A "Sideways Sequel" to GOTHAM CITY 14 MILES

[Jim Beard]

Greetings, citizens!

I'm the creator and editor of the 2011 book GOTHAM CITY 14 MILES: 14 ESSAYS ON WHY THE 1960S BATMAN TV SERIES MATTERS.

Since its release, I've been asked numerous times when I'll do a follow-up Bat-book - well, that time is finally now, and I’m pretty darn excited to tell everybody about it.

ZLONK! ZOK! ZOWIE!
The Subterranean Blue Grotto Guide to Batman ’66 – Season One
Featuring Episode Reviews by:

Ben Bentley
Joseph F. Berenato
Ed Catto
Keith DeCandido
Chuck Dixon
John S. Drew
Pat Evans
Chris Franklin
Robert Greenberger
Dan Greenfield
Paul Kupperberg
Will Murray
Mark B. Racop
Peter Sanderson
Steven Thompson
Dayton Ward

And an Extra-Special Review of the ’66 feature film by

Rich Handley

ZLONK! ZOK! ZOWIE! will be out sometime in the first half of 2019 (hopefully by the Batman Conference in Bowling Green, Ohio in April) and is the first in a planned three-volume set (one for each season of the show). Each writer will talk about their episode with a “hook,” a unique entry-point or POV and have some fun with them, while at the same time be informative.

I hope you’ll join me in that fun when the book arrives. Before then, I have a GoFundMe campaign going to raise money to pay the writers, the formatter, and the cover artist.

Thanks for your time,

Jim

[Scott Sebring]

Exciting news! Looking forward to see this develop!

[Jim Beard]

Thanks, Scott! It was a long road to get to it, but the batteries are charged and the turbines are spinning...

Jim