Right now many parents are trying to get their kids ready for school. That means buying new school supplies. Well, a friend sent me these pics of a few notebooks & folders he found the other night at Wal-Mart. They're made by a company called "Innovative Designs". They have Batman, Joker, Aquaman, Superman, & The Flash on them so some collectors are gonna want them ( I bet I'll buy some eventually ). The weird thing is they use vintage 1980's stock art ( Artist - Jose Luis Garcia Lopez ) & one folder even has the old SUPER POWERS ( Kenner Action Figures ) logo on it! I guess the art director was going for a retro-80's vibe...that's cool. Thank you to the BATFAN for sending the great pics. Readers, be sure to click on the above photos for larger versions.
OK, here at the Bat-Blog we get a lot of tattoo photos from readers who have got some personalized Batman or Joker Tattoos but this one is pretty dang sexy! Our friend Justine just recently, like just the other night, got this Bat-Symbol logo on her foot. It's a very simple, clean, sharp, minimal design that I think is pretty cool. Also, did I say pretty DANG SEXY, ha ha! Thank you for sending the photo in Justine & congrats on the awesome bat-tat. As always we wanna invite all other readers who have got some Batman-inspired tattoos to send us a pic too, thanks!
I had to post this photo because this kid is so super-cool!! In fact, he ROCKS! I mean, he's a Batman Fan & you can't get any cooler than that!! Actually, it's our friend Paul's Grandkid but I still think it's a great picture ( I Love The Bat-Symbol T-Shirt! ) & I do think the kid is very cool. Paul also sent us some amazing pics of a few pieces from his Batman Collection. They're really great & you won't wanna miss 'em! ( Thanks Paul ) We'll post those later so everybody keep an eye out.
OK Boys & Girls, It's time again for "Wacky Wallpaper Wednesday" here at the Bat-Blog, OH YEAH! This week I'm proud to say that the 2 super-awesome Batman backgrounds we're showing here today were totally contributed by Bat-Blog Readers. The 1st one is an original from a graphic artist friend named Sean Hartter. I really love this one because it's so creative. It's a Batman & Joker image made to look like an old vintage 1970's movie poster or, actually, a movie theater lobby card. I like all the great little details, like the vintage 70's Warner Bros logo. This would have been a really great film too what with William S. Burroughs writing it! It also has Christopher Walken as Batman & David Bowie as The Joker...great stuff! The 2nd wallpaper is really great too. It was sent in by The BATFAN, who has been sharing his amazing Batman Art Collection with us recently. The graphic here is an original piece of production art drawn by Jim Lee, the Master! This was his prototype drawing for the "Jim Lee" Batman: Black and White Statue. Since this piece of ceramic art is so popular it's really cool to see the original sketch. Plus, I'm a big fan so it's always a treat to see his work. So, I hope most of you like these & I wanna thank both Hartter & BATFAN for contributing the art here...you guys ROCK!!
Recently at the Yamato Cosplay Cup in Brazil ( 2009 ) a fan dressed up as the Penguin ( Danny Devito version from the 1992 BATMAN RETURNS movie ). He did a small musical number on stage. It's kind of surreal to watch but the costume is actually very good, the make-up too. One thing I learned while reading about this was that this character is known as "Pinguim" in Brazil...very cool!
I wanna thank Jimmy for sending us this photo. It's a scan of an old 60's newspaper comic strip ( Be sure to click on the small graphic up above for a larger, more readable, version ). Of course we all know Mort Walker's Beetle Bailey. I have always loved his artwork & special graphic style. Anyway, I guess that the Batman TV Show was such a hit that in 1966 Mort Walker did a parody of it in his work. The comic strip starts out with Sergeant Snorkel sleeping & having a dream that he & Beetle Bailey are "FATMAN AND SLOBBER!" Ha Ha, Great stuff! Thanks again Jimmy..."To The Fatmobile!"
Oh man, check out these crazy photos! A cool company called Classic Plastick, famous for making extremely awesome model kits, made this Prototype Action Figure ( Doll ) of Adam West from the 1966 Batman TV Show. Actually, it's more like a Custom Toy since I don't think they actually sell them but did it for fun! Anyway, they did an incredible job on it & I totally love all the details, even the Display Box design is great! My favorite parts are the super-detailed Bat-Belt & the accessories, the Bat-a-Rang & Bat-Radio, very cool. The head sculpt is really great too as it looks exactly like the real person. I really wish this figure was available at Wal-mart or Target, ha ha! I mean, I would buy TWO of them: One to display, unopened, mint in original box. Then another one to play with, ha ha!
