Israel told me this week about the Writers Bible for Batman: The Animated Series, and said “you should blog about it, so we can talk about it”.
Luckily, Chris Sims did it for me.
Go read his article for an executive summary, or look at the document itself. There’s lots of pretty concept art and Bruce Timm character sketches, and short, well-spaced text that tersely puts forth how they were going to make Batman awesome:
Conversations with actual members of the public collected by an antique book seller:
(Woman, in her mid 30s)
Do you have the “Titanic” book?
No.
I’d like to read it.
Uh huh.
Did you know it’s a true story, except for the romantic part?
(this is worse than I thought!)
And another:
(Customer fills out search card: 16 Chapels)
(me) Oh, you’re after books on European Churches?
No, just books about the 16 Chapels.
16 Chapels?
Yea, you know the one with the big painting on the ceiling.
We will let you know what we find (once we stop convulsing).
Lots more at BookMine’s stupid quotes page.
