Batman: The Long Halloween
Articles, Biographies, and Interviews



Articles             Biographies             Interviews             Miscellany



Articles
Wizard's Theory
Here's a link to a scan of the sidebar, published in Wizard #77, that illustrates THEIR interpretation of the end of The Long Halloween.
Basic Training with Tim Sale
From Wizard, a lesson on how to draw Batman like Tim Sale does, from the man himself.
Alberto did it
An essay outlining my interpretation of who I think Holiday was (Alberto all the way) and why.
Gilda did it
Here's a brief essay from my pal Kelly "Killer Smile" Tendall on why he believes what Gilda alleges at the end of the series.
The Long Halloween as Monomyth
A scholarly article involving an analysis of Batman as the archetypal hero and TLH (and DV) as the ultimate hero's quest--forthcominig



Biographies
Jeph Loeb
Info on the writer of this miniseries.
Tim Sale
All about the artist.
Richard Starkings and Comicraft
Letterers are important too.
Greg Wright
The guy that colors this series.



Interviews
Wizard Interview
From the Wizard Dark Victory #0, here's Jeph and Tim on how they see Batman, why Robin, the difference between For All Seasons and DV, and their collaboration.
Fandom Loeb Interview
Cannibalized from Fandom before it went defunct, this interview was conducted by DC message boarder Russell Lindeau! It focuses on the wrap-up of Dark Victory.
Slushfactory Loeb Interview
Now that Slush Factory doesn't exist any more, I have no qualms about stealing this interview, which is very general in nature and barely mentions either TLH or DV. Still some interesting stuff about Loeb's body of work.
Comics Scene Interview
From the second issue of Comics Scene 2000, an interview with Tim Sale about drawing Batman and his career in general.
Fandom Sale Interview
Also from defunct Fandom, also by message boarder Russell Lindeau, this one is a very general overview of Sale's career, perhaps a bit more in depth than the Comics Scene one.
Deforgeo's interview
A while back before the DV website Deforgeo ran went belly up due to DC legal, he did a brief Q & A qith Jeph, and here it is.
My interview
Read the transcript of the Q and A between Jeph and myself.
Links to other interviews
At Wizard there's an interview with Jeph and a two part interview with Tim Sale about Daredevil Yellow, and the really great Daredevil website Man Without Fear also has an interview with Loeb about DD:Y. Here also is a link from Feb. 2002 about Loeb's Superman work. Finally, here's a very recent (May 2002) Tim Sale interview from our old pal Russell.



Miscellany
Was Gilda Holday?--Part 1
Here's about four months' worth of postings from the DC message boards in which we all argue that very question.
Was Gilda Holiday?--Part 2
The argument got so involved we had to start a second thread to contain it--so here's part two, which again is about four months' worth of posting.
Quotes
Here's a list I compiled of quotes of dialogue and such from TLH that is repeated throughout the series (and some in DV as well), with annotations of where it is used and to whom, including variations.
Rhymes
The text of three nursery rhymes quoted in TLH.
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Here's the Lewis Carroll poem, also quoted in TLH.
Alice Online
I'm going to post a link here to a Lewis Carroll website that has a version of Alice in Wonderland online. This site helped me a great deal with my annotations, esp. of issue ten.




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