RETRO BATMAN BACKGROUNDS - Wacky Wallpaper Wednesday!

Hey Boys and Girls, it's time again for "Wacky Wallpaper Wednesday"! This is when the BAT-BLOG.COM posts a few BATMAN WALLPAPERS for your viewing pleasure. Please be sure to share them with all your friends!!



Now, the 1st one was made using a high-resolution photo of a Vintage 1940's BATMAN SERIAL Movie Poster. I'm totally loving the "Golden Age" style! The 2nd one was created by a 3-D Computer Artist who was inspired by the 1966 BATMAN TV Show. So, I guess both of these are sort of retro!

Official THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Batman Movie TEASER POSTER!

Yesterday, Warner Bros released an official image on their Batman "THE DARK KNIGHT RISES" Movie Website of the "Teaser Poster" for the film. Here it is, click on it for a HUGE version. It shows an upward shot of crumbling buildings ( Gotham City ) and there's a "hidden" image of the Bat-Logo. What do you think? Now, please keep in mind that the "teaser stuff" is usually extremely vague & mysterious.

NEW BATMAN MOVIE BACKGROUNDS - Wacky Wallpaper Wednesday!

It's time once again here at the BAT-BLOG for "Wacky Wallpaper Wednesday" & I have to confess that I'm very proud to say that both of these Batman Wallpapers today were created and submitted by 2 Batman Fans. Check 'em out! The 1st one comes from our friend Pat. He made this image using many different photos of various BATMAN Movie Actors. You practically have the whole history of Bat-Cinema right here, a lot of fun! Then, the next one is from our buddy Sean Hartter. He's a very talented Graphic Artist who likes to create these fake "Vintage Movie Posters" of Batman movies we all wish would have been made. This one is styled like an old "Lobby Card" & features a young Linda Blair as BATGIRL. Yes, that would have been a crazy film! Thanks to everybody for their submissions. These backgrounds are AWESOME!

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 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.

THE DARK KNIGHT Batman Movie Ad Banners in Taipei City!

WOW! Last week I met a Batman Fan all the way from Egypt & now one from Taiwan...how cool is that? Last night I got a very nice email from a new friend named Jerry who lives there. He wrote to say how much he loved the Bat-Blog ( I never get tired of hearing that, ha ha! ) & he sent these wonderful photos he took awhile back in Taipei City. As you can see, THE DARK KNIGHT Batman movie was a very big deal there. In fact, they posted these HUGE mural-size billboards advertising the film. I totally love that! Taipei City is a great place I would like to visit. For awhile it had the tallest building in the world until when Dubai recently completed their latest skyscraper & stole the title. But regardless, it's one of the world's greatest cities & a very beautiful place. I want to thank Jerry for sending these fun pics & also want to invite all other Bat-Blog Readers to do the same. Remember, please send us ANY Batman-related stuff you come across...thanks!!

BATMAN MOVIE ACTOR AUTOGRAPHS: Christian Bale & Michael Keaton Now Signing at Celebrity Authentics

The big news right now is that "Celebrity Authentics", a company that hires big-name actors & movie stars to sign photos & movie posters, finally got 2 new Batman Actors in their stable of celebrity autograph signers. They now have Christian Bale & Michael Keaton! Both of these actors are hard to get signatures from but now you can buy autographed items from them through the company. In the past they have also worked with other Batman Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Frank Gorshin, Burgess Meredith, Mark Hamill, Val Kilmer, & others. They also work with John Travolta, Tobey McGuire, Robert Downey Jr, Eric Bana, William Shatner, Leonard Nemoy, etc... You can check out their website by clicking HERE!

1966 TV CATWOMAN & NEW BATMAN MOVIES Desktop Wallpapers

Since today is "Wacky Wallpaper Wednesday" I thought, this week, I would post 2 backgrounds with something vintage 60's Batman & something that's modern, but looks vintage. Does that make sense? Please let me explain. The 1st Wallpaper is a wonderful glamor-fashion photo of Julie Newmar as Catwoman from the 1966 TV Series. It's the "vintage one". The 2nd Batman Wallpaper was sent in by our good friend Sean Hartter who made this amazing background that totally looks like an old vintage newspaper advertisement for a "Special Screening of 2 Batman Movies", a Double-Feature! The great thing about this graphic is that, if you're familiar with the "look" of these old ads, then it totally fools you for a minute. Then, you realize, "Hey, This is BATMAN BEGINS & THE DARK KNIGHT! They're very recent movies, ha ha!" I wanna thank Sean for the wonderful artwork, it's great! I also wanna say Hi to Julie Newmar & let her know that I'm sincerely sorry I forgot it was her birthday recently ...Happy Birthday Julie! You know I love ya!

BATMAN MOVIE POSTER & STATUE Desktop Wallpapers

OK Boys & Girls, It's time again for "Wacky Wallpaper Wednesday" here at the Bat-Blog, OH YEAH! This week I'm proud to say that the 2 super-awesome Batman backgrounds we're showing here today were totally contributed by Bat-Blog Readers. The 1st one is an original from a graphic artist friend named Sean Hartter. I really love this one because it's so creative. It's a Batman & Joker image made to look like an old vintage 1970's movie poster or, actually, a movie theater lobby card. I like all the great little details, like the vintage 70's Warner Bros logo. This would have been a really great film too what with William S. Burroughs writing it! It also has Christopher Walken as Batman & David Bowie as The Joker...great stuff! The 2nd wallpaper is really great too. It was sent in by The BATFAN, who has been sharing his amazing Batman Art Collection with us recently. The graphic here is an original piece of production art drawn by Jim Lee, the Master! This was his prototype drawing for the "Jim Lee" Batman: Black and White Statue. Since this piece of ceramic art is so popular it's really cool to see the original sketch. Plus, I'm a big fan so it's always a treat to see his work. So, I hope most of you like these & I wanna thank both Hartter & BATFAN for contributing the art here...you guys ROCK!!

FUNNY BATMAN HUMOR PHOTOS & Wacky Merchandise!

One of the things that I really love about doing the Bat-Blog is getting e-mails from readers around the world & they send me funny Batman photos & stuff. All of the above are recent examples & they're all very funny in their own way. Like the 1st photo, it's an actual piece of Batman Merchandise that was made a long time ago is really very rare. It's a Comedy Record Album titled THE ADVENTURES OF BATMAN & RUBIN ( The Jewish Boy Wonder ) with Allen & Rossi. You might recognize the bug-eyed Marty Allen. He was a very funny actor. The next item is a graphic that is a total parody of The Dark Knight movie poster with the three faces of Joker, Batman, & Two-Face. Well, except they are characters from The Simpsons, ha ha! The 3rd picture is a fan-favorite of this page where we show a Batman-themed Birthday Cake. But this one is totally THE JOKER, "Why So Serious?". The last photo was sent in by a friend from Europe who saw this store front sign in the UK. A letter fell from the sign of a business & now there's a new name...
Batman's Opticians, ha ha! I wanna thank everybody who sent these. You know who you are & I do sincerely appreciate them all...thanks, we all need a good laugh every now & then!

Retro-Style 1966 BATMAN MOVIE POSTER Art Print

New from the "Little Friends of Printmaking". Printed to promote the upcoming screenings of the 1966 Batman Movie ( Adam West & Burt Ward ) at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema's Kids Summer Camp! A Four color poster, measuring 25" x 19", this print is signed and numbered by the artist! Here's a link for more info on how to buy it.

BATMAN HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN The Dark Knight Joker Movie Poster

We all remember the now classic "Teaser Promo" Movie Poster from The Dark Knight that was a brick wall with graffiti of 2 dark circles for Joker's eyes & a red Bat-Symbol for the mouth. It made a crazy "Joker Face" that let us all know The Joker was coming soon & it also gave a hint that something terrible was gonna happen to Batman ( the "red mouth" looked kinda bloody because the spray paint was running a little bit ). Well, a friend named Paul, who's an avid reader of the Bat-Blog, decided that this was the image he was gonna use for a Jack O'Lantern Halloween Pumpkin this year. So, here's what he made! He drew the design on with some sharpies & then carved a beautiful piece of ART! The finished pumpkin looks great. Thanks Paul for sharing these photos...and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

BATMAN TATTOO ART: Heath Ledger JOKER From The Dark Knight Movie, WHY SO SERIOUS?

Yesterday I received a nice e-mail from a Bat-Blog Reader, named John, who said, "Hey Dude, Love your Bat-Blog. I'm a HUGE Bat-Fan & I gotta share some photos of my new "Heath Ledger Joker" Tattoo. I got my work done at DNA Tattoo in Williamstown, NJ, By artist Dan Craft." Wow, John! Please tell Dan he did a very wonderful job on the artwork, very nice coloring & shading. Of course it's the now-famous The Dark Knight movie poster we're seeing here. Considering your tattoo's large size it must have hurt like heck! The Joker looks great though & thanks for sending the photos, I appreciate that.

THE DARK KNIGHT & BATMAN BEGINS in Singapore!

A new friend to the Bat-Blog, named Kuan, sent us these 2 wonderful photos in response to a previous post where we showed some advertising billboards & banners from New York City for The Dark Knight Batman movie. Kuan lives in Singapore & recently saw some outdoor signs for The Dark Knight. Well, the amazing thing too is that he got some pictures from when the movie Batman Begins was showing there a few years ago! As you can see from the dates on the photos they were both taken on almost the same day but 3 years apart! Wow, how cool is that?! I want to personally thank Kuan for sending in these great pics, Thanks! And while I'm at it, I wanna invite all our other readers to do the same. ( On a side note, I think it's amazing getting communication from a guy all the way in Singapore. I love the internet! )

THE DARK KNIGHT DESKTOP WALLPAPERS!! Batman Movie Posters

Ever since I saw that scene, at the end of BATMAN BEGINS, where Jim Gordon hands a Joker Playing Card ( in a police evidence bag ) over to Batman & Batman replies, "I'll check into it" we have known that the next movie was gonna have The Joker! For awhile there was wild speculation as to which actor would be this character. Then we all heard the name "Heath Ledger". To be honest, at first, I thought it was a weird choice. But, I put my trust in Christopher Nolan's decision & look what has happened. All the news reports & reviews are saying that Ledger's performance is easily Oscar worthy. That he plays the Joker with incredible skill. Well, I'm really excited about that & tonight, after waiting almost 2 years, some friends & I are gonna go to a special midnight showing! I'm totally excited & really looking forward to this film. OK, sorry to go on & on. Let's get to the reason of this post. I thought, to celebrate the movie, I would post 2 DARK KNIGHT Desktop Background Wallpapers! The 1st one is a montage of a few different Batman TDK Movie Posters. This one was created & sent in by a Bat-Blog Reader named Levi. I think it looks really cool, thanks Levi & GOOD JOB! I made the 2nd one & it's the classic scene with the Bat-Pod motorcycle crashing though the window of a Gotham City building. I hope you enjoy both of these!

DIAL B FOR BLOG Presents 16 DAYS OF THE DARK KNIGHT!

Starting Friday, July 18th, the popular website called DIAL B FOR BLOG will have a special event titled "16 Days of The Dark Knight". The event itself is a 16-day long presentation of magazine articles -- many from 16 magazine -- about the 1966 Batman TV show! But what makes the event really special are the amazing FAKE COVERS and the 50 BAT-FUN FACTS that will leave every Bat-fan alive breathless! Then there's the fake ads, the audio clips, and the rare photos... too much to list here!

DIAL B FOR BLOG To Feature 16 DAYS OF THE DARK KNIGHT Parody Humor!

Starting this next Friday, July 18th to be exact, the famous comic book history website DIAL B FOR BLOG will have "16 Days of the Dark Knight"! I've seen some of the stuff he'll be presenting & it's awesome! I'm sure all Bat-Fans will love it. Basically there's a lot of parody humor about "what if" the characters from the 1966 Batman TV Show were in The Dark Knight movie instead of the current actors. Plus there will be some other fun facts about the movie. The graphics I have seen are amazing & also pretty funny. Here's an example: The top picture is a parody of the famous Dark Knight movie poster with the Joker presenting his playing card but Heath Ledger has been replaced with Cesar Romero ( be sure to click on it for a larger version ). The next graphic is the popular "International Banner" with The Joker switched around...So, be sure to check that out next week!

THE DARK KNIGHT Gets Some Cool Outdoor Movie-Billboard Advertising in Taiwan!!

This morning I was totally delighted when I opened my e-mail & got this awesome photo from a dedicated Bat-Blog Reader ( Thanks Chen! ). It's a wonderful photo showing the HUGE billboard advertising that Warner Bros is doing in Taiwan!! If you look closely ( Click on the small picture up above for a larger, more detailed shot ) you can see a few of the different "movie posters" sprinkled all around, nice! ( Thanks again Chen, this pic is great! ). I wanna invite ALL Bat-Blog Readers who see cool promo-stuff like this to mail it in. Signs, billboards, banners, whatever! Our e-mail button is on the top right-hand side of this page, thanks.