I remember when I was young, my grandparents used to always have several of the little tabloid newpapers like Weekly World News (self proclaimed as "The World's Only Reliable Newspaper") sitting around their house. Even though I knew their stories were fake, I loved to read them and if you think about it, it makes sense that the fantastical nature of such publications would appeal to a child. Anyhow, I saw a picture of the legendary Batboy today and was wondering how such an image would have been generated back at the time his "story" was published. Consider how long ago that was (I looked it up, he 1st appeared in '92)- did they have Photoshop back then? I imagine they might have something somewhat more rudimentary that probably cost tons of money. Isn't it funny/scary that even in a modern day society people purchase and sometimes actually believe what was written in these types of newspapers?!?
1 comment:
he's so famous they made a musical about him. gotta love ohio musicals. at least i think it as made in ohio. either way it is very amusing.
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