

At least, that seems to be the line DC's promoting today.

Got a fun Bat-related story, anyone?

This may be a mildly amusing error, and no more than that. In today's hardcopy edition of the Globe and Mail, that storied newspaper reminds us that On This Date, Detective Comics # 27, featuring the first appearance of the Batman was allegedly released to the public. The decades-long tendency of comics publishers to release issues two months ahead of the published cover date has apparently not occurred to the people handling that that item on page A2.

Therefore, a possibly amusing error.

Just two minutes after logging into Facebook, I stumble into the news.

Norm's gone.

Three years after that damn stroke. The consequences of which never left him be.

Laundry's done, and I'm just taking in the news and other chatter right now. Not sure I have enough brain for much else this afternoon.

Noting, however, the passing of Adam West. His version of the Batman was among the earliest I knew of. He was scheduled to visit Ottawa-Gatineau back in May of 2017 for a local convention, but cancelled at almost the last minute. I suppose we now know why that cancellation happened. Sad news about a man who entertained so many over the decades.

Note to Warner Bros.: If you're going to put "visitgothamcity.com" on the license plates of Gothamites' cars, trucks, buses, etc. in your movies, maybe it might be a good thing to actually have a site for people to visit using that URL?

Somewhat disappointed that Ottawa didn't get the trophy this go-round. But anyway...a weird thought about comic book characters and music.

One of my favourite tunes from the 1980's was Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight", popularized by Miami Vice in its pilot episode. I make no apologies for that admission about my musical tastes. Likewise my enjoyment of Mike W. Barr, Alan Davis and Todd McFarlane's work on Batman: Year Two, continuity gaffes and all. I mean, really? Jim Gordon, just promoted to Captain at the end of Year One, getting that much further up the ladder off-camera in a matter of - at most - a handful of months? No.

But that was then, a couple of iterations of DCU continuity and a quarter-century ago.

Anyway.

Anyway...getting back to music. There was this episode of Justice League back in 2004 - the cartoon series - where Circe turned Wonder Woman into a pig. "This Little Piggy", written by kingofbreakfast. And we got to hear Kevin Conroy, then the voice of the Batman belt out one of the better jazz standards in order to save the day.

Wondering - not for the first time - how a Conroy cover of "In the Air Tonight" would sound. It seems apropos for any number of reasons.

Okay, this might be a mistake. But I made the promise to set this up last night after seeing the movie, and I'd better deliver.

So. I've been seeing political arguments over the subtext of this film for a few weeks now. Not sure that I agree with any of them, but let's see if we can have a civil debate on the subject.

Naturally, my own biased self will have the last word on what constitutes "civil", seeing as it's my virtual "house".

Fair warning: after this point, there be spoilers!

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Spoilers below the cut!

( If you haven't read it yet, go get it now and then come back to read this! )