I saw this iconic image as a kid…I dunno where or how. Instantly I recognized this wasn’t a fight: this was a lifestyle.

This image is a signup sheet tacked up on a bulletin board with that pen dangling beside it…shortly after that I started reading Batman.

And I couldn’t understand why when the citizens of Gotham would look up in the night sky and see that Bat-logo blazed into the dark clouds only 1 man would respond.

Fights are for individuals; they’re never as universal as victories.

Muhammad Ali after first round knockout of Sonny Liston during World Heavyweight Title fight at St. Dominic’s Arena in Lewiston, Maine on 5/25/1965.

(The photo is by Sports Illustrated photographer Neil Leifer for more on him and the photo Time Magazine has a sweet profile)

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Ziggy Was Here January 8, 1947 – January 10, 2016

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