Bob Kane devised the character's civilian name, Bruce Wayne, wrote the first Batman story, while Kane provided art. Kane, who had already submitted the proposal for Batman at DC and held a contract, is the only person given an official company credit for Batman's creation. Comics historian Ron Goulart, in "Comic Book Encyclopedia", refers to Batman as the "creation of artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger". According to Kane, "Bill Finger was a contributing force on Batman right from the beginning. He wrote most of the great stories and was influential in setting the style and genre other writers would emulate
Paul Friedrich (comic artist) Paul Friedrich (comic artist) Paul Friedrich is an American comics artist native from Raleigh, North Carolina. He is the creator of the popular characters Onion Head Monster and Hubie the Dead Cow (among many others). He is also the creator of HellCar comics, DVD, unconference, and empire. In 2007 Friedrich was nominated for an Eisner Award for his book, "Onion Head Monster Attacks". The book was nominated in the Best Humor Publication category. He lost to Bob Burden's "Flaming Carrot". Friedrich also designed the album covers, poster art and logo for all the CDs released by Monty Warren & the