, 89, the cartoonist widely credited with creating the Joker, the iconic arch villain in the Batman comics franchise, died Wednesday in New York, according to DC Comics.
Robinson was hired as a teenager by Batman co-creator Bob Kane in 1939, when superhero comic books were in their infancy. Many historians credit Robinson with drawing the initial image of the Joker, who was introduced in 1940’s Batman No. 1, and with co-creating Batman’s sidekick, Robin.
, 90, a former dancer and choreographer who helped popularize the Pilates exercise system when he opened the first West Coast studio in 1972, died Tuesday of congestive heart failure. He died at his home in Stonewall, Texas, said the director of Fletcher Pilates, which trains instructors in the exercise methods Fletcher developed based on the teachings of Joseph and Clara Pilates.
Denver Post wire services
