Vintage 1970's BATMAN AND BATGIRL COSTUME Family Photo

I recently became Friends with a cute girl in California named Cyndi who was kind enough to share this amazing Vintage BATMAN Family Photo. It's a picture of her parents, Sharon and John, at a Halloween Party in the 1970's!! They both went as Batman and Batgirl ( or, is that "Batwoman"? ha ha ). The costumes were homemade, which is the best, and Cyndi said she can still remember her Dad cutting-out the Bat-Logos for them out of felt.

One personal note I'd like to share is that, sadly, Cyndi reported that her Dad is no longer with us but, "He would really enjoy the fact that people would see this picture and it would bring them some happiness". That's very cool. So this post if for him. I already know that people will love it because it's fun and wacky! ( Thanks Cyndi for sharing this cool pic!! )

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES at The Movie Drive-In!!

"Hey, Let's All Go To The Lobby, Let's All Go To The Lobby..."

 These photos are great for two reasons: 1. The Costumes look great! We have Batman, Catwoman, and Harley Quinn right here!! 2. They were shot at a Vintage-Style Movie Drive-In! I totally love those places, "Hey Mom, we're sitting IN the car AND watching a movie!". The audio was always kinda crappy but just the joy of going with a bunch of friends and having your own space was always good times. Plus, you ALWAYS had to go hit the concession stand for munchies, ha! Very cool!

 Whoops, did I mention that Batman here is our friend William? Yes, This is him & his Wife ( I think, maybe? ), with another friend, and they all went in costume to go see THE DARK KNIGHT RISES at their local drive-in. Oh man, I bet if kids were there they went totally insane, ha! ( Thanks William for sharing your wonderful photos )

BATMAN FANS GET GEARED-UP! Here's Photographic Proof!

This post is made up of some wonderful photos submitted to the BAT-BLOG by some very serious BATMAN Fans! YES! These Guys all seriously ROCK! The 1st pic is our Friend Bill who went dressed-up has Batman at the recent Movie Premier of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. The cool thing, he represented the "Adam West" version!! 

Next up is a fun photo showing our Facebook Pal Anthony in his "Dark Knight" Costume standing next to his Black "Batmobile", Awesome!!

Now, both the photos up above are "Modern Day" but this one down below is a "Blast From The Past"! Here's our Friend Ralph wearing his very 1st Batman Costume back in 1989!!

BATMAN COSTUMES - Character Cosplay Spotted in Toronto, Canada!

It's weird, I have visited almost every single state in the United States, including Hawaii ( Not Alaska ), but I have never been outside the US. Yeah, I have never been to a "foreign country". That's extremely weird isn't it? But, I have always dreamed of doing so & if I ever get to someday then one place I do plan to visit is Canada. That special area just seems like a really cool place to be.



Anyways, here are some very fun photos sent in to us by a Bat-Blog Fan named Neville. He said that there's a great Canadian Fan Expo Convention in Toronto and to prove it he sent these pics he shot back in 2009. Yes! This is photographic proof that they totally love BATMAN in Canada! Check out these amazing Cosplay Costumes of Robin, Nightwing, Batgirl, The Huntress, The Question, Harley Quinn, The Riddler and a few variations of  The Joker. WOW! ( Thanks Neville! )

Lana's THE DARK KNIGHT RISES CATWOMAN Cosplay Photos

MEOW! Check out these amazing pics sent to us by a lovely Woman named Lana Marie. Her hobby and passion is Superhero Cosplay and She's really serious about it! I mean, just look at the photos. This is her most recent costume creation, the Anne Hathaway version of CATWOMAN that we will all be seeing in the next Batman film, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. Her costume looks really great and I must say right here that she completely makes all this stuff herself. So, she's both beautiful AND talented :) 

In fact, Lana said she is now working on next costume which will be based on the Tim Burton BATMAN RETURNS version of this character. You know, the leather cat-suit worn by Michelle Pfeiffer. Wow, we can't wait to see that! 

OK, back to this pics. The photos were professionally shot by her friends, Jamie & Ann of Luxe Productions. That explains the cool sets & excellent lighting. OK Readers, if you would like to follow Lana's further adventures then please be sure to check out these 2 sites, in a non-stalker kinda way of course, ha! ( Thanks Lana )

https://www.facebook.com/LanaMarieLive
twitter: @lanacosplay

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Costume Exhibit in Japan

OK, I'm not sure what Shopping Mall these pics were taken in but it was someplace in Japan & Warner Bros is starting a thing called "THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Costume Exhibit". As soon as it hits America & I get more info I will be sharing show dates. In the mean time just drool over these amazing photos sent to us by our friend Aishi. He said it was incredible getting to see the original movie props & costumes from the next Batman film. They had the suits for Batman, Catwoman, and Bane! ( Thank You & Doumo Arigatou Gozaimasu Aishi! )

Chuck's DENVER COMIC CON 2012 Batman Adventure!

Here are some really fun photos sent in to us by a very loyal BAT-BLOG.COM Reader named Chuck. He was pretty excited to share some news with us because he said he had just got back from his very first Comic Con that he ever attended! This is always a great thing to experience because they're just so fun. Plus, this was the 1st ever DENVER COMIC CON so it was very unique. As a side note I should say that I have heard from some other people who went and everyone said it was great. So, we're glad that Chuck got to go.

Now, here are some of his pics. The 1st one is guaranteed to completely torture all of our Readers, ha! This is a Cosplay Girl who was there as Catwoman. I totally LOVE her vinyl cat-suit, MEOW! Next up are a few other Cosplayers with equally cool costumes. We have Harley Quinn ( Arkham City version ) and The Joker, probably the best couple there. We also get to see the Riddler, Animated Series Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Scarecrow, and another great Joker.

Chcuk got to meet a few of his personal heroes: the Legendary Comic Book Artist Neal Adams and Michael Uslan, Executive Producer of all the BATMAN Movies. Uslan was there promoting his new Biography Book, "The Boy Who loved Batman". Also, the very last photo is of some homemade Superhero Art/Crafts Toys that are pretty cool! WOW! It seriously looks like this is an event I would have loved to attend. Before I sign-out here I wanna say THANK YOU to Chuck for sharing his experience, I appreciate it.

VIDEO - BATMAN RETURNS - Rob Burman on Mold Making and Movie Costumes

Check out this amazing Video about the filming of the 1992 BATMAN RETURNS Movie directed by Tim Burton. This is a short documentary and interview with Rob Burman for his work on "Batman Returns" as a Mold Maker and Costume Fixer. Produced and shot in High Definition and mixed in Surround Sound by Rennie Cowan.  All set photos you see in this documentary are authentic and property of Rob Burman who worked on Batman Returns. Burman personally gave the photos to the director for use in this video. The stunt double for Michael Keaton, Dave Lea, also provided an image.

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES CATWOMAN - Costume Cosplay by Kimberly Moore!

Over at the Official BAT-BLOG.COM Facebook Fan Page ( LINK on the far right-hand side of this page ) we recently met a nice Cosplay-Girl ( I mean, Woman, ha! ) from New Jersey who is totally into creating Comic Book-Related Costumes. Her name is Kimberly Moore. She goes to a lot of Comic Cons and has been seen parading as Sue Storm ( Fantastic Four ), Harley Quinn ( Joker's Girlfriend ), and even Jessica Rabbit, among others. Well, here are some photos of her recent creation she's working on, a CATWOMAN Cat-Suit like the one worn by Anne Hathaway in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Movie.

The Clothing & Accessories here all look really great! I like the mask/belt and totally love the boots! I'm always impressed with how serious the Cosplay people are with very fine details. These photos were shot last weekend at the 2012 Philadelphia Comic Con put on by Wizard World, what some people call, "The Philly Show". She appears in some of the pics with other Cosplayers and when I asked her if she knew any of them this is what she said, 

"The Gentleman who cosplayed as Bane is named Iam Priceless, The Joker is  Matt Indiana McIntyre, Batman is Dan Petruccio and Robin is played by Joe Petruccio."

Hey Kim, The Costume looks amazing, great job! Also, Thanks for sharing your wonderful photos. We hope to see more of your work in the future.

Cosplay Photos From Wizard World's 2012 Philadelphia Comic Con

Wizard World's Philadelphia Comic Con was last weekend and here's photographic proof that some of our Friends in NJ went to the event. The cool thing is that everybody had a SUPER-GREAT time! As always there were plenty of Batman-Style Cosplay People at the show. The 1st few photos share that & I gotta say that I am totally in LOVE ( real love ) with that Catwoman in the 3rd photo, ha ha, no really! 

The list of characters seen, in order, are: Cute Girl Robin, Batman ( Adam West Version ), Batgirl ( 1966 TV Show ), Batman and Robin ( Modern Comic Book ), Modern Catwoman ( My Future Wife ), The Joker, Deathstroke, Killer Moth, Red Hood, Dr. Hugo Strange ( Arkham City version ), The Huntress and a Golden-Age Catwoman.

Also, seen in a few photos is the 1966 Batmobile Car that was supplied to the event by our good friend John Brown, who is a member of the "Gotham City Supercars Club". Big crowds ALWAYS go crazy goo-goo over that beautiful car, that's for sure!

Two Comic Book Artists that are important to the "Batman Universe" were there: Neal Adams and Arthur Suydam. Something very neat is our Friend BatDave got his very 1st Batman comic that he ever owned signed by Neal Adams, very cool! You can actually see Neal's signature in the photo. Now, the very last photo is the group of Friends of ours who all went to the event and they all look pretty happy. OK, I'm super jealous I didn't get to go, ha!