In terms of Penguin, many decades ago when I had dreams of writing and drawing Batman, I wanted Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot to be born in England. I feel that the early comics--with him quoting Shakespeare and Keats--are suggestive of this. My idea was to give him a family background similar to that of Alfred Hitchcock (who has a bird fascination in his movies). However, it wasn't Oswald who became the film director--it was his brother, Osgood. The two brothers were estranged and Osgood went on to have a career in Hollywood much like Hitch had.