Is this the inspiration for Carrie Kelley in Dark Knight Returns?

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• RickM Posts: 407

  January 2013

  Man, that show had the loveliest actresses.

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• EarthGBilly Posts: 362

  January 2013

  I think it has been pretty much accepted that Miller was inspired by that, even if he's never explicitly said so. I mean, the hair is pretty distinctive.
  
  It is sort of like Alex Ross "designing" the new Batwoman. He may not have said it, but we all know that the design is based on Batman Beyond and/or the animated movie, "Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman."
  

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• DoctorDoom Posts: 2,586

  January 2013

  EarthGBilly said:

  I think it has been pretty much accepted that Miller was inspired by that, even if he's never explicitly said so. I mean, the hair is pretty distinctive.
  
  It is sort of like Alex Ross "designing" the new Batwoman. He may not have said it, but we all know that the design is based on Batman Beyond and/or the animated movie, "Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman."
  

  I didn't know that about Batgirl.
  

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• phansford Posts: 221

  January 2013

  I forgot about Jill St. John as Robin. When will the powers that be get it together and get the show on DVD!!!

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• LibraryBoy Posts: 1,803

  January 2013

  EarthGBilly said:

  I think it has been pretty much accepted that Miller was inspired by that, even if he's never explicitly said so. I mean, the hair is pretty distinctive.
  
  It is sort of like Alex Ross "designing" the new Batwoman. He may not have said it, but we all know that the design is based on Batman Beyond and/or the animated movie, "Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman."
  

  Even if it's not a direct influence, it could very well have been a subconscious one. That show made a pretty big footprint in the American pop culture landscape of the 1960s and beyond, this first story is one of the most famous, and Ms. St. John was one of its most famous guest stars at the time (certainly the highest profile of any of the villains' molls, at any rate).

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• Chuck_Melville Posts: 3,003

  January 2013

  phansford said:

  I forgot about Jill St. John as Robin. When will the powers that be get it together and get the show on DVD!!!

  This is the most recent news article I could find on the show going to DVD, and this is from last June:
  
  tvshowsondvd.com/news/Batman-Variety-Story-About-Warner-Licensing-Deal/17060
  
  Meanwhile, the show is being rebroadcast on METV every Saturday night.
  
  
  

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• Aaronn78 Posts: 1

  September 2023

  https://thecomicforums.vanillacommunity.com/discussion/comment/31721#Comment_31721

  It's fascinating how artists can draw inspiration from various sources without explicitly acknowledging them. Miller's work does seem to bear resemblance to its inspiration, and the distinctive hair is a telltale sign.

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