...Well yes, I did get the Mayhem of the Music Meister CD, and that IS one of my current favorite songs. But also...

You know how I'm keeping a counter of all the Batman references in "Madness Love"? (And if you don't know, head over there immediately and start reading it...says the evil little egotist inside me. >.> ) Well, literally half of those references were completely unintentional, as in I stuck them in without fully consciously realizing what I was doing. But that's okay, because the whole story is inspired by/a parody of the Batman oneshot "Mad Love". So it just goes with the territory.

But...

While putting together my portfolio...

One of my pieces is the original black-and-white lineart for part of "The Trouble With Arkhamites". So that was to be expected.

Another piece is page 4 (9 on the PDF here) of "Ian's Second Childhood", which has a sketch of Batman lurking in the background, but that's also to be expected, because there are a zillion different superhero references in that page.

But then there's also a pen sketch of my school (not yet uploaded) with pen techniques inspired by my intense adoration of the pen work in Showcase Batgirl. And another pen sketch of Harvey's mother Harriet (also not yet uploaded) in a costume taken from an episode of Adam West Batman.

Plus a page of the aforementioned "Mad Love" parody.

...He's really driven me bats.

YEEK! edit: ...I got accepted into the college I wanted. Which is weird because a) it's only been one month since I sent in my application, b) right now, it's almost a FULL YEAR before I would even be STARTING there, and c) THEY'RE OFFERING ME $10,000 (A FULL 25% OF THE TOTAL PRICE OF GOING THERE, INCLUDING ROOMING AND MEAL PLANS) FOR ALL FOUR YEARS BASED ON MY ACADEMIC RECORD ALONE. So I have to make and submit my portfolio soon so I can try and score more cash. >.< So hopefully my portfolio winds up driving them bats...in a good way.