I met with Issachar Wednesday at the Bishop Maginn School in Albany, N.Y., we talked about his week and also about Batman, the Dark Night series of books, and Marvel and D.C. comics.

I should warn you that I got almost everything I said wrong, I might be getting addled or perhaps there is just too much going on in my head right now.

The Superhero culture has grown beyond my ability to keep focused, I love reading those books still but I leave it to the young (as with gaming), I can’t keep up.

Batman was a creation of D.C. Comics, not marvel, and the Dark Knight books could not have come out when I remembered them coming out in the video, as several vigilant superhero types – including Issachar – pointed out to me.

So much for my trying to recall memories of a half-century ago.  I don’t like nostalgia anyway but the memory is a tricky thing. I remember the Dark Knight having an enormous impact on my wanting to be a writer, but I can’t say when, or even if.

Sorry.

Anyway, Issachar did his job and came up with three neat jokes, he is getting better and better at it. I know he wants to be a lawyer, but he would make a great stand-up comedian. And I think he would love talking to a crowd, Issachar is comfortable in the light.

I’m bringing the Dark Night Saga Deluxe Edition, a T-shirt, a bracelet and some Dark Lord comics and books.

Come and listen to the jokes.