VIDEO - Adam Beechen Talks BATMAN BEYOND in His Writer's Commentary #0

In this New Video DC Comics Writer Adam Beechen has started a Writer's Commentary Vlog talks about the BATMAN BEYOND series, part of DC Comics' BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMTED title, premiering online 1st and then in print in February, 2012!

Read BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD # 1 Comic Book Free Online

Just a quick heads-up: If you visit the "DC Kids" website you can read the entire First Issue of BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD # 1 Comic Book... for FREE! The teaser story has Batman teamed-up with AQUAMAN. Outrageous! Then, the next one involves POWER GIRL! Just Click HERE!

DC Comics News - Win an iPad with Jim Lee Sketch

Right now DC Digital Comics is having a sweepstakes where you can win an iPad that the comic book artist Jim Lee has customized. Basically he drew a large sketch of Batman on the back of the tablet. To enter the contest you need to become a member of ComiXology. Which, I think, is free. Now, don't get me started on my issues with the whole "Comic Books Going Digital" thing, ha! But the artwork on this iPad is pretty cool & this would be neat to win. For more details, click HERE!

Video - Batman and Robin - Digital Drawing by Cameron Stewart

A panel from DC Comics' BATMAN AND ROBIN #16, written by Grant Morrison, illustrated by Cameron Stewart. Drawn with Manga Studio 4 Ex, with a Wacom Cintiq 21UX. Video speed increased 200%.

A Look Back at BATMAN: DIGITAL JUSTICE by Pepe Moreno

Back in 1990 DC Comics published a one-shot Batman Graphic Novel, written & drawn by Pepe Moreno, called BATMAN: DIGITAL JUSTICE. I remember when it came out & it was a very big deal. I bought it & have totally loved it all these years. The main thing about it was that the artwork was totally created on a computer and, at that time, it was extreme state of the art. I mean, it was groundbreaking! Now, by today's standards, the art may seem kind of cheesy ( no offense to the artist ) but back then it just blew everyone's mind!! Plus, the artwork was really great especially if you consider that it was drawn with the earliest of computer graphic programs. It must have been painstaking to draw between computer crashes, ha! The other cool thing was that the story was really good too. So, all around, it was just a very wonderful Batman book. Over the years it has been translated into many different languages ( the pic up above shows the Spanish version cover ). The sketch of Batman, up above, was the original mock-up drawing for the cover. Obviously the story was set in the far far future. It was actually way after the death of our modern-day Batman. Parts of it were almost sort of like the TRON movie, but not really. It dealt with a deadly "Joker computer virus" that was threatening the future Gotham City. Anyways, it's a book I highly recommend. Another thing, if you have already read this novel & you're a fan of it then you might be happy to know that the artist Pepe Moreno has been posting a lot of personal sketches from this classic book on his art blog. They're really great to see & they're a very interesting piece of bat-history. Here's a link to check it out, just click HERE!

THE JOKER ( Heath Ledger ) SPEED PAINTING By Suarez

Here's a fun video showing the Digital Artist Nacho Suarez drawing the "Heath Ledger Joker" from The Dark Knight Batman movie at a super-speed. The finished product is pretty nice, this guy has a lot of talent. He's using Photoshop CS3 on a Wacom Tablet...enjoy!

Video: TIM BURTON Digital Portrait Speed Painting

For my 850th post here at the Bat-Blog I thought I would celebrate with this amazing YouTube Video of an extremely talented artist using Adobe Photoshop to paint a digital portrait of Tim Burton, the director for the 1989 Batman film. His other incredible movies include The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetle Juice, Mars Attacks, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, & The Corpse Bride.