Posts Tagged ‘Penguin’

Batman Day 2024 – Batman Onscreen, Offscreen, and Occasionally Offworld

Posted: October 2, 2024 by patricksponaugle in Comics, Opinion
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International Batman Day for 2024 occurred on September 21st – I was too late to get something written up for it. (But maybe me posting this just a bit over a week late will be okay.)

I started writing blog posts about Batman, to celebrate International Batman Day, back in 2015. (How the time flies!) I was pretty consistent – I followed up in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. I had established a tradition, or so I’d thought.

Then 2020 happened, and I think I just had a hard time for awhile. I’m not making excuses: Septembers just came and went and I’d forgotten about International Batman Day. That’s on me.

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Gotham – Not the Same Bat-Time, Not the Same Bat-Channel

Posted: September 27, 2014 by patricksponaugle in Opinion, TV
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Early this week, FOX television aired Gotham, a show exploring the formative years of Bruce Wayne (aka The Batman) by focusing largely on young Detective Jim Gordon, who comes face to face with the city’s established and highly organized criminal elements, the larval-stage villains who will one day battle the iconic Caped Crusader, and the corruption and cross-purposes of his colleagues in the Gotham PD.

Although I think the premiere was generally accepted as either likable or having potential, it has drawn a measure of criticism, and I don’t see why I’m any less qualified to express my opinions.

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