Batman: The World

https://batman-on-film.com/13560/batman-the-world-hardcover-anthology-coming-september-2021/ 

 This September, DC takes Batman’s war on crime worldwide in a new hardcover anthology, Batman: The World. This 184-page book is a first-of-its-kind publishing event, featuring Batman stories by top creative teams from across the globe, taking place in their home countries. Batman: The World launches worldwide on Tuesday, September 14, 2021—just in time for Batman Day 2021 (Saturday, September 18, 2021).

 

DENNIS O’NEIL TO BE HONORED BY JIMMY CARTER PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

LEGENDARY COMIC WRITER and EDITOR DENNIS O’NEIL TO BE HONORED BY JIMMY CARTER PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

Who can lift a car?

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2016/01/30/i-cant-cover-what-i-am-25-action-comics-1-cover-homages/

 This is just a sample of the comic covers, check out the link above for more!

Joe Shuster’s cover for Action Comics #1, featuring the first appearance of Superman, is one of the most famous covers in comic book history, and as a result, it has been one of the most homaged covers in comic history.


Amazing Spider-Man #306 by Todd McFarlane
Secret Origins #1 by Jerry Ordway and Wayne Boring
Action Comics #685 by Jackson Guice
Action Comics #800 by Drew Struzan
Action Comics #900 by Alex Ross
Superman (Vol. 3) #19 by Al Jaffee
Doodle Jump #1 by Meredith Gran
Kevin Keller #5 by Dan Parent
Fantastic Four #291 by John Byrne
Multiversity #1 by Chris Burnham
Batman and Robin (Vol.2) #39 by Patrick Gleason
Superman #124 by Ron Frenz and Joe Rubinstein
Superman #136 by Dan Jurgens and Joe Rubinstein

How to be a Superhero

http://13thdimension.com/this-guy-can-tell-you-how-to-be-a-superhero/

 At some point or another in your life, you wanted to be a superhero. Probably even right now. Well, writer Mark Edlitz got the idea to ask the people who’ve actually done it — at least on screen. In How to Be a Superhero (BearManor Media, $42.95 list price), Edlitz talked to dozens of people who’ve given vision and voice to our fantasies: from the actors and actresses who’ve played Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman and even James Bond — to the creators and directors like Stan Lee, Joe Quesada and Jon Favreau.

Tomorrow is #FCBD

http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Home/1/1/27/992

#Batman75 Some History Please

http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2014/07/22/batman-at-75-highlights-in-the-life-of-the-caped-crusader

This, in my humble opinion, is a great article. From Batman's beginnings to today!

It’s Batman’s 75 Anniversary, and between his upcoming adventures on the big screen (in the now filming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice), small screen (as a young boy in this fall’s Gotham), video game consoles (in Batman: Arkham Knight and LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham), animation (Batman: Assault on Arkham) and multiple ongoing comic books (including his very first weekly, Batman Eternal), it’s going to be a big couple of years for the Dark Knight. But that’s okay, he’s used to it. In fact, his entire history has been full of big moments!
In honor of this year’s milestone anniversary, as well as this week’s upcoming “Batman Day,” join us as we journey through generations, with a look at a few highlights from a truly remarkable life.

1939
In 1939, National Comics (later to become DC Comics), was looking for a new super hero—a character who could build on the success of Superman. Editor Vin Sullivan turned to what appeared to be an unlikely creative source, gag cartoonist Bob Kane, and asked him to design a new hero. Kane conceived one of the most popular and enduring characters of the twentieth century—The Batman. The first Batman story, "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate," was written by Bill Finger and drawn by Kane. It was published in Detective Comics #27, which hit newsstands on March 30, 1939 (cover date: May 1939).
In his first story, Batman was introduced as bored socialite Bruce Wayne. Donning his iconic costume, he became a ruthless crime-fighter who dispatched thugs with grim satisfaction. “A fitting end for his kind,” Batman announced, after knocking a criminal into a vat of acid.
Batman utilized his Utility Belt for the first time to remove a glass pellet filled with deadly gas in Detective Comics #29 (July 1939). The first boomerang-like Batarang and the first bat-themed vehicle, the Batplane, made their debuts in Detective Comics #31 (September 1939).
Batman’s tragic origin story, in which a mugger guns down Bruce Wayne’s parents as the family walks home from a movie, was introduced six months after his debut, in Detective Comics #33 (November 1939).

Comic Book Cake Servers!

http://www.dudeiwantthat.com/gear/food-drink/comic-book-wedding-cake-servers.asp

I think I NEED to get these!

 

Canada's forgotten superheroes

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/canada-s-forgotten-superheroes-163832563.html

This year’s Doug Wright Awards, which recognizes excellence in Canadian comics and cartooning, will be honouring the Canadian Whites, a group of artists and comics that birthed a roster of forgotten Canadian heroes in the World War II era. Two living members of the group will be on hand to accept the Giants of the North hall of fame award on Saturday evening in Toronto. The awards are a feature event at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.

Please click on the link above to read this entire article! Some great work, some great history, some great Canadians. 

#Canadian #ComicBook Publishers 1941-46

http://www.john-adcock.blogspot.ca/2013/10/canadian-comic-book-publishers-1941-46.html

In December 1940 William Lyon Mackenzie King’s Liberal government had banned the import of American comic books, pulps, and “non-essential items” for the war’s duration. Unless you lived along the border there would be no Detective Comics, Action Comics, Adventure Comics, All-American Comics, More Fun Comics, or All-Flash Quarterly. There would be no Batman, Superman or Flash. Cyril Vaughan Bell, “a former Toronto sign painter” told Ross his Bell Features took full advantage of circumstances and “turned out a billioncomic books” between 1941 and 1946. 

[4] Three Aces, No. 58

Near the end of the war, with sales slipping, Bell reprinted old issues, slapped new covers and titles on them, and shipped them to England to be sold. Alexander Ross made no mention of the other major entrepreneurs publishing comic books in Canada during the war years; Anglo-American Publishing, Hillborough Studio, Educational Projects Inc., and Maple Leaf Publishing on the West Coast.

[5] Triumph Comics, n.d.

The #CanadianComics Golden Age

http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/remembering-lost-heroes

The Canadian Golden Age of Comics, as it is now known, came about thanks to government intervention. In December 1940, the feds, responding to a trade deficit with the U.S., introduced the War Exchange Conservation Act, restricting imports of non-essential goods, including fiction magazines and comics, which had become ubiquitous after the 1938 introduction of Superman, drawn by Toronto-born Joe Shuster, and Batman the following year. 

 hello Canada Jack, Commander Steel, Johnny Canuck and Nelvana of the Northern Lights! These characters thrived for a few years, but after the war ended, the borders reopened to the likes of DC and Timely, as Marvel was then known. This and the waning popularity of superheroes led to our national defenders hanging up their costumes, largely to be relegated to the dustbin of history. 

#NealAdams newest Project

https://www.facebook.com/NealAdamsDotCom?hc_location=stream

Don't miss out on Neal Adams' Black and White Batman project coming in October.

#Arkham Asylum first inmate

http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2013/06/27/whats-new-in-the-new-52-introducing-the-anchoress

Some creepy new characters introduced in the DC Universe this month. Meet The Anchoress, Arkhams' first inmate

The Anchoress

The Anchoress

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Arkham Asylum has always contained many mysteries and secrets. But in BATMAN ANNUAL #2, out next month, you’ll meet someone you’ve never met before: Arkham’s very first inmate! - See more at: http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2013/06/27/whats-new-in-the-new-52-introducing-the-anchoress#sthash.zzeS4ItO.dpuf

Becoming #Batman; The Book

http://web.uvic.ca/~pzehr/batman/

We admire Batman for all his accomplishments and abilities. Yet only through years of rigorous training has Batman approached near super-human status. This is part of what makes Batman so attractive to so many--it seems grounded in the reality of hard work and achievement. Is it though?

Joker's Daughter?

http://batman-news.com/2013/04/18/surprise-new-52-announcement-the-jokers-daughter/

This morning, DC Comics updated their new blog “What’s New in The New 52″ with this character design for “The Joker’s Daughter” accompanied only by the phrase “Something evil lurks under Gotham City and it wears the Joker’s face.”

And the new Robin is..............

looks like the new Robin in the DC Universe could be Carrie Kelley.
Carrie first appeared in Frank Miller and Klaus Janson‘s seminal Dark Knight Returns, taking up the rolw of Robin, and later appeared as Catgirl in Dark Knight Strikes Again twenty years leter. These stories however have never been part of the official history of the DC Universe, both before and after the recent reboot.

 

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/04/05/will-carrie-kelley-be-the-new-robin-on-the-gatefold-cover-of-batman-and-robin-19/

Bat Book of the Week

An anthology of  Sexiest villainesses and henchgirls from Batman TV show

http://www.data-eventos.com.ar/1966BatmanBadGirls.htm

More Canadian Super Heroes

http://tychebooks.com/book/masked-mosaic/

75 years ago Canadian cartoonist Joe Shuster co-created the world’s premier superhero: Superman. Over the decades the genre has gone from camp to counter-culture, from pop art to postmodern, from noir to new wave. Today’s superheroes feature in bestselling novels, hit TV shows, Hollywood blockbusters … and Masked Mosaic: Canadian Super Stories.

ARROW

http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2012/09/27/october-10-declared-arrow-day-at-comic-book-retailers-across-the-us

I'm looking forward to watching this tonight!

 DC Entertainment and comic book retailers across America have deemed Wednesday, October 10 “Arrow Day” to celebrate the arrival of Warner Bros. Television’s highly anticipated new show ARROW, airing Wednesdays at 8/7c on The CW. Fans who visit their local comic book retailer on October 10 will receive a free ARROW #1 SPECIAL EDITION custom comic book that is the perfect companion for the show’s premiere that night. 

Ph.D. in Batman?

Ph.D. in Batman? First doctorate in comic books to be awarded

On Oct. 10, he’ll receive the world’s first fine arts doctorate in comic books, conferred by Monmouth University.

When Michael Uslan was a boy, he watched the stuff that dreams are made of literally go up in smoke.

A friend’s father, who shared the dim view of comic books most grown-ups held in the 1950s and ’60s, burned his son’s collection in his fireplace as young Michael watched in horror. Uslan estimates that the comics he saw consumed in flames that day, which included Spider-Man’s first appearance, would be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars today.
“There were comic book burnings in various towns,” Uslan told TODAY.com. “In postwar America, comics were blamed for juvenile delinquency and, my favorite, asthma, because comic book readers stayed indoors to read instead of playing outside in the fresh air.”

99 things you didn't know

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/captain-america-killed-nixon-jacko-tried-to-buy-spidey-99-things-you-didnt-know-about-superheroes/story-e6frfmvr-1226336936771

Superman co-creator Joe Shuster had a secret identity as a fetish artist. Shuster and his Superman partner Jerry Seigel saw none of the riches Superman was making for DC Comics, or National as it was known during the 30s and 40s. In fact both were sacked after they tried to get a share of the money. To pay the bills, Shuster took a job illustrating a pulp magazine called Night of Horrors, which featured sado-masochistic scenes of women whipping men and men liking it.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/captain-america-killed-nixon-jacko-tried-to-buy-spidey-99-things-you-didnt-know-about-superheroes/story-e6frfmvr-1226336936771#ixzz289tSptgg