I got a few minutes into this recent episode of the “Batman: The Brave and The Bold” animated series when I realized it features some backgrounds I had painted a few months ago. A really fun sequence featuring a baseball game between the Justice League International and the Legion of Doom, from the “Triumvirate of Terror” episode. I love the Al Plastino-esque Superman design, by the way.
“Mort [Weisinger] and I got along with in a business way, but it was an awful time. If you shook in your boots, especially in those days, they would jump all over you. When he was very rude to [Jerry] Siegel, I told him, “You wouldn’t be sitting behind that desk if he hadn’t created Superman, you know.” I never kept my voice down. When they wanted me to do something over I would say, “Whatever I give you is the best I can do.” My attitude was, they’re not bosses, they’re editors.”
-Al Plastino (Golden/Silver Age “Superman” artist extraordinaire)
from an interview with Jim Kealy & Eddy Zeno
Alter Ego fanzine #59
