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Happy 4th of July everyone! Hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Independence Day! 🎆🎇

TRG Colosseum 2021 Highlights

As promised, here are the Twitch clip highlights from TRG Colosseum 2021. This was a blast to make and I hope to have more clips for next year’s Colosseum!

With over $434,715 (The power of shirts!!!!!!) for Direct Relief, this was the most successful TRG Colosseum yet!

Single-day record for all Colosseums on Day 1 with $121,258. Broke it again on Day 2 with $155,950. Roughly 1,300 T-shirts were sold. (Source: @chuggaaconroy).

Congratulations to @TheRunawayGuys, @chuggaaconroy, @Lost_CapriSun, @Proton_Jon and all the others who made this a success! What an incredible weekend it was and very proud to have donated!

Can’t wait until TRG Colosseum 2022!

Please go to https://www.twitch.tv/protonjon to check out the VODs.

Happy Birthday Bill Finger!

“Either you die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain.” This quote became famous in Chris Nolan’s, The Dark Knight, where Harvey Dent foreshadows his downfall as a hero and rise as the villain, Two-Face. Does anyone know where this came from? It came from Bill Finger (his birthday is today), the co-creator of Batman. Bill Finger, sadly, isn’t well known to most fans, but among Batman fans, he was considered to be the one who gave Batman his signature look and feel. According to IMDB:

Bill Finger was “responsible for the creation of the Joker’s laughing gas and the Penguin’s umbrellas.

Came up with the origin story of the Batman, and also consulted Bob Kane to have white eyes on Batman, instead of just black.

Proposed the look of the batman to Bob Kane, including the gray body and the white eyes.

Bob Kane’s original concept for a super-hero was called Birdman. It was Finger who convinced him to change the design of the character to that of a bat, discarding the feathered wings, opting instead for a cape and cowl.

Was posthumously inducted into the Jack Kirby Hall Of Fame and the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame.

Drew much inspiration for Batman from Lee Falk’s character “The Phantom”. Like Batman, the Phantom is one of the few heroes not to have super powers.

Created the “Green Lantern” comics with Martin Nodell.

Created, with Bob Kane, villains such as the Penguin, The Joker, Catwoman and Two-Face.

With artist Irwin Hasen, Finger created the DC Comics character Wildcat in January, 1942.”

As one can see, Bill Finger has accomplished a lot. But why isn’t he well known? The answer is that Bob Kane, through some legal magic and paying the writers not to take credit, became the sole credited creator of Batman.

Marc Tyler Nobleman and Athena Finger (Bill Finger’s grand-daughter) have spoken about this and more. Nobleman argued, “When you watch the credits for the Dark Knight, there’s got to be a thousand people on that credit list. None of them would have had that job if it weren’t for Bill Finger. You would not have that movie! That was really hard for me. That’s why I started the effort to have people recognize that with this show “Gotham,” it wouldn’t have a name without Bill Finger.”

Athena reiterated that, “My dad was really proud of his father, so he would tell me stories…He had fond memories of helping him with his stories, going to the museum with him, going to every kind of movie. He would talk about it, but he wouldn’t talk about it very much, because it was painful. Nobody really gave his dad the recognition he deserved.”

DC Comics finally gave Bill Finger a cover credit when they released the 75th anniversary edition of Detective Comics #27 in 2014 and with the second season of Gotham and Batman v Superman, Finger’s name did appear in the credits!

Overall, Bill Finger had a huge impact on Batman’s legacy and the comics world. It’s thanks to the efforts of Marc Tyler Nobleman, Athena Finger, and others who have fought for so long to get his name credited with co-creating Batman that DC Comics, finally did what was right and gave him the credit he so rightfully deserved. In the end, without Bill Finger’s contributions to the legacy of Batman, the world of Batman might not have endured for over 80+ years.

Save Otakon

Hey everyone, if you haven’t heard, Otakon, the convention that anime fans attend annually is in danger of shutting down. If you can, please consider donating so it won’t close its doors. Please go to https://store.otakon.com/Otakorp-Donation-p278177978… to help.

Credit: @soltian_

Thank You and an Update

Thank you for the 50 subscribers on my YouTube Channel! As you know, if I get to 100 subscribers, I will do a commentary/riff with Jeff on Titanic. I know you all can’t wait for that! Lol! I will also be uploading a special 500th video on YouTube and I’ll be doing some more DBZ Abridged as well. Can’t wait to finish it!