The interesting history of the map of Gotham City.

I came across this and passed it along to Rich Johnston over at Bleeding Cool but if it doesn’t make it over there I came across this great article in the Smithsonian Magazine of all places that is a fun read for any comics fan:

Before DC Comics  could destroy Gotham City, there had to be a Gotham City to destroy. Enter artist and illustrator Eliot R. Brown, the cartographer of Gotham.