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I just made a new friend the other day & his name is ARLEN SCHUMER. He is an extremely talented Graphic Artist & Illustrator, but more importantly, he's a HUGE Batman Fan! To prove it just check out the 2 pics up above. The 1st photo is a cover he drew back in 1976 for a Batman Fanzine called BATMANIA. But the funny thing is, he had done his own magazine about 6 years earlier... when he was just 12 years old ( that's the 2nd photo )! You can really see some improvement there, huh. Actually I think the 2nd one is great because, even though it's sort of crude, you can tell that a lot of love really went into it. Plus, it's pretty good for a 12 year old. It seems, that in one way or another, he has always been mixed up with the comic book style of drawing. He's done work for a large list of major clients. He just recently produced a book titled "Neal Adams, The Sketchbook" ( more on that later ). If you would like to see more modern-day examples of his work then just click HERE!
Recently, here at the Bat-Blog, we were contacted by a family member of the "Biljo White Estate". For readers unfamiliar with his work Biljo White was a commercial artist in the 1960's who was such a HUGE Batman Fan that he created a fanzine ( magazine ) called "BATMANIA". It covered all the recent news of the character. Just think of it as the "Bat-Blog done in paper & delivered in the mail", ha ha! White created all the artwork for the covers & inside content. It was a labor of love & he was also an extremely talented draftsman. The artwork is some very beautiful stuff! These vintage copies today are highly sought after by Batman Fans & are actually pretty hard-to-find. In the photo up above I show a few copies to give you an idea so please be sure to click on that graphic for a larger, more detailed, photo. Well, OK, now to the part where the family contacted us. They wanted me to do a post where I ask Bat-Blog Readers if you have ANY of Biljo White's artwork, especially these magazine issues. They want to put together a small book honoring his life & art. Personally, I really love this guy's artwork so it's an honor for me to do this. So, if ANY readers have any of these original issues then please contact us today. Thank You!
OK, Personally I don't use screen savers, until now! I found one that is super-animated & it's the opening credits animation from the 1966 Batman TV Show, it's pretty cool! I found it at my friend Martin's website. He has a really great Batman Fan Site from Argentina called BATMANIA. It's mostly in Spanish but you can still figure things out pretty good & there's some great photos & graphics. If you visit his page be sure to check out the cool Batman Wallpapers. I was there awhile back & got this screensaver. The more I thought about it I knew I had to share it with my readers because it is extremely cool! If you click on the graphic of the LAPTOP COMPUTER up above you can download the zip file for this program, it's FREE. It installs very easily & when you set it as your screen saver you will be amazed with it's beauty, ha ha! Oh yeah, I hope Martin doesn't mind me "stealing it" but I am hyping his wonderful website so please be sure to visit his page!! Here's a link button:
