Bob Kane incarnation of Clayface. According to Kane, he drew the Penguin after being inspired by the then advertising mascot of Kool cigarettes — a penguin with a top hat and cane. Finger, however, claimed that he created the villain as a caricature of the aristocratic type, because "stuffy English gentlemen" reminded him of emperor penguins. In 1966, Kane retired from DC Comics, choosing to focus on fine art. As Kane's comic-book work tapered off in the 1960s, he parlayed his Batman status into minor celebrity. He enjoyed a post-comics career in television animation, creating the characters Courageous Cat and Cool McCool,
Shaky Kane Shaky Kane Michael Coulthard is a British writer and psychedelic artist who best known for his work as a comic and graphic artist under the pseudonym Shaky Kane, as well as Shaky 2000. After working for independent comics and magazines like "Deadline" in the 1980s, Shaky moved to the mainstream with work on "2000 AD" and its sister title, the "Judge Dredd Megazine" in the 1990s. With editor David Bishop, he created the "Soul Sisters", and he also contributed to the "Judge Dredd" strip, among others. Shaky's style is heavily influenced by Silver Age American comic books (especially the style