RIP George Barris

Of course he has a custom made coffin. With Bat-wings!

Somehow I think George would have liked all the hoopla
Posted by Jim St Pierre on Saturday, 28 November 2015

George Barris Dies at 89

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/george-barris-dead-batmobile-creator-837553

"Sorry to have to post that my father, legendary kustom car king George Barris, has moved to the bigger garage in the sky," Brett Barris wrote.

George Barris, the car designer who created the iconic 1966 Batmobile for the Batman television series, has died, according to a Facebook post  written by his son, Brett Barris. He was 89

The Man Who Killed Batman (or at least the franchise)

http://batman-news.com/2015/05/25/george-clooney-batman-franchise-joel-schumacher/

Clooney went on to apologize for his portrayal of the Dark Knight once again, and even admitted that he thought he destroyed the Batman franchise (he kind of did!). He then told a hilarious story about working on Batman & Robin, and Joel Schumacher’s directing style.

The Norton Museum

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Take a preview of the Norton Museum of Art’s new summer exhibition, Out of this World: Extraordinary Costumes from Film and Television, on display from June 4 - Sept. 4.

George Miller Officially Off Justice League

Dark Horizons reports that filmmaker George Miller appeared on Sydney-based morning talk show "Sunrise" on Monday and confirmed he's no longer involved with the Justice League movie in any capacity.

Miller indicated that if the project does get going again, he expects that it'll be recast as "the studios seem to want bigger stars in their superhero movies now."

Miller added that he'd like to work with Mel Gibson again and while the actor doesn't want to do the "Mad Max" script he wrote, he hasn't given up on that possibility just yet.

Rock it out Batman style

check out this sweet site. I guess George Barris is making guitars now!?!?!
Makes me wish I had learned to play. Then I could rock it out Dark Knight style.

The Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo is coming up at the end of the month. April 26-27. This is the 3rd year for the Expo and it promises to be the best yet. There are going to be dozens of great guests and writers in attendance. Including Greg Rucka, George Takei and Doug Jones. Check out there website for a complete list.