We post 2 fresh brand-new BATMAN DESKTOP BACKGROUNDS every Wednesday, hence the name"Wacky Wallpapers Wednesday"! This week we thought we would make a wallpaper out of an awesome picture sent in to us by a loyal reader. Awhile back we got a sweet graphic of a set of MahJongg Batman-Theme Game Tiles. Well, here's what it looks like as wallpaper! The 2nd photo is a really great shot of THE JOKER character, a nice close-up shot of his evil face!! We hope you enjoy these as Desktop Background & you can also use them in a MySpace Layout!
Here's 2 very funny Batman-related humor pictures. The 1st one shows some major copyright infringement, ha ha! It's a photo of a work truck with a name we all know. The 2nd picture is from a friend named Dave & shows a homemade Go-Kart that is shaped like the Batmobile from the 1989 Batman Movie....Sweet!
Fred Hembeck is one of our National Treasures! Lately he's been selling his artwork on eBay ( Just search for "Hembeck" ). Here's an example of one of his Classic Comic Book Re-Creations. On the right is the original cover to Detective Comics #398. On the left is his cartoon version...Pure Art!
Just the other day I received 2 cool photos from friends who enjoy Batman Custom Toys. The 1st one is from our good friend MILOTIK who likes in Argentina. He recently found this Batgirl Custom Figure Doll that was made from a Justice League Unlimited Wonder Woman. She looks really beautiful & the attention to detail is very good, a really nice custom doll!! I mean, her face & costume look super-great!! In Argentina they call her LA BATCHICA! I love that name, ha ha. The 2nd photo is from a friend named Tony who resides in Chicago. Tony is sharing a Custom Toy of a Pixar's Cars Movie vehicle that is a 1966 Batmobile. The idea is "what-if" a '66 Batmobile was in the animated cartoon & what would he look like. This is a great looking car! It's a very clever idea & well executed, good job guys! We wanna invite ANY Custom Toy Fans to send us photos of their creations. We love it when people get creative with their love of Batman characters, that's awesome!
Something I've been trying to learn a little bit about & then share here is a cool thing called Video Game MODS. Basically people have learned how to create 3D characters that they can then use to replace "people" & vehicles in video games. Here are some examples. Up above is a group of amazing looking MOD "people" who are Batman-related characters. ( Click the small picture to reveal a HUGE photo )! There's Robin, Batgirl, Penguin, The Joker, Catwoman, Two-Face, Riddler, and of course, Batman ( 4 versions )! The Batman versions include: Modern Day, Beyond, Movie, & my favorite, Adam West! Also shown are some VEHICLE MODS of the Batmobiles ( many versions ), Bat-Jet, Bat-Plane, Bat-Bikes, Bat-Boat, & Bat-Copters. My top 2 favorite vehicles here are the Retro 30's Batmobile & the 1966 TV Show Batcopter ...Sweet! Anyways, you take these mods & replace the code in your video game & then this is what appears. I've seen video where people have done this & it's crazy! It's like a whole new game & looks really really cool. Now, a friend to the Bat-Blog sent us a link that is to a MODS Message Board for the people who are really into this. If you'd like more information I suggest going there. Anybody else who's into this please send me more info to share, thanks.
Here's The Link:
http://gta_gotham_city.moddb.com
I just discovered this video on VEOH & had to share it right away! This is one of those CGI movies where they put human eyes & mouths on real thumbs to make characters. It's sort of a parody of the 1989 Batman Movie ( The love interest is "Vicky Nail", ha ha ) but there's a lot of references to the 1966 TV Show. My favorite "1966 TV part" is when they are scaling the wall with a rope, classic! Oh yeah, because the video is so HUGE it kind of bogs up a bit so just hit the pause button & wait awhile, then hit play. It's great quality!!
Shown up above, for your viewing pleasure, are these 2 RARE Cartoon Model Sheets from the "Challenge of The Superfriends" TV Cartoon Show. They were done in ©1973 by Alex Toth, lead designer for the series. These were made to give animators a guide to go by & to keep the character/vehicles consistent. Besides this job Alex Toth had been a pionner in the Golden Age era of comics. As a very young teen I met Alex Toth at a comic book convention here in my hometown of Oklahoma City. He was extremely nice to me. It was kind of funny. He seemed really tired & sort of annoyed by the whole "convention thing". I don't think he felt very well. Anyway, I walked up to him & started to gush about his Golden Age comic book work & he was really impressed so he started to liven-up a bit. We talked for a really long time. He told me that absolutely NOBODY asked him about this old work & he was grateful for that. I think being a part of early comic book history was what he felt most proud about even though he had a very long period of success. It was a really nice moment. But, in hindsight I think I screwed up though because I never asked for an autograph or sketch, ha ha! He died a few years back & comics will never be the same. A lot of people are really HUGE FANS of his work today because he was so extremely talented but I just remember a really nice guy.
While writing this blog for way over a year ( see the Archives ) I have discovered that there are many Subcultures that have completely embraced Batman. Some examples are the "Cosplay People". They make props & costumes that are wayyy better than anything Hollywood makes, ha ha. There's the "Custom Toy People". Their hobby is to take discarded dolls & action figures and customize them to look like comic book characters that major toy companies have NEVER made a figure of. I could go on & on but every one of these people are quite creative & it's really cool! A new group of people I have come across lately are the "Paper Model Crafters". These people are sort of like the Custom Toy people except they make their art totally out of construction paper. Up above is a small example. Here's an extremely cool Batman "Action Figure" made from paper. The attention to details are nice & when you see figure after figure after figure they sort of start to really have a lot of appeal. I mean, they're quite clever & are a new interesting art form. I'll be doing other posts about this in the future. The guy who did this one said he's working on a Robin, The Boy Wonder figure. I think he's done a Joker but I couldn't get a clear picture of it. If there are ANY readers who are crafters & would like to have their ART showcased then please send us some photos & information, Thanks.
We post 2 fresh brand-new BATMAN DESKTOP BACKGROUNDS every Wednesday, hence the name"Wacky Wallpapers Wednesday"! This week we thought we would make a wallpaper out of an awesome picture sent in to us by a loyal reader. Awhile back we got a sweet graphic of a set of MahJongg Batman-Theme Game Tiles. Well, here's what it looks like as wallpaper! The 2nd photo is a really great shot of THE JOKER character, a nice close-up shot of his evil face!! We hope you enjoy these as Desktop Background & you can also use them in a MySpace Layout!
