Andy's BATMAN and JOKER Custom Artwork

Over at the Bat-Blog's Facebook page we recently met a very talented Graphic Artist named Andy Pemberton. He's a huge Batman Fan & since his Son is too he has even made a few items for his him. The first photo shows a nice pair of Custom-Painted Converse Shoes with images of Batman and The Joker from the "Batman: The Brave and The Bold" TV Show. This pair looks incredible & whoever does marketing for that show should sell these, they're great! But Andy's other shoes he has made are nice too. Check out the ones with Mr. Freeze ( Animated Series ) & Poison Ivy ( Comic Book Cover ) graphics... nice! Then, in the last photo, there's a few items Andy made for his Son. It's a Custom 1966 Batmobile-Inspired Bicycle Ride-On!! He also made him a Bike Safety-Helmet that looks like the Cowl worn by Adam West. Plus, there's a great Messenger Bike Bag with graphics from the animated intro to the classic '66 TV Show... AWESOME!! ( Thanks to Andy for sharing these pics & keep up the good work ).

Joel's Awesome BATMAN TOY COLLECTION Photos

Check out these wonderful "Batman Toy Collector" photos sent in by a Bat-Blog Fan named Joel. There is some extremely cool stuff here! Like, he has almost all the special Batman Converse Sneakers they recently made. These shoes are really cool! He also has some great T-Shirts, Action Figures, DVD Movies, Coloring Books, and if you look hard you'll even see the RED Bat-Phone! It's the one that the Gotham City Police Commissioner Jim Gordon uses to call the Dark Knight, ha ha! I wanna thank Joel for sharing his collection with us. It's always great to see what other bat-collectibles people have & how they display it. If you have something like this then you should send us some pics too. Our email button is always on the top right-hand side of this blog.

New BATMAN CONVERSE Shoes and Sneakers - Gotham City Style!

DC Comics announced recently that they have teamed-up with Converse Shoes to bring a new series of sneakers with graphics of their comic book characters. Well, a few pair have the Dark Knight himself, the Batman! Check out the pics up above & start drooling! Also, if you're interested in finding a store location, or seeing all the other shoes they have, then check out this LINK.

Art : THE JOKER & HARLEY QUINN Custom Converse Shoes / Sneakers

A new friend to the Bat-Blog, named KEN, sent us these amazing photos of some custom art he recently did. And when I say amazing I actually mean extremely freakin' cool! Ken took some plain boring white-canvas-style Converse Sneakers & made these shoes true works of ART! One shoe has graphics drawn all over it of The Joker while the other shoe is Harley Quinn. Check out the pics, they're pretty neat, huh. I wanna thank Ken for sending these awesome photos & I know he has an amazing Batman Toy Collection so I hope he sends some pics of those too ( Ken - hint, hint ). But seriously Ken, you did a great job on these! Nice coloring, sharp lines, they're just totally unique & clever! OK, as always I wanna extend an invitation to ALL Bat-Blog Readers who have any kind of info or pics that are Batman-related to please send them to us. Sharing the love of the character, doing fun art, & toy collecting is what this page is all about!

BATMAN BEGINS Converse Shoes Designed by Jim Lee

A couple of years ago, around the time of the BATMAN BEGINS movie, the famous Batman Comic Book Artist Jim Lee was invited by Converse Shoes to design a pair of "Batman Sneakers". I thought the design was pretty cool & decided to post a photo of them here. The funny thing is that Jim Lee said, "They never sent me a pair", ha ha.

Vintage 1966 Batman Sneakers: Randy Shoe Company

One of the most RARE pieces of Bat-Memorabilia was made by the Randy Shoe Company in 1966. Here are the Official Batman Sneakers with original box & hang-tag. If you click on the above photo you can get a larger, more detailed, picture of these beauties. The picture shows the top & bottom of the original box, the front & back of the hang-tag, & the awesome canvas shoes too! The graphics are so cool that I almost cry every time I see this photo, ha ha! Speaking of the photo, I stole this pic from the HAKES AUCTIONS website, don't tell them, ok? Actually, as a kid, I used to subscribe to their catalog & they always had the best stuff. They usually have a really great assortment of extremely RARE Batman Toys too. You can find them on the web via this link:

http://www.hakes.com

Vintage JOKER TOYS from the 1970's and 80's

With Heath Ledger playing the Joker in the next Batman Movie, THE DARK KNIGHT, I thought I would post a few cool vintage Joker items. Here's a nice assortment of toys from the 1970's & 80's. The 1st piece of Joker Memorabilia is a PEZ CANDY DISPENSER that came out in 1976. The unusual thing about this PEZ was that Joker's head was made out of soft rubber & they are usually hard plastic. This baby is pretty RARE & also very cool! The 2nd item is a set of Converse Tennis Shoes that were made during the 1st Batman Movie in 1989. At the time Jack Nicholson had a pretty sweet deal to get a huge royality from the sale of ALL Joker Memorabilia....nice! The 3rd item, & probably the rarest, is a MEGO ACTION FIGURE 8" DOLL of The Joker that is on a special "Grand Toys Card" ©1979. I's shown here in MINT unopened shape. It should torture all the Mego Fans out there, ha ha ha!