{"id":2,"date":"2008-03-11T11:31:12","date_gmt":"2008-03-11T05:31:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-04-04T13:08:52","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T18:08:52","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>Bill Jourdain has been reading comic books since he was 6 years old, and began collecting comics as a hobby over 40 years ago. He has focused on collecting Golden Age Batman related comics, but also has a large collection of other Golden Age and Silver Age titles.<\/p>\n<p>In 1996, Bill established the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldenagebatman.com\/\">Golden Age Batman website<\/a> in an effort to provide a web-based resource for the Golden Age Batman and related characters. In 2005, Bill became fascinated with a new internet based &#8220;talk show&#8221; called podcasting, and in June of that year recorded the first episode of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldenagecomics.org\/\">Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast<\/a>. In sixty-five&nbsp;episodes, Bill has explored many of the characters and creators of the Golden Age.&nbsp; In addition to his internet based comic book pursuits, Bill has had an article published in <a href=\"http:\/\/twomorrows.com\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=55&amp;products_id=480\"><em>Alter-Ego Magazine<\/em> #27<\/a> (August, 2003) and was featured in an issue of <em>Dalton Magazine<\/em>, seen below. Bill&nbsp;also wrote the &#8220;Comics Then&#8221; column for <em>Comics Now!<\/em> magazine.&nbsp; Bill&nbsp;has been&nbsp;proud to be a part of the creation of&nbsp; several Vintage DC Comics Calendars with <a href=\"http:\/\/asgardpress.com\/?promocode=GOLDENAGECOMICS\">Asgard Press<\/a>, where he penned the introduction to the calendars and the descriptions of each of the featured monthly covers. In the past, Bill has provided support to DC Comics on Les Daniels&#8217; <em>Batman: The Complete History<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Bill attends many comic book&nbsp;conventions every year and continues to pursue his passion&nbsp;of collecting&nbsp;Golden Age Comic Books.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/billbatman11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"254\" height=\"308\" title=\"Bill &amp; The Original Cover Art to Batman #11\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1634\" alt=\"Bill &amp; The Original Cover Art to Batman #11\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/billbatman11.png\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/billbatman11.png 254w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/billbatman11-123x150.png 123w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/billbatman11-247x300.png 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Here&#8217;s Bill at the 2005 San Diego Comic Con holding the original cover art to Batman #11 by the great Jerry Robinson.&nbsp; This piece later sold for over $200,000 at auction.&nbsp;&nbsp;Bill didn&#8217;t own it, but at least&nbsp;he got to hold it!<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2110\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-04-04-13.59.59.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2110\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2110\" alt=\"Dalton Magazine (July August 2007)\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-04-04-13.59.59-768x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-04-04-13.59.59.jpg 768w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-04-04-13.59.59-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-04-04-13.59.59-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dalton Magazine (July August 2007)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;margin: 1px;\"><br><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-6740759833732487\";\ngoogle_alternate_color = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"468x60_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\ngoogle_ad_channel =\"\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"\";\ngoogle_ui_features = \"rc:6\";\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><br><\/div><div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/about\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/about\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/about\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Bill Jourdain has been reading comic books since he was 6 years old, and began collecting comics as a hobby over 40 years ago. 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