The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will present Tim Burton, a major retrospective exploring the full range of Tim Burton's creative work, both as a director of live-action and animated films, and as an artist, illustrator, photographer, and writer. Showcased here are just a few of the "Batman Items" that will be present. We got an original Batman Cowl from a Batman Movie, plus some Costume Design Drawings of both the Penguin & Catwoman from "Batman Returns" and one of The Joker ( Jack Nicholson ) from 1989's BATMAN. Plus, you know there will be much much more! Wow! It looks like a great show!
It will be on view at LACMA from May 29th ( This Sunday! ) through October 31st, 2011, the exhibition brings together over 700 drawings, paintings, photographs, moving-image works, storyboards, puppets, concept artworks, maquettes, costumes, and cinematic ephemera, including art from a number of unrealized and little-known personal projects. Many of these objects come from the artist's own archive, as well as from studio archives and private collections of Burton's collaborators.
Also, IMPORTANT BOOK SIGNING NOTICE:
Tim Burton will be available at the LAC Museum on SATURDAY, May 28th to personally sign the exhibition catalog book. He'll be there for only 2 hours, between 12:00 & 2:00. For more information, click HERE!
This is going to fit into "Weird & Wacky Bat-News" but it's kinda fun so follow me here. A friend of the Bat-Blog, named Travis, was channel surfing the other day & couldn't believe his eyes when he saw a guy on TV dressed as a beaten and bloodied Robin/Jason Todd! But he managed to sneak a screen shot so check out the pic! Yes! That's Jason Todd, AFTER being beaten by The Joker with a Crowbar!! Good eye Travis. Now, for people who want to see the entire episode, it's online for a limited time at the CBS website. This is the show that aired on April 15th, just click HERE! Oh yeah, as a side note, I think the "Hawaiian Girl" is kinda cute, ha!
We're excited! The Bat-Blog just got some awesome new photos showing the costumes and set design for the UK stage show of BATMAN LIVE WORLD ARENA TOUR!! They were very large pics so I decided to offer them as super-fun BATMAN LIVE WALLPAPERS you can use to brighten your desktop's background. All the photos are pretty much self-explanatory! The 1st one shows the costumes for some of the characters: The Joker, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, Batman, Robin, Riddler, The Penguin, & Poison Ivy. The next wallpaper features just Batman and Robin, but it shows a lot of details to their costume design. Last, but not least, the final photo shows what the "Gotham City" Set Design of the Stage will look like. So, which costume is your favorite?
YES! FINALLY! We finally get some decent press coverage from the BATMAN LIVE World Tour Show that will start in the UK & then arrive later in the US. Oh yeah, Featured in these 4 Video Clips: We get to see the Set Design, an Animation Sample for the Stage Video Screen, a CG representation of Harley Quinn's Carnival & also Wayne Manor ( with a very small teaser of the Bat-Cave ), and then the very last video shows all the Actors & their Costumes! Oh man, everything looks really really AWESOME!! I think this show is going to be incredible!
Here's a wonderful photo my friend Leslie sent to us yesterday. She took a trip to the Smithsonian American History Museum & thought of the Bat-Blog when she saw this. Shown here is a museum display case with the original CATWOMAN COSTUME worn by Lee Meriwether in the 1966 BATMAN Movie. Now, I went to this Museum when I was a very little kid, many many years ago. I remember they had some totally amazing stuff & I thought it was so cool that I got to touch an actual moon rock, ha! I wanna thank Leslie for taking this pic & sharing it with us, that's very sweet. If any other Bat-Blog Fans come across cool historical bat-stuff like this then please share your pics too ( Our email button is always on the top right-hand side of this page ).
I recently came across a wonderful blog called "Sewing Cafe". It's a personal site of an Artist named Lynne Williams. There, she posts a lot of "How To" Articles & Tutorials on Craft Sewing Projects. This girl is an expert at making "Adam West-Style" Costumes. Just like the one seen on the 1966 BATMAN TV Show. The cool thing is she shares a lot of this information on her website. So, if you're in the market to create a cool new bat-suit, check it out! You can visit her site by clickingHERE!
Here's a wonderful photo sent in by our good friend Batmobilly. This is a picture of his Daughter dressed-up as Batgirl & her friend as Robin. Batmobilly said, as both a Father and Major Batman Fan, this was a very proud moment for him. I have to agree. I mean, the costumes do look extremely cool!
Here's an extremely wonderful photo sent in by a Bat-Blog Fan named David. It shows his beautiful one month old Son Mason sporting one of the onesies that Mason's Mom picked up from Kmart. The great thing, it's made to look like a Batman Bat-Suit Costume! Thank you David for sharing this very sweet family moment. Your Mason IS a true Superhero!! I mean, "He is The Dark Knight!"
One of the greatest things I love about doing the Bat-Blog is getting to meet Batman Fans from all over the world. Here are some photos sent-in by a friend named Arturo. He lives in Mexico & wanted us to see his JOKER costume he made for a party. It looks like everybody had a fun time! The costume is very well done & the funny thing is that he had a mustache ( which he didn't shave off ) & he covered it with white make-up in honor of Cesar Romero, the Actor who played the Joker in TV's 1966 BATMAN! Now, how cool is that?! Whoops, I guess I should explain that, back in the 1960's, Romero refused to shave his trademark mustache & left it on to become the Joker. They just covered it with white make-up & it's always been sort of an unusual piece of Bat-History. Thank you for sending the wonderful photos Arturo!
Here's a wonderful vintage photo from the 1960's. I think the actual year might have been either 1966 or '67. It shows Adam West as Batman ( in his TV Show Bat-Suit Costume ) riding in the back of a car during the Aqua Fest Parade in Austin, Texas! Oh man, I bet every little kid in the audience totally freaked-out on that day, ha ha! Thanks Paul for sending this rare pic. It's a very interesting piece of Bat-History.
This Bat-Blog post is a request to ask for your vote. Our friend, Elise "Harley Quinn" Archer, is participating in a contest right now at the Top Geek website. She has entered in her other persona known as "Harley Quinn" ( see the above photos ). She's the only person in the contest supporting the Batman character so we really want her to win! Plus, she deserves to win because her acting skills & cosplay costume is really really great! Be sure to check out the video down below for a better idea on this. Then, please CLICK HERE & vote for her today, thank you!
Here's a fun video sent in by our friend Michael. He and his wife made their cat, DONUTS, a Batman costume for Halloween. They did a really great job on it and, personally, I like that it's the older "vintage 1970's retro-style" outfit with the blue & gray colors, very cool! So, Here's DONUTS IN ACTION!
Oh yeah! You know we totally love old family photos like this!! Here's an incredible piece of Bat-History sent-in by our good friend Steve. This was him back in the day, May 1966 to be exact! He's shown here riding his trusty Bat-Tricycle while wearing his Ben Cooper Halloween Costume...Ya Gotta love It!! ( Thanks Steve ) Hey, if any other Bat-Blog Fans have pics like this then please send them in. Sharing the love of the character is the main focus of this website!
The Bat-Blog Batman Fan Site always strives to share all the current Batman news. Stuff like "The Dark Knight Rises" Movie, Comics, New Toys & Collectibles, the TV Cartoon, etc... but sometimes we share wacky-funny stuff. Here's a great example! This is a wonderful photo sent in by our friend Daniel. He explains, "This is a wooden bear statue outside my housing development that the management dresses up in various seasonal costumes throughout the year. For Halloween this year he was sporting a child's Batman costume (with a mask from The Dark Knight movie, guess the one that came with the costume didn't fit his snout!) how cool is that?" Oh yeah, it is extremely cool! Thank you Dan. If any other Bat-Blog Readers have fun stuff like this to share then please do. Our e-mail button is always on the top right-hand side of this page.
OK, I thought this video was sort of heart-warming. It shows a kid named Carter who, for Halloween, had a special custom "Batmobile Car" made for his wheelchair. The theme of the chair went with his Batman Halloween Costume. Now, how cool is that?! I think it's pretty clever. Go Carter, GO!
OK, since Halloween is right around the corner I thought we would post this costume make-up tutorial for some readers ( Yes, Women love this site too ). This video teaches you how to do POISON IVY "green face" make-up. It looks pretty good & would make an excellent Halloween costume.
OK, check out these wonderful photos. Here is the Cutest Little Batman Fan in the whole wide world!! Her name is Sophia & her proud Father sent us these great pics yesterday. This year, for Halloween ( and probably the whole year, ha ha ), she is going to be Batgirl & she's shown here in her Batman T-Shirt Costume. It's really really cool & even has a cape on the back! Oh man, look at that pretty smile. She is so adorable!! Many Bat-Blog Readers have recently been sharing their Batman-related Halloween photos & it's really fun! So, if you have a Batman Costume or Carved Pumpkin then please feel free to send us some pics to share, thanks.
I have been getting a few emails the last few days from our good buddy BatDave. Last week he went to the NYC Big Apple 2010 Comic Con in New York City ( Manhattan ). While there he got some extremely cool photos to share. So many in fact that I plan to spread them out a little bit. The Actors from the 1966 BATMAN TV Show were there, Adam West & Burt Ward, & he got some great pics of them. The '66 Batmobile car was there too & you can look forward to seeing it later on as well. But for right now, in this 1st wave, we get to see a few Cosplay people who all have totally amazing Batman-themed costumes. The 1st one is a 1970's retro-style costume, very cool! The others include a very cute Batgirl, a Batman Beyond Bat-Suit, a Custom Batman Suit ( very creative ), & even Deathstroke! This is probably one of the most fun things that happen at a comic book convention nowadays. You walk around the corner & BAMM!, there's the Caped Crusader, ha ha! I wanna thank BatDave for sending all the great pics because I know every Bat-Blog Fan will get a total kick out of them!
Here are some amazing photos sent in by our friend Damon showing him dressed-up as The JOKER from THE DARK KNIGHT Movie ( Heath Ledger version ). Both the make-up & costume look incredible. In fact, this would probably be one of the best Batman Costumes at any Halloween party! Now the pics he sent were pretty BIG so as a bonus I thought I would make them JOKER WALLPAPERS. Yes, you can use these images as a background to brighten your PC desktop.
Hey, Check it out! It's our good buddy Desmond & he's the coolest kid in the whole wide world! Why? Because ...HE IS BATMAN!! See, here's the photographic proof, ha ha! Actually, Desmond's parents just bought him this extremely awesome "Batman Costume" T-Shirt at Target & they wanted to share this information with other Bat-Blog Fans, especially parents with small children. So, thanks Desmond...your bat-shirt is GREAT!! Now that I think about it, this would be sort of cool for Halloween. Thanks for sending us the cool pic.
