Here are some recent photos of a very serious JOKER FAN named Franziska. She lives in Germany & when I asked her if she wore this for Halloween, She said, "No, I wore this the other day!" Ha! That's cool! Here she is with awesome JOKER Make-Up just like Heath Ledger wore in "The Dark Knight" Batman movie & it looks great! She's got the green hair, dark eyes, & even the scars on the mouth... good job! I wanna thank Franziska for sharing these wonderful pics.
OK, since Halloween is right around the corner I thought we would post this costume make-up tutorial for some readers ( Yes, Women love this site too ). This video teaches you how to do POISON IVY "green face" make-up. It looks pretty good & would make an excellent Halloween costume.
Check out this totally cool vintage family photo showing our friend Joel as TWO-FACE, the Batman Villain! Plus, there's another awesome kid as the Joker! The make-up for both kids are very well done, great job there! This photo was taken around 1996, when he was just 5 years old. It must have been the best Halloween ever! Thanks Joel for sending the pic, it's great. If any other Bat-Blog Fans have some pics like this then please send them in... today!
Lately I have been sort of obsessed with "Vintage Halloween Photos" featuring kids or adults dressed-up as their favorite Batman characters. I don't know, since the holiday is coming up I thought it would be an interesting idea. Anyway, I have been asking readers to send in their photos & the response has been wonderful! I have a lot of them so far but want even more so if you have some cool pics like this then please send them in. Now, to talk about these 2 photos. The 1st one is a friend named John. I met him at MySpace & he's a pretty cool guy. Last year he dressed-up as the Joker ( The Dark Knight movie version ) for Halloween with this awesome costume he made hunting through Thrift Stores. His Joker make-up & green hair look great too. The next photo, with Batman, is our friend Christopher. I kinda-sorta know him over at Facebook. He was kind enough to send this very cool photo of him dressed in his "1989 Batman Movie" costume. He says he wears it sometimes to charity events to help raise money for certain causes. Wow, that's really really awesome! I love when people do that. When people think about others in need instead of their own BS then it's a big step towards making the world a better place. Thanks to both John & Chris for sharing these 2 "Joker & Batman" Halloween Costume photos...you both ROCK!
I received this e-mail yesterday, "Hi, I'm sending you some photos of me & my best friend with Joker make-up. It was difficult, this work took about a hour. We are both huge Batman fans and we love the Joker! And we are soooo crazy too, ha ha! We are daily readers of the Bat-Blog, so we are sending you this. It was kind of fun" Thank you "Joker Girls". You did a great job on the make-up effects, it looks great! Also, I appreciate the cool photos too...remember, y'all stay out of trouble!
"WHY SO SERIOUS?!" The other day I received an e-mail from a Bat-Blog Reader named Joey. He wrote, "My daughter Robin recently went to a party and there was a face painter. She had her share of girly face painting and she proved to be a FREAK! LIKE ME!". Ha Ha! Thanks Joey. Your daughter looks great with this very cool Joker make-up. I almost thought it was actually Heath Ledger for a second...ha ha, just kidding. But seriously, it's wonderful that such a great kid can be a HUGE Batman Fan like her father...that's awesome! Thank you for sharing this story & photo with my readers. I know they will get a really big kick out of it, it's very cool.
An avid reader of the Bat-Blog, named Kieran ( who lives in Ireland ), sent us these wonderful photos of his recent Halloween Costume of THE JOKER that he created. The attention to details are very accurate. One thing I noticed is that the blue shirt he's wearing has the exact "hexagon pattern" as the one worn by Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight movie. The make-up is really nice too. Overall, a very well-executed job! Plus, as a treat, the last photo shows him with his friend "Two-Face". He's half Harvey Dent & half EVIL! This too is a really great costume. It looks like everybody had fun! Thank you Kieran for sharing these pics with us, I appreciate that!
I opened my e-mail recently & was very surprised by the unique quality of this Bat-Blog Reader's Halloween costume! His name is Clark & this year he hit the streets as TWO-FACE!! Now, I kinda think this is more of the "classic comic book" version & not the recent Aaron Eckhart character from The Dark Knight movie. ( Clark, if you were trying to be him, I apologize, ha ha!). But either way I think this costume is amazing! I like how the suit, shirt, & even the tie are all in 2 parts. One side is elegant business, the other is kinda ugly...very well done. And the hair & make-up are really great too!! Thank you for sharing this picture with everybody here, I appreciate that. If any other Bat-Blog Readers have any Halloween photos ( past or present ) then please share them today. The Bat-Blog is all about sharing the love of these characters, even the villains, ha ha!
A Bat-Blog Reader named Nick sent us this really nice picture of his new JOKER TATTOO. Of course it's the amazing "Heath Ledger" version from the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight. ( Man, people really really love that character! I have to admit, he does deserve the Oscar™ ). You might have remembered it from awhile back but now he has got some color work to it & it turned out really good. The tattoo artist ( sorry, I don't have his name at this time ) did a really great job! I like how "expressionistic" it is. Nick also dressed-up as The Joker for Halloween recently & sent us the 2 cool pics you see here. Nick, thank you for sending this material, I appreciate that. The finished tattoo looks great, the costume looks well-made, & the make-up is awesome! Thanks again.
Recently a Bat-Blog Reader, named Jay, sent us these really cool photos. I have been meaning to post these pics for awhile but they needed to be edited 1st and I finally got around to doing it. Sorry, I've been real busy lately! OK, now the basic story is that Jay dressed up as the Heath Ledger Joker for the opening night of THE DARK KNIGHT & he even sent a photo we posted here awhile back ( check the BAT-ARCHIVES ). Well' later he sent these new photos & they have way more detail. Actually they're pretty cool! I love when Bat-Fans get really creative so this was kinda fun to see, check 'em out.
The other day I received an e-mail from a Bat-Blog Reader in Bulgaria! His name is Victor & he did this amazing Heath Ledger Joker make-up for when he went to go see The Dark Knight Batman movie. The funny thing about his e-mail is the way he assured me that the "blood" on the knife was really red paint he put on there. OK, Victor, I don't think you are really a murderer, ha ha ha! Thanks for sending this awesome photo & you did a really great job on the costume...an AWESOME JOB!
Here's a set of really fun photos sent in to us from our good friend Zdravko, who lives in Bulgaria. He dressed up as The Joker for The Dark Knight movie. He wrote, "Here are some pictures of me as the Joker at the TDK Premiere in my home town. The costume is made completely with clothes found at home. I didn't have money to buy stuff just for the movie plus I was sick until the day of the premiere, so it was a bit rushed. I was handing out Joker cards to people in the cinema and at the ticket booth I left a card on the back of which I had written my blog's address in red. I also had 2 white balloons. One of them had a Joker face and the other had "Why So Serious" and multiple "HA-HAs". The act won me a giant TDK Cardboard standee :) My brother, sister and cousin were also with me. They all wore Batman T-Shirts and my brother and sister also wore hats. My brother also wore the Batman Begins Gauntlet on his hand." Wow, thanks Zdravko. Sounds like you guys had a wonderful time, that's awesome! Thanks for sharing your story & sending the photos, I appreciate that. Your Joker make-up & costume looks really good! Readers, Zdravko writes his own blog about Batman called "The Realm of The Bat", here's a link:
A Bat-Blog Reader named Brad wrote us this letter, "Here is my best friend, Jay, dressed as The Joker for the opening night of “The Dark Knight” in Eugene, Oregon at Cinemark Theaters. Jay stayed in character for the entire film, handing out playing cards, & asking everyone, “why so serious?” Ha Ha, Thanks Brad. Please tell Jay that his costume is awesome & the make-up looks pretty good too. I love to see fans get serious! ( Excuse the pun ). This must have been a lot of fun for you guys & I bet it made the movie experience a lot better for many who got to meet "The Joker". Also, handing out playing cards was a great idea. Thanks again for sending the story & cool photo, I appreciate that. One other thing, is Jay still wearing that same outfit today? If so, tell him he is not the "real" Joker! ( I'm kidding, ha ha ).
I've been collecting some RARE photos of some of the new DARK KNIGHT Batman Movie merchandise, just for you, that I have been seeing & thought I would post some today. There's a lot to look at so let's get right to it! The 1st photo is gonna be the new calender to get for 2009, THE DARK KNIGHT Movie 16 Month Wall Calender. I wish I knew what the inside photos were but the cover has amazing graphics so it should be pretty sweet. The next item was photographed at the recent New York Comic Con ( NYCC 2008 ) , it's the official SCARECROW Dark Knight Action Figure from Mattel. I love the facial expression of this character, sort of scary &"cartoony". The next 2 photos are from the Rubie's Costume Catalog. It looks like they're gonna go totally crazy making all kinds of Halloween Costumes, Masks, Party Accessories, & even Joker Make-Up! The next picture is one we have put here before but this time we get a nice close-up of the actual cars. This is gonna be the DARK KNIGHT BATMAN SLOT CAR Race Set by TYCO...looks cool! I really like the Tumbler Batmobile! After this is a photo of a Dark Knight Birthday Present Bag ( or it might be a Shopping Bag from the WB Stores, not sure. This photo was sent to me by a Bat-Blog reader with no explanation ). The last photo is sort of a prototype shot of what the THE DARK KNIGHT Playstation 3 Video Game Case is gonna look like. I have not confirmed that this is the actual item but you know they're gonna HAVE to make this movie a video game! Well, that's it for now. If you have any tips or photos about new Batman items, even if they're not the movie, then please let us know!
A very fast Time Lapse Video of the transformation into the new Joker ( Heath Ledger Style ). It looks like they used a child's watercolor paint set for the black eyes & red mouth... where's the red lip stick?! Ha Ha.
Just a quick update on the Joker website WHYSOSERIOUS.COM for The Dark Knight Batman Movie. If you click near the x-acto knife it bursts into flames to reveal new Joker ( Heath Ledger ) photo. OK, we've all seen that ( See previous Bat-Blog posts ). Well, a new function is you click on Joker's face & it goes to the RORYSDEATHKISS.COM page. I posted a photo of what that page looks like. Basically it's the "Joker's Notebook" with pictures submitted by people in Joker make-up from all over the world....pretty cool!
