Bob Kane

I am planning a one-man art show of original Batman oil paintings that I will show in New York City.

I am also a writer. That is a fact not known by the public in general.

When I first drew him I had eyes in there and it didn't look right.

I created Batman about 10 years before Ian Fleming created James Bond.

The trouble with being a ghostwriter or artist is that you must remain rather anonymously without credit. If one wants the credit, one has to cease being a ghost and become a leader or innovator.

Much is written about the Batman because he is publicly exposed in print. Very little is known personally about his creator, because I haven't given out that many interviews.

I was involved with the Batman. There are two sides to every story. Now you've heard my side.

How can an article about me or the Batman be the true story when I am not consulted or interviewed?

I didn't have the time to literally write and draw the strip at the same time.

In the Golden Age of Batman, I penciled, inked, and lettered my strip by myself.

It's been 25 years now, and truthfully, time sometimes blurs the memory.

It is difficult to separate, at times, the myth from the truth.