In Pittsburgh, at the TOONSEUM, they're having an Comic Art Show called "SUPERHEROES : ICONS & ORIGINS". Basically it's an Art Gallery showing of Vintage Comic Book Art. Now, it was going to end on July 31st but now they have been extended it through August 21st. For more information, clickHERE!
Here's a very cool "Book Promo" video featuring artist Matthew Reinhart talking about the just released Little Brown and Co.’s DC SUPER HEROES: THE ULTIMATE POP-UP BOOK. I've always loved pop-up books & this one looks pretty interesting.
OK, I'm a total loser & don't get to brag much, but I gotta say that I'm really proud of our good buddy Sean Hartter! He's a very talented commercial artist & he recently got some amazing hype on his artwork over at the WEEKLY-CRISIS website. They did a fun story about his fake Retro-Style "Superhero Movie" Posters & Lobby Cards. Basically, he creates new images that look like old vintage advertising for movies that were never made ( but you WISH they had made, ha! ). As an example I'm showing one for THE JOKER with Tim Curry as the lead character. But at the Weekly-Crisis website you can see some of your favorite Superheroes like: Superman, Plastic Man, Iron Fist, Wolverine, & many more. Just click HERE!
A Fan of the Bat-Blog, a Good Citizen named Lazlo, sent us these totally hilarious & completely funny Batman Comic Strips that he found! Thanks Lazlo, YOU ROCK, Sir!
In 2009, Ray Griggs wrote & produced a superhero-parody movie called SUPER CAPERS. The basic story is about a good guy who with no powers joins a superhero team with no clue against a bad guy with no shame. The main character wants to be a hero very badly. But he has NO powers so he is sent to a special school to learn to be a superhero. To get to the school he hires a Taxi Driver to take him, who happens to be Adam West, & the taxi is a 1966 Batmobile Replica Car! To be honest, I have not seen the film yet but it is quickly becoming a cult favorite. I might have to rent it on my next video store trip. The movie has a pretty cool promotional website worth checking out, just click HERE!
This Vintage TV Commercial will bring back fond memories to anybody who is over the age of 30! It's for a famous product called UNDEROOS which were basically little kid's underwear made to look like superhero costumes. I know that I personally had the ones of Superman, Batman, & The Flash, ha ha! My sister had the Wonder Woman set & practically lived in them, ha ha!
If you read some of the main stream magazines you might have seen this advertising already. There's a new series of print ads for the POWER HOUSE HEATH CLUB using parody illustrations of fat obese overweight superheroes. Here's one of FAT BATMAN & they have also done Superman & Spiderman too. The concept was created by the EURO RSCG Advertising Agency from New Delhi, India. The Creative Director: Satbir Singh, Art Director / Copywriter: Gurdev Singh Sidhu, & Illustrator: Gurdev Baljeet. OK, These ads have got a lot of flak because a few crybabies are upset about comic book heroes being fat...DUH! That's the point, ya morons! The idea is to get you to think about being out of shape & joining a health club! Personally I kinda like these ads & think they're both effective & kinda funny. I bet the people in message boards that are crying about these ads are over-weight losers who live in their grandparents basement. Whattya think about that? Whew! Sorry to vent but while researching this story I came across a ton of these whiners who did nothing but nick-pick about all the tiny micro-details of what is wrong with these ads & not praising them for their "advertising quality". They need to get lives. I bet most of them have NEVER kissed a girl, ha ha!
