Sean Hartter's Retro-Style SUPERHERO MOVIE Posters

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!

Vintage Foreign BATMAN Movie Poster & Books

As a totally obsessed ( yes, crazy ) Batman Toy Collector one of my favorite areas in the genre are "foreign items". They're pretty hard to find here in the US & they're always interesting. Here's a few examples: This 1st item is a Vintage Movie Poster for the 1960's BATMAN film. But what make it unique is that it's from Italy & the language is completely Italian...awesome! I love the graphics on this thing. Now, the next 2 pictures show some cool Batman books from around the globe. The 1st book was published in France ( Yes, it's all in French, ha ha ) & it reprinted some Golden Age stories from 1943-44. It was released as a hardback around 1989, during the Tim Burton movie craze. The next book is a paperback & one of the things that make it extremely interesting is the size of the book is very very weird. It has a standard width, but it was made to be extremely tall ( or very long ). The next great thing about it is that it's from Uruguay! It was published around 1968 & is extremely RARE! So, I guess I'm gonna ask all Bat-Blog Fans who live outside the USA if they have any "foreign bat-books or toys" in their collections to please send us some photos. Thanks!

BATMAN AND JOKER Desktop Wallpaper Backgrounds

OK, This week I thought I would post a few Batman Wallpapers that feature The Joker & then maybe one of an image from BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD. Mainly, because I am sort of missing that cartoon & can't wait till they start airing new episodes. Also, I guess I need to sort of explain the 2 Joker ones. The 1st one is an image I came across on the Internet a long time ago. It was on a website that was totally Japanese & I guess the artwork was some sort of fan-art. It has a total anime-style that is pretty interesting but it's also very weird how the Joker is a female. It even has some sort of "romance angle". The whole thing is adapted from THE DARK KNIGHT movie & the clothes worn by "Mrs. Joker" are exactly like Heath Ledger's costume. But overall it's very well drawn & does make an interesting background ( try it ). The next one is an art submission from our buddy Sean Hartter. This is another one of his "Vintage Movie Poster / Lobby Cards" that are so much fun ( & very well done ). He likes to make these for movies that were never made, but should have been, ha! This one is a JOKER MOVIE starring Tim Curry. You know, the actor who played "Dr. Frank-N-Furter" in the 1975 Cult Classic Film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". He would have been incredible as the Joker! ( Thanks Sean for sending this in ). OK, now I know the wallpapers this week are sort of weird but I'm in kind of a funky mood lately so it's appropriate. Please let me know which one you like the best.

BATMAN IIX - Vintage Movie Poster Parody!

Shown here is a beautiful graphic created by our good friend Sean Hartter. It's a fake Vintage Movie Poster / Lobby Card featuring Donald Pleasence as Mr. Freeze! Oh man, he would have been great in that role. I always loved seeing him in movies. He was the perfect character actor, very creepy! I know you guys have seen him, just do a Google Search sometime & you'll say, "Oh yeah, that guy!" It's also funny to note, that in this total fantasy film, Batman would have been played by Burt Reynolds, ha ha ha! I really wish they would have made this movie : ) Thanks to Sean for sharing his fun artwork.

ADAM WEST - Vintage Movie Poster!

My friend John sent me this photo of a Vintage Movie Poster he actually bought. It starred Adam West "Batman". Yeah, it's funny because they sneaked on the word "Batman" in there, ha! This was a movie he obviously did after his "Caped Crusader" career. The name of the film is "THE GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH". From the looks of it, it's a gritty crime story about a dame who got too tied-up with the mob! The tag-line reads, "YOU HAVE TO BE CRAZY OR IN LOVE - TO TAKE ON THE SYNDICATE!". Adam West is shown with a badge so at least he's the good guy ( or is he? )! Thanks for sending the pic John, never seen this, & it's really cool!