M for Moriarty
by morgan on Dec.10, 2009, under John Joseph Adams
Professor Moriarty
How quickly you’ve unveiled my master plan. Little did you know that “Morgan” was a carefully crafted moniker to hide my true identity, that of Professor Moriarty, Sherlock Holmses’ arch-nemesis. OK, I’ll cut the megalomaniacal laughter now.
Have you written any comic book anthologies? I was very tempted to ask who’s the greatest of detectives, Sherlock Holmes or Batman?
So tell me more about these anthologies. You assemble quite the rogue’s gallery for each one. How do you pull together such a notable gang of contributors?
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December 12th, 2009 on 5:14 pm
Since Batman (a.k.a. “World’s Greatest Detective) is blatantly and partially based on Holmes, it is a tie.