Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #199

By: Aditya Ezhuthachan

Aditya Ezhuthachan — Mon, 24 May 2010 22:26:42 +0000

I’m so glad I came across this. Thank you for this post. I actually just went online now specifically to try to remember Norm Breyfogle’s name because I also started reading Detective on his run and enjoyed so much about that experience. 20 years later, I still remember his artwork for how expressive it is. Everything you said about it is dead on.

Thanks, again.

By: Thad Branco

Thad Branco — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 00:58:25 +0000

Norm’s still roaring through AWESOME pages of artwork. He currently draws the upcoming series the Danger’s Dozen, due in the late fall!

He is a great person, more than matching his greatness as an artist.

By: stephen cade

stephen cade — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:33:01 +0000

Harold was a great character–I first saw him in the Question (Which I believe was his first appearance.)

When the Denny O’Neil run of the Question ended Harold wandered off. And he wound up with Batman. I never heard he turned and was killed–that sounds like it was done for the sake of doing it.

By: Greg Burgas

Greg Burgas — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:13:45 +0000

Kirbydotter: That would be Harold, whom Jeph Loeb later decided to turn into a traitor to Batman and then kill off. Fans wonder why so many people hate Loeb.

By: hifidigitalboy

hifidigitalboy — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:17:36 +0000

It’s been years since I regularly read comics. I totally forgot about Norm Breyfogle. Thank you so much for reminding me, yet again, why I love comics.

By: Chuck T.

Chuck T. — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:39:26 +0000

Even Breyfogleâ€™s Batmobile design was great: try the first page of Detective #601, it’s still my favorite Batmobile ever. Like a Ferrari with a space shuttle booster crammed into it’s trunk.

By: The Kirbydotter

The Kirbydotter — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:30:54 +0000

Grant and Breyfogle’s Batman was my favorite run too.
I think that no creative team since the Golden Age managed to add so many interesting and now classic villains to the Bat’s rogue gallery. Ventriloquist! Anarky! Mr. Zsasz!

Their versions of classic vilains were among the best interpretations of them. They are the only team to do an interesting modern version of the Penguin for one.

Plus Ace the Bat Hound!

And what was the name of the hunchback guy who went to live in the batcave? Can’t remember… But he was a touching character.

Breyfogle’s Batman was scary, and I like the fact that Grant wrote detective stories, most of his villllains didn’t even have super-powers but they were some of the most menacing Batman ever had to fight.

The first dozen issues of Malibu’s PRIME were very nice.

By: Da Fug

Da Fug — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:25:47 +0000

I should really reread this stuff. The Grant/Breyfogle stuff was my entry into Detective, too. But Lord God was it disappointing to collect binders full of WHO’s WHO entries and to finally come to Breyfogle’s terrible pinup of Batman at the end. Everyone has there off-days though.

By: stealthwise

stealthwise — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:41:21 +0000

Wicked, wicked stuff. I REALLY want to see a trade of that run with Grant, and would actually pay for an Absolute version of it.

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:36:10 +0000

Somehow I doubt he is too expensive or blacklisted. I imagine its more a product of editors not wanting to put old artists on their books.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:55:01 +0000

And yeah, I loves me some Breyfogle.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:54:36 +0000

Yeah, Neal Adams designed the costume.

By: DanLarkin

DanLarkin — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:21:17 +0000

I think Neal Adams designed the new Robin costume. Breyfogle was just the first to draw it in the comics. This, however, does not detract from Breyfogle’s awesomeness.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:57:25 +0000

Also gotta give props to Breyfogle for the Tim Drake Robin design. Great updating of a classic look.

By: Rohan Williams

Rohan Williams — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:44:26 +0000

Awesome! Bring back Breyfogle!

Was there ever a better time to be a Batman fan than in the late ’80s/early ’90s, when you had the two movies, all the related merchandise, the animated series, The Batman Adventures, occasional appearances from Peter Milligan on the Bat-books, and Grant and Breyfogle weaving their magic all over the place? I say thee nay. Then again, nostalgia may be shading my memory a little…

By: Tyson

Tyson — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:22:31 +0000

I’m not very familiar with his work, so this was interesting. I love artists who play with the page layouts – I really like that first Batman page you show.

The only thing here that doesn’t work for me is the OMAC drawing – the face looks kind of weird. It’s kind of early ’90s-Image looking, actually, which just doesn’t work on OMAC for me.