Talk:Neighborhoods

What was separate, disjoint pages(for Neighborhoods) are all merged now. I am pretty sure I got them all. Several of these probably also need quotes to credit their source. Over time, it would be nice to spruce the table with more pictures and eventually a nice layout structure.

With time, with time...

If there are Neighborhoods that you want to breakout into a separate page, I would ask that you build a test page first. Please make sure you have enough content to make the breakout worthwhile. Thanks. --Infobroker (talk) 13:38, 21 October 2013 (PDT)

Kanewood

Is there a connection between Gil Kane and Wally Wood, JB other than Wood inking some of his work?
They're both highly influential artists and would make sense that there is an area named after them, but going by the names of the other neighborhoods it might seem as much or more likely that it is just referring to Bob Kane. The others save for a few like Torres Island and Hartley, refer more to Golden Age, pulp and early comic pioneers, which would suggest Bob Kane more.
Which would you lean toward, or you think Kurt would see as more of an influence?

--Astrozac (talk) 06:40, 27 February 2014 (PST)

If it were up to me, Bob Kane would not be honored with a street or neighborhood name at all, an alley perhaps, or something sleazy. Gil Kane on the other hand would be exalted with great platitudes and LOTs of big buildings would constitute his area of Astro City. However, that is just my druthers, and I would not want to project them on any of the creative team. I can't deny the impact of Bob Kane's position and how lucky he was knowing Bill Finger and others.

Keep in mind Kurt has stated publicly somewhere, that sometimes Brent is doing the naming during the drawing process, or sometimes a street name is just a street name. The geography of Astro City doesn't always always have a creator credit in their heritage. Even if it sometimes seems they do.

Also keep in mind, Gil Kane and Wally Wood both have careers that began before and ended after the silver age. Their strongest career overlap would have been the Tower years (1965-68) and the immediate years following that at DC doing mystery, Captain Action to name but a few --Infobroker (talk) 10:26, 27 February 2014 (PST)

True, but unless one of the older maps has it, I don't think it was ever mentioned in text until issue 18. And the visitors guide mentions it being one of the more wealthier neighborhoods, along with Gibson Hills, creator of the Shadow. That could suggest referring more to Bob Kane, golden age era creator to another wealthy fictional character...

ADD: But Patterson Heights doesn't seem to fit that trend either though. Again I could be wrong on its reference too, but it makes sense if there is one. Now I'm leaning more towards Bob Kane. But for all we know it could be a reference to all three or none like you said. I'll just keep the question marks and doubts there.

EDIT: Going back through issue #19, with the little refresher article on the inside cover, featuring a reference to a Drake Moldoff(Sheldon Moldoff) as living in the South Kanewood neighborhood, I'm going with Bob Kane being the likely reference.

I put South Kanewood in as a separate entry for the moment. I know there's a blurb in the front of 19 and in issue 18 it referred to the location as South Kanewood. I'll try to see if it's an actual differentiation or just a detailed description, but will likely just move the mention under Kanewood sort of like how we have the Derbyville mention under Derbyfield. --Astrozac (talk) 06:21, 28 February 2014 (PST)

Be nice if we had a Creator Footnote section at the bottom of the page to mark any comic creator "homages" that Kurt has said in the press is indeed a "wink of the hat" gesture. All the unmarked rest, no matter how obvious, would still come down to fan speculation and assumption.--Infobroker (talk) 12:30, 28 February 2014 (PST)