Tag Archive | "Batman"

The Dark Knight Rises…

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

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Okay, we’ve just had the Avengers open and I have to say it was indeed as good as the hype and as good as I had hoped for. Much as I have huge faith normally in Joss a multi-character superhero team flick is not an easy thing to pull off, but he did so and [...]

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“This is your brain on drugs…”

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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Harvey Dent teaches youngsters a valuable lesson about the dangers of experimenting with drugs – hey, kids, don’t take acid! And come to think of it, don’t mess around with the other type of acid either… Is this how the anti-drug message is taught to Gotham’s school children?? (from Dorkly via Neatorama) Dorkly has several [...]

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The Dark Knight in 60 Seconds

Friday, March 2, 2012

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Rob C Nisperos uploaded his animated short that he entered into the Virgin Radio Fake Film Festival, a brief but cracking potted Dark Knight in just 60 seconds! The Dark Knight in 60 Seconds – Animated from Rob C. on Vimeo.

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Captain Batman?

Thursday, February 16, 2012

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Fashionably Geek showcases the body art of Daris Akers, a tattoo and comics fan who decided to bring together DC and Marvel with a Captain America tat across his back and Batman across the front. Pretty darned cool…

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Drunken Batman gets animated

Friday, February 10, 2012

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Several months back I blogged about Spencer Scott Holmes and Ryan Dunigan’s Drunken Batman video (see here). I notice on their Vimeo channel that they now have animated versions of the Drunk Knight to check out: Drunk Batman and Robin Animated Short 1- Smart Phone from Spencer Scott Holmes on Vimeo. Drunk Batman and Robin [...]

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Dr Seuss doing Batman?

Saturday, January 7, 2012

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After having done 50+ pages of his Call Of Cthulhu (For Beginning Readers) mashing up Dr Seuss’ style and H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos? Dr FaustusAU has taken on various Gotham City residents a la Seuss as well, with Riddler, Catwoman and Two-Face in addition to Bats and The Joker above. (Via Buzzfeed) And on the Cthulhu [...]

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Batman opening in Lego!

Monday, December 19, 2011

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Now this really made me smile – take the cult, camp fun of the opening title sequence for the 60s Adam West starring Batman TV series and redo it in animation using Lego! Brilliant and geektastic! (via ReiWorks):

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Jerry Robinson and the Joker

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

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A few days ago we lost another of legendary figures of old school comics, Jerry Robinson; the other evening I spotted this short video recorded a couple of years ago at the New York Comic Con with Jerry being asked about the creation of one of the comic world’s most iconic figures, The Joker, as [...]

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I am Batman

Thursday, December 8, 2011

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I just love Dan Berry’s recent Batman sketch – and I like the way his angular Dark Knight now sports a more jagged, straight-edged logo that looks like the Bat-logo crossed with a TIE Fighter. Fab.

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Batman – cleaning up, er, Coventry??

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

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Having sorted out Gotham’s criminal woes, naturally the Dark Knight would next turn his attention to an urban sprawl that is an even bigger hive of scum and villainy than even Mos Eisley – Coventry!

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DC The New 52: Batman and Wonder Woman. DC gets its icons just right

Saturday, October 22, 2011

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Batman # 2 By Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo DC Comics Well, issue 1 impressed greatly, with even Capullo’s art getting a thumbs up. And here’s issue 2 doing exactly the same. The story has bite, intrigue, a setup of a new major threat to Batman and Gotham; The Court Of Owls. And it does [...]

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Batman and Dredd

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

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Jon Haward has been sketching Judge Dredd and the Batman, and rather nicely he’s posted up not only the finished drawing but also the steps in-between to show how he works, from the rough pencil sketch above, to the finished version before, with the various stages visible on Jon’s blog. I always enjoy seeing a [...]

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Drunken Batman

Friday, October 14, 2011

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Spencer Scott Holmes and Ryan Dunigan’s Drunken Batman and Robin makes a nod to Frank Miller’s controversial and much lampooned (deservedly so, I think) “I’m the goddam Batman” scene: Drunk Batman and Robin- Family Values from Spencer Scott Holmes on Vimeo.

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DC 52 – Batman

Monday, September 26, 2011

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Batman #1 Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion DC Comics “Gotham is...” Opening with an impressive triple panel of Gotham we get three fractured glimpses of this troubled city, from filthy, rat-infested Crime Alley to a towering, modern (and yet still with gloomy, brooding, Gothic overtones) business block and finally an ornate, vast mansion (presumably [...]

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DC – The New 52: The final word on week 1 …. Detective Comics and Batgirl from Joe

Thursday, September 15, 2011

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Detective Comics #1 Tony S Daniel and Ryan Winn It’s pretty rare these days for me to pick up a weekly or monthly comic – I’ve collected them for years, still have boxes of them, still have a lot of love for them, but these days more often than not I tend to pick up [...]

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