Daniel Dockery Book Examines Batman: The Animated Series
Gizmodo spotlights I Am the Night, a 304-page unauthorized history drawing on archival material and interviews with key series staff.
Journalist and author Daniel Dockery has written I Am the Night: The Ultimate Unauthorized History of Batman: The Animated Series, a book that Gizmodo spotlights. The 304-page volume draws on archival material and on interviews Dockery conducted with key staff from the series.
The book is presented as an unauthorized history of the show. Its subjects include figures such as creators Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski, performers Mark Hamill and Kevin Conroy, composer Shirley Walker, and writers and story editors including Alan Burnett, Michael Reaves, Tom Ruegger and Sean Catherine Derek.
Dockery also fact-checked claims that have been repeated among fans about the series, among them the assertion that it beat Goof Troop in the ratings.
A wider influence
The book additionally examines how the series influenced other animated shows airing at the same time, such as Gargoyles and X-Men.
Quick answers
What is I Am the Night about?
It is an unauthorized history of Batman: The Animated Series, 304 pages long, based on archival material and interviews with key staff from the show.
Who wrote I Am the Night?
Journalist and author Daniel Dockery.
Does the book fact-check fan claims about the series?
Yes. Dockery checked commonly repeated claims, including that the show beat Goof Troop in the ratings.