Tag Archives: Batman

The truth about Markovia

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Wim Lockefeer

I guess this message is well past it’s sell-by date, but just to make a point, I’d like to present to you : Markovia has been doing all right, even without Batman’s help. In Batman And The Outsiders #1 (1983), … Continue reading →

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Broken Promise

Posted on May 8, 2022 by Wim Lockefeer

There’s a Batman blockbuster with oodles of marketing money, and then there’s Stephen Trumble who goes ahead and creates a great Batman animated short all on his own (ok, with some pretty good voice talent). Broken Promise features two of … Continue reading →

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You are the part you play (also, Batman)

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Wim Lockefeer

I’m not too proud to shamelessly steal stuff from Facebook or Reddit (or, as it turns out, Boing Boing), and when it’s a piece of meta ephemera, a right click is quickly made. Here we have an actor who, apparently, … Continue reading →

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The goddamn Batman ties the room together.

Posted on May 1, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

At one point in our not so distant past, comics fandom was enough of a monolithic affair that it was not out of place to promote a Batman rug (“As featured in the upcoming Batman movie”, and “based on Frank … Continue reading →

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How lazy can you get?

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

Batman: Damned is a three part miniseries by Lee Bermejo and Brian Azzarello, published in 2018-2019 as part of DC’s Black Label line, aimed at the discerning reader. It’s basically a bloated mess of pseudo-psychological blathering mixed with every esoteric … Continue reading →

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Jaffee lampoons DC makeover obsession

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Wim Lockefeer

In the 1990s DC deemed their heroes’ costumes were up for a makeover. Superman got an all-blue body (or an all-red one, depending on which split. In the movies Batman’s suit got all black, and later all nipply and some … Continue reading →

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The JLA drives a Merc

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Wim Lockefeer

A message shared by Mercedes-Benz (@mercedesbenz) on Nov 7 2017 at 6:32 PST Some time ago a group of men sat around a big table in a big room, and one of them said, “You know what we need to … Continue reading →

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Batman Lego magic

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Wim Lockefeer

Never mind the ever expanding series of Lego superhero sets, this is the real deal. Lego virtuoso Paul Hetherington builds vast and intricate scenes full of drama and narration, with little details and grand motorised animation, and so far he’s … Continue reading →

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Pencil Batman

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Wim Lockefeer

A very minimal but also very effective ad for the special edition in Portuguese of Risso and Azzarello’s Batman Noir, courtesy of publisher Levoir and the Público newspaper. (via Ads of the World)

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Jim Lee does Batman vs. Superman

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Wim Lockefeer

In order to further bolster the importance of the upcoming Batman vs. Superman: Dawn Of Justice movie, British film magazine Empire commissioned a special cover illustration for the subscribers’ version of its March, 2016 issue. Jim Lee came through with … Continue reading →

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