Just a week after Jerry Robinson’s death, Captain America co-creator Joe Simon has left us for that four-color splash page in the sky. Here’s an interview with him from last summer, courtesy of the Washington Post. I’m glad he got to see the Captain America movie — where, after the bad previous filmic attempts, producers actually got the character right — and I’m glad I got to meet him once, and got his autograph on my hardback reprint of the first Captain America comics from the 1940’s.
Sad to see that legendary comics creator Jerry Robinson died last night. Robinson was the creator of The Joker, and was a fixture at the San Diego Comic-Con. The ranks of Golden Age creators continue to shrink; last year, for the first time in the Con’s history, Mark Evanier didn’t put together a Golden Age panel because he wasn’t able to round up enough panelists. Jerry Robinson had been in comics almost from the beginning. I’m sure there are others, but the only remaining elders I can think of are Joe Simon and Stan Lee.
Uncle Rich 2025-11-10 12:38:15 During my recent short story binge, I read Lahiri's excellent INTERPRETER OF MALADIES. It is included in an anthology titled CHILDREN PLAYING BEFORE A STATUE OF HERCULES, edited by David Sedaris.
Lee Wochner 2025-11-10 10:23:41 You are correct! Reading that play over and over and over to learn it (with mixed success), but also books and comic books, naturally.
I especially enjoyed the novel "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri. Beautifully written and moving.
Uncle Rich 2025-11-09 15:11:11 And of course, you've been reading.
