When I was looking through videos for yesterday’s entry, I came across one that really surprised me. As you can probably tell from my discussions, I enjoy the Muppets a lot. They tend to look at things through a pretty innocent pair of spectacles, and I find that refreshing, especially these days.
The video I came across is below, Robin singing “Halfway Down The Stairs:”
Last entry, I began to explain just how much of an influence Batman has had on my life. When I ran out of energy, Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns was about to be published.
Now, I had given up comics prior to this event, as I pointed out previously. But Batman’s sidekick, Robin, was instrumental in me getting back into buying them again.
The New Teen Titans comics, with Robin as the team leader, was a hot item for DC Comics. My brother Randy never stopped collecting comics even though I had. So, when he had trouble getting New Teen Titans #1, I was recruited to go to a local comics specialty shop to buy one.
That was a significant change for comics fans. Having a store dedicated to comics meant not having to rifle through drug store racks or shelves. It also meant being able to get nearly all the comics you wanted without missing issues, which often plagued and discouraged collectors.
