He made many good points including the importance of creators to creator their own concepts that they can develop independently from the major publishers.

The reason this is important is that there is no retirement plan in the comic book industry. Creators have to plan and save for their own retirement. Knowing this fact, this industry is better suited to a part time vocation supported by a regular job (full time or part time).

Saving and Investing for retirement is vital in this day and age. Creating your own assets is an additional way of doing this while also doing what you enjoy and entertaining others.

It's clear that only working full time in comics (unless you're a superstar creator) is not financially viable in the long term.

Creator turnover is quite fast so having other means of making money is essential. One time big names can be forgotten in the space of five or ten years.

Some of my long time favourite creators are no longer in the limelight as they once were. People like Roger Stern, John Byrne and Chris Claremont.

Most people who are in comics do it for the love of it. To tell great stories about great characters and entertain people. Creator owned properties are the logical end result of this and, ideally, all creators should have at least one original idea that they can give birth to.

I disagree that creators shouldn't also work on the established icons.

The hype was everywhere and now, at the time of writing, it is the second most popular movie of all time. Could it possibly be that good?

In a word, yes.

It's predecessor, Batman Begins, was good but not perfect. The Dark Knight moved it up a notch.

This was fantastic.

This was how a comic book superhero of the stature of Batman needs to be portrayed. Creators of the next Superman movie please take note.

This is how you do it.

The character of Bruce Wayne, the man behind the mask, was again played to perfection by Christian Bale.

The tarnsformation to Batman was believable and intense.

His interactions with his butler Alfred (Michael Caine) and weapons provider Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman) had emotion and were quite touching as was his connection with childhood sweetheart Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal).

Of course, every great superhero deserves a great supervillian. A worthy addition to their rogue's gallery.

The late Heath Ledger did not disappoint.

He reinvented the Joker with a mad, ruthless genuis that was breathtaking to watch.

Just like Jack Nicholson's version before him he stole every scene he was in and therefore owned the movie.