The Ephemerist

Ads of the World presents these ads for the Brasilian Sky network, which appeal to my geeky self in a big way.  How many films or TV shows can you identify ?

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“Jerk !” — “Emo !”

Viral marketing is where it’s at.

Excellent !

If DC ever greenlights a movie based on Grant Morrison and Dave McKean’s Arkham Asylum, they needn’t look any further. This Spanish “fake trailer” by Ferran Brooks is simply awesome. And I’m choosing my words carefully.

By carefully imitating the imagery from the graphic novel, Brooks has been able to capture its atmosphere of claustrophobia and mental disturbances. It’s simply one of the best of its kind I’ve ever seen. My only “yeah, but” would be that it just could use that little bit more lighting. But that’s all.

While you’re at it, also check out his trailer to a possible movie based on UK fantasy comic Slaine, The Horned God.

College Humor presents the new Dark Knight trailer remade with footage from the Tim Burton Batman film.  Just to make a point : it’s a remake, the same story all over again.  It’s as if the origin of the Joker were told over and over again by continuously new writers and artists — er — oh, wait, they do that as well…

(via /Film)

What if Saul Bass had done the titles for Star Wars ? Check it out here. I dig the soundtrack !

(via Notcot)

In 1966, a Batman chapter cost you $ 5.49, which would amount to $ 35.73 today. And you didn’t even get Adam West or colorful Pop’s and Zowie’s for that…

(a Mophead scan from “On The Scene Presents : The Super Heroes”, provided by Van, with thanks to Darci for the calculation)

Frank Frazetta made this poster for Luana, a film that has since drowned in the seas of time (although not for a lack of exclamation marks)… The poster is still cool, though.

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It’s been all over the mailing lists and the blogs, and now it’s here : Supermen Dönüyor, the Turkish version of Supermen [sic] Returns.

And if you can’t get enough, Beaucoup Kevin has Little Batman…

(thanks, Chris and Michael)

The Wall Street Journal asked Dean Haspiel for an illustration on Cloverfield, and h delivered.

At the Movie Poster Awards, some clever busibodies are collecting what they consider to be the best movie posters. Some of them are done by cartoonists, such as Jack Davis (left) or Neil Adams (right).

(Thanks to Chris Pyle, over at the Ephemerist Yahoo Group)