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| Me at VCU |
I wrote last time about how I am working on my “batman
paper,” to help in this endeavor I recently visited Virginia Commonwealth
University (VCU) in Richmond, Virginia. They are home to a large comic book collection
and it is open to the public. Their
staff was super helpful with helping me find sources for my paper. Unfortunately the archive was under some
construction so I did not get to see their display cases but I was allowed to
use this really cool scanner that I could send pictures of Batman to my email
for future study.
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| Batman's first Batmobile |
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| "Sources!" |
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| The Bat-gyro and Bat-arang |
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| Batman Marketing |
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| "Is it a bird?" |
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| Hard at work |
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| The Scanner |
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| The Reading room |
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| Me in front of the Library |
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| Photo op! |
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| Fighting Nazis |
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| Batman in World War II |
I am still researching for my paper but I believe I am
closer to a thesis. I would like to
focus in on Batman’s impact on American culture during the Second World
War. This was a time where a lot of
popular culture and media were used to support the war effort, advertising for
war bonds and stamps. Batman, like other
superheroes and detectives in comic books and movies of the era would remind
readers the importance for buying war stamps and being a “good American.” I look forward to delving deeper into my
topic and possibly returning to VCU for more research.
