Batman Comic Book Artist JOE KUBERT Will be Signing in NJ This Saturday, June 4th!

This post is just a friendly reminder that the Famous BATMAN Comic Book Artist JOE KUBERT will be LIVE at the Dewey's Comic City Store in Madison, NJ on Saturday, June 4th ( that's tomorrow! ). For more info, click HERE!

BATMAN WALLPAPERS - Comic Book Graphics & BATMAN LIVE World Arena Tour

Hey Kiddos! It's Wednesday so you know what time it is... "Wacky Wallpaper Wednesday"!! We have some great stuff this week so let's get to it. The 1st one is a Batman background with a simple color palette. Basically, it's comic book style graphics ( line art ) in 2 shades of blue, Nice! This was submitted by our friend Galen, who, I think colored it. Either way it's pretty awesome! The next wallpaper is a publicity photo for the BATMAN LIVE World Arena Tour. There hasn't been much news or hype about this UK event lately so I thought this image would be fun!

Meet JOE KUBERT at Dewey's Comic City in Madison, NJ

If you live near Madison, New Jersey then here's your chance to meet a Comic Book Legend, Joe Kubert! He's mostly known for working on the Sgt. Rock comics but he has also done a ton of work with Batman ( Just a few covers shown here ). In fact, they made one of the "Batman: Black and White" Statues in his honor. Next week he will be at a comic book store called "Dewey's Comic City" on June 4th, 2011 between 1:00 to 3:00pm. If you go then please be sure to tell him that, "The Bat-Blog said Howdy!". For more info, click HERE!

New BATMAN AND ROBIN Comic Book Cover is Crazy!

I mean "crazy" in a good way, ha! Here is the extremely surrealistic cover art by Chris Burnham for BATMAN AND ROBIN # 26, due in August. The main story involves the Dynamic Duo going to France because lunatics have escaped from Le Jardin Noir, the French equivalent to Gotham City's Arkham Asylum. The story was written by David Hine and illustrated by Greg Tocchini. But check out this wacky-cool cover!! ( Click on it for a larger, more detailed, version ) It looks like something by Rene Magritte or Salvadore Dali!!

DC RETROACTIVE - NORM BREYFOGLE & ALAN GRANT Are Making BATMAN COMICS Again!

OK, Batman Comic Book Fans from the late 80's & early 90's will totally remember the artwork of Norm Breyfogle. He drew the character from 1987 to 1993. Well, DC Comics is bringing him back for a one-shot called "DC RETROACTIVE: BATMAN, The 90's". Now, don't look for it real soon, it doesn't hit the shops until August 17th, ha! But it should be pretty cool & well worth the wait because they're also bringing back the same Writer from that period, Alan Grant! Both Norm & Alan will revisit a pair of villains closely associated with their original run on The Caped Crusader: The Ventriloquist and Scarface! Released on a technicality one year after being arrested, this bizarre duo is determined to reclaim their status in the upper echelon of Batman’s Rogues Gallery. This “lost tale” of the era spins directly out of DETECTIVE COMICS #613, reprinted in this issue!

New 2011 BATMAN Hallmark Christmas Ornaments

Hallmark Stores just released some beautiful photos of their next extremely awesome BATMAN-Themed Christmas Ornaments. The one on the left is called "Batman Takes Flight" and is a more Modern-Day Comic Book version. The 2nd one is the 1966 Batmobile Car from the TV Show which plays the "Batman Theme" Music !! Look for these in Hallmark Stores around July.

What Country Are These BATMAN Comics From?

Anyone who has been reading the BAT-BLOG for any length of time knows that I am totally goo-goo for Batman "Foreign Comic Books", ha! But here are two ( images, not actual books ) that I recently found & I have no idea where they're from. So, this post was made to ask everyone out there, "Do you know what country these came from or maybe the publisher?" Both of them look like reprints. The 1st one with the Joker on the cover has the artwork from the original cover to Joker #2. The next comic is a reprint of a 1960's story with classic art by Carmine Infantino. I forget the number of the actual BATMAN issue but it's a very iconic image.

New 2012 BATMAN CALENDARS - Arkham City Video Game and Gotham City Sirens

I know 2012 is a long time away but we just got some news about a very cool set of 2012 Batman 16-Month Wall Calendars that will be available soon. The 1st one is inspired by the BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY Video Game. The 2nd one will be loved by Fans of the GOTHAM CITY SIRENS Comic Book Series. You know these lovely girls: Catwoman, Poison Ivy, & Harley Quinn... MEOW! The cool thing is that both of these Calendars will also come with some FREE Digital Material you can download to your computer ( Basically, it will be an Electronic Calendar Widget for your desktop ). Now, I don't know which one of these I'm going to get yet, maybe both, ha! I mean, both Calendars look pretty cool & it's hard to decide. If you would like to pre-order them & save 20% then please use the link button down below.

AUCTION NEWS - Frank Miller's 1986 THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS Original Comic Book Splash Page Art

Right now at Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas ( for the next day & 1/2 ) they're having an auction for an original piece of Batman Comic Book Art by Frank Miller. It's the famous splash page from BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS ( © 1986 ) showing Batman & Carrie Kelley ( The 1st Female "Robin" ) flying through the sky of Gotham City. It's an extremely iconic image & also a major part of Bat-History. Right now the piece is up to $100,000.00! Yes, you read that right, one hundred thousand dollars! Man, being poor totally sucks, ha! For more info, or to bid on this baby, just click HERE!

Shane's BATMAN TATTOO Inspired by the Comic Book Art of Tony Daniel

Look at this amazing BATMAN TATTOO ART our friend Shane recently got inked on himself. It was done by Aja Ann ( Kitty Tatt ) from "Dig A Tattoo" in Dunedin, New Zealand and is some of Tony Daniel's artwork from the BATMAN R.I.P. Comic Book series. The gradient values of the color are wonderful & this BAT-TAT came out great ( Good work Aja! ) and thanks to Shane for sharing the photo. If anybody else every gets some work done then please remember to share. The Bat-Blog is all about the love of the Dark Knight character in ALL it's forms.

BATMAN and TWO-FACE ARTWORK by Ethan Van Sciver

This is just a quick post to share some extremely beautiful BATMAN artwork I saw on the Internet awhile back. Here are 2 Comic Book Convention Bat-Art Sketches done by Ethan Van Sciver. The 1st one features our favorite Caped Crusader, The Batman and the 2nd one is the Villain, Two-Face... AWESOME!

New BATMAN AND ROBIN Comic Book Wallpapers

Hey Kids, it's "Wacky Wallpaper Wednesday", on Thursday! Every week we post a few Free BATMAN Desktop Backgrounds & yesterday I was so excited about "Batman: Year One" Animated Movie News that I completely forgot. Yes, I'm a total idiot, ha!



OK, now check this out, the 1st wallpaper shown here is one I made using some recent comic book graphics, it's pretty straight forward. The fun part is that it looks like the Dynamic Duo is rushing right at you! Plus, the artwork is pretty nice.



The 2nd one was submitted by a Bat-Blog Fan who drew this on his computer. One technique he used to make this image extremely AWESOME is that the characters are in sharp focus while the background is slightly blurred, a very cool visual effect! It gives the idea of fast movement and action... very nice! Now, I feel really bad but I lost the email from this person. So, at the moment I'm kind of unable to give the Artist credit & I apologize ( Hey, if you're the guy who drew this then please contact me again. Because of some problems with my server I lost your message, thanks. Oh yeah, this art is really really great!! )

Video - Adam West on Meeting Batman Co-Creator Bob Kane

Here's an interesting video that's a small segment from the EMMY TV LEGENDS series. It's from the Adam West interviews & it's the one where West tell the story of meeting Bob Kane ( Batman Co-Creator )for the first time, it's kinda funny, enjoy!

Sneak Peek - BATMAN ARKHAM CITY Comic Book Issue # 1

DC Comics will soon be releasing a six-part comic book series titled BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY. It will bridge the gap between the first video game, Arkham Asylum, and the next, Arkham City. It will be written by Paul Dini & illustrated by Carlos D'Anda. Now, GAMESPOT ( a leader in Video Gaming News ) just got an EXCLUSIVE where they share a few pages of the very first issue of BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM # 1. Shown here at the Bat-Blog are the 1st three and if you click HERE you can read the rest. So far, it looks pretty cool!

BATMAN WALLPAPERS - Inspired by the Art of Alex Toth

For this week's "Wacky Wallpaper Wednesday" I'm proud to say that the artwork for these 2 Batman Wallpaper Backgrounds were supplied by a friend to the Bat-Blog named Tom DeRosier. He said that when drawing them he was being inspired by the Comic Book Art of Alex Toth. Looking at them I can totally see the influence, especially the "painted brushstroke" black line. Toth worked in comics, on & off, for many decades. He was also a Lead Designer for Hanna-Barbera Animation. He worked on the 1970's SUPER FRIENDS Cartoon & this is where our friend took inspiration. Mr. Toth died in 2006 at the age of 78. I met him once, at a Comic Book Convention in the late 70's. He was extremely nice & a lot of fun to talk to. Plus, he was a GREAT Artist.

Derrick's RIDDLER TATTOO - Batman Comic Book Cover Art!

Most Loyal Readers of the Bat-Blog are pretty serious Batman Fans. In fact, some of them even go out & get tattoos to prove it! Here's a great example: Shown here is an amazing tattoo of THE RIDDLER that our friend Derrick just got recently. It's based on the Batman comic book art of Tony Daniel. It's from the cover to Batman # 699. This Bat-Tat turned out great & I wanna thank Derrick for sending this to us. If any other Bat-Fans out there get some ink done then please do the same.

BATMAN NEWS: Bruce Wayne Went To Yale University!!

Batman is on the cover of this month's YALE Alumni Magazine! No, seriously! Some very serious Scholars have done a lot of research and found more than one example of proof that Bruce Wayne, while in his early "Batman training days", had gone to Yale & even got a Diploma! They cite "Detective Comics # 439, page 16" where there's an image of Batman standing in Bruce Wayne's office & it shows a framed YALE Diploma on the wall, ha! They also use the proof from another piece of Bat-Hstory where Batman is looking at a Wayne Family Photo Album & there's a picture of his Grandfather wearing a Yale Football Uniform & there's some comment about 3 generations of the Wayne Family going there. There are also many more fun references that are total proof that "Batman Went To Yale", ha! For the complete story be sure to visit the YALE Alumni Magazine website, just click HERE!



Side Note: Remember that there are different articles to read online, just look for the "March/April 2011" issue.

International BATMAN Comic Books - Photo Reference

I was recently surprised by a wonderful email from a Bat-Blog Fan named Marc. He lives in Germany & loves to collect "international Batman Comics". He sent us some photos from his comic book collection & they're a total joy to see. Basically, they're a few issues he has where he shows different variations from different countries. We get to see books in many foreign languages: German, English, French, Spanish, etc... The interesting thing is that sometimes they create whole new artwork for the cover. The "BATMAN: GOTHAM NOIR" Graphic Novel is the perfect example of that. I wanna thank Marc for taking the time to shoot these pics, I appreciate that. If any other Bat-Blog Readers have interesting things about their comic book or toy collections that you would like to share then please do. The main focus of the Bat-Blog is the joys of being a Bat-Fan & Collector.

Drew's VINTAGE BATMAN COMIC BOOK LOGO TATTOO Photo

Check out this really really great BATMAN TATTOO ART that features the Golden Age BATMAN Comic Book Logo! I have always loved this old vintage graphic so seeing it as a tattoo is a lot of fun. Plus, the Artist, Bill at the Tattoo Lounge in Los Angeles ( CA. ), did an amazing job on it. A Bat-Blog Fan named Drew sent us this photo, thanks Drew!

Read BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD # 1 Comic Book Free Online

Just a quick heads-up: If you visit the "DC Kids" website you can read the entire First Issue of BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD # 1 Comic Book... for FREE! The teaser story has Batman teamed-up with AQUAMAN. Outrageous! Then, the next one involves POWER GIRL! Just Click HERE!