Ever want to know why a man would don spandex armor, wear a cape and spend millions per year on terrorizing evil-doers rather than suiting up with a good hiking outfit and billy-club?
A real-life shrink tries to capitalize on the phenom of this fictional character and explain it all away! Or hear the expertise of an actress from an era gone by, on the matter!
via press release:
A real-life shrink tries to capitalize on the phenom of this fictional character and explain it all away! Or hear the expertise of an actress from an era gone by, on the matter!
via press release:
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THURSDAY, July 12
2:30-3:30 The Dark Knight Rises: Is Batman Broken? He's strong, smart, and heroic. He's the Dark Knight we want on our side, but is Batman also out of his mind? Caught between Catwoman and Bane as Christopher Nolan's Batman movie trilogy comes to its end, will Batman break? Psychologists Travis Langley (Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight) and Robin Rosenberg (The Psychology of Superheroes) discuss Bruce Wayne's relationships, strengths, weaknesses, and potential diagnoses, and ask executive producer Michael Uslan (The Dark Knight Rises); comic book writers Len Wein (creator of Wolverine, Swamp Thing, Lucius Fox) and Steve Englehart (Detective Comics); and Catwoman herself, actress Lee Meriwether (Batman: The Movie), exactly how healthy it is for an orphaned billionaire to spend his nights fighting crime while dressed like a bat. Does the Dark Knight have bats in his belfry? Room 26AB
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BATMAN AND PSYCHOLOGY: A DARK AND STORMY KNIGHT
(Wiley & Sons Publishing, Summer, 2012)
"It is a terrific book." - Dennis O'Neil, comic book writer/editor/legendBatman is one of the most compelling and enduring characters to come from the Golden Age of Comics, and interest in his story has only increased through countless incarnations since his first appearance in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. Why does this superhero without superpowers fascinate us? What does that fascination say about us? Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight explores these and other intriguing questions about the masked vigilante, including: Does Batman have PTSD? Why does he fight crime? Why as a vigilante? Why the mask, the bat, and the underage partner? Why are his most intimate relationships with "bad girls" he ought to lock up? And why won't he kill that homicidal, green-haired clown?
No, not capitalizing on anything but my own love of Batman.
ReplyDelete"Explain it all away"?
No kidding. I don't see this being an overly crowded panel at the con. That's for sure.
ReplyDeleteIt was packed, and a long line of people waiting outside couldn't get in.
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