THE DARK KNIGHT MANUAL Book Signing at NYC Midtown Comics on July 26th

On July 26th, 2012 ( as of this writing, tomorrow! ) Midtown Comics in New York City will have a Book Signing for THE DARK KNIGHT MANUAL with the author, Brandon T. Snider. For more info please CLICK HERE!

Thursday, July 26th
6:00 to 7 PM
Midtown Comics
64 Fulton Street
NYC, NY.

VIDEO - THE DARK KNIGHT RISES New York City Billboards and Street Ads

Yesterday we posted some photos here at the BAT-BLOG.COM showing some of the crazy advertising stunts performed by Warner Bros to promote THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Batman movie. Well, then a friend on Facebook named Yuji sent us a link to a cool YouTube Video that shows some of that stuff "live". Check it out, it's way more cool! ( Thanks Yuji )

BATMAN DEATH BY DESIGN - Chip Kidd Book Signing at Midtown Comics in NYC!

Mark Your Calendars! Chip Kidd will be making an appearance at the MIDTOWN COMICS Downtown Location in NYC on Thursday, June 7th, 2012. The Book Signing starts at 6:30pm and runs till 8:00pm. This Event is to celebrate the release the New Graphic Novel, BATMAN: DEATH BY DESIGN! 

Yes, this is your chance to get your copy autographed by the Author. For more details, click HERE!

Midtown Comics Downtown
64 Fulton Street NYC, NY
Date: Thursday, June 7th, 2012.
Time: 6:30pm until 8:00pm in EDT

JUSTICE LEAGUE - DOOM - Animated Movie Premiere at NYC Paley Center

Next month, Warner Bros Video and MTV Geek are teaming-up to present the Movie Premiere of the next DC Entertainment Original Animated Film, JUSTICE LEAGUE: DOOM! It will be at the Paley Center For Media in New York City on February 13th, 2012 at 6:30. Most of the Voice Actors and Production Team will be there to sign autographs. Yes, come meet Batman, Kevin Conroy! The actual DVD will be released on February 28th. The tickets for this Premiere Event are FREE, but the loophole is you have to be a Member of the Paley Center and, of course, tickets are limited. For more info on that, click the link down below:



Paley Center for Media

25 West 52 Street

New York, NY 10019

BATMAN ARKHAM CITY Advertising Wall Mural, in The Bronx, is UP and Completed!

Our Friend Michael sent us this awesome photo showing the BATMAN ARKHAM CITY Mural he gets to see everyday when going to work, lucky! This painted billboard advertising the Video Game is in The Bronx, New York. Michael had sent us a pic awhile back while they were painting it, if you wanna see that then click HERE! The completed artwork looks incredible, Thanks Mike!

BATMAN ARKHAM CITY - Cool Photo From The Video Game Launch at Times Square

This is just a quick post to share a very cool photo that was taken at the recent BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY Video Game Launch at the Toys-R-Us Store in Times Square, NYC. It shows Jim Lee ( DC Comics ), Some Guy Who Worked on the Game ( Rocksteady ), Batman ( Life-Size Statue ), and Kevin Conroy ( Batman Voice Actor ). That special statue, probably made just for the event, is extremely cool. That thing would look awesome in my Kitchen or Bathroom!

Reminder - BATMAN ARKHAM CITY - Video Game Arrives Early at TIMES SQUARE TOYS-R-US in NYC

This post is just a friendly reminder that the TOYS-R-US in Times Square, New York City, will release the BATMAN ARKHAM CITY Video Game one day early on October 17th, 2011! Plus, you can get it autographed by Jim Lee ( DC Comics Artist ) and Kevin Conroy ( BATMAN Voice Actor ). Check out the photo of the announcement poster for more details ( Click on it for a larger version ), or click HERE!

BATMAN WALLPAPER - 1966 Batmobile Car Spotted Near Ground Zero, NYC

Check out this extremely cool photo sent in by our good friend BatDave. He said he has a buddy named Lou who was sitting in traffic in lower Manhattan only a couple of days ago when, all of a sudden, he looks over to his right and sees an original 1966 Batmobile Car being hauled right past the World Trade Center 9/11 Freedom Tower construction site! Amazing!! This picture is so cool that I thought it deserved to be a BATMAN Desktop Wallpaper, ha! ( Thanks to both Lou & BatDave for sharing this fun event )

BATMAN ARKHAM CITY - Video Game Event at TOYS-R-US Times Square NYC

If you're lucky enough to live New York then this event is for you! Yes, 500 copies of BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY Video Game will be available a day early at THE TIMES SQUARE Toys-R-Us location on Monday, October 17th ( that's about 5 days from now ). The first 100 customers who pre-purchase a copy of the game through the store's "Personal Shopping Department" ( starting now, don't wait ), will receive a coupon reserving their copy, and can have their game autographed by Jim Lee ( DC Comics ), Kevin Conroy ( Voice Actor of Batman ) and Sefton Hill ( Rocksteady Studios ) at the event. The other 400 copies will be available for purchase at the event, which officially starts at 4:00 pm, but who knows when people start lining up? The event will include photo ops with actors dressed up as Batman and Catwoman, and game demos.

BATMAN ARKHAM CITY Advertising Wall Mural Painting Spotted in The Bronx!

In New York ( the BRONX to be exact, ha! ) the Bat-Blog has a friend named Michael and everyday when he leaves work he gets to see this BATMAN ARKHAM CITY Wall Mural Billboard being painted! It looks like it will feature the Dark Knight & the Joker staring at each other in battle... COOL! Hopefully, Michael will send us a photo of the completed project ( Hint, Hint ). OK, Yes, I'm a little JEALOUS!

BatDave Visits the 2011 BIG APPLE COMIC CON in New York City

OK, We're a little jealous! The Bat-Blog has a friend who lives in New Jersey & every time a huge "Geek Event" happens in NYC he's there. His name is BatDave & here are some photos he shared from the recent BIG APPLE COMIC CON last week. First off, he got to meet "Batman", live & in person ( Check out the photographic proof, ha ). Then, he got to meet two total BATMAN Comic Book Legends, Jerry Robinson and Neal Adams. Of course Mr. Robinson was there to promote his new book, "JERRY ROBINSON: AMBASSADOR OF COMICS", a great read ( For The Bat-Blog Book Review, Click HERE! ). Then, BatDave got Mr. Adams to sign a recent copy of his "Batman Odyssey" comic book. Overall it seems like a great adventure! Oh yeah, he saw this beautiful Asian Girl outside & it looks like she's a Batman Fan... Heck Yeah! ( Thanks, as always, to BatDave for sharing his wonderful photos ).

Heath Ledger Autographed Bowling Pin Spotted in Famous New York City Landmark!

Here's a great story! We have 2 friends named Dave & Lisa who live near New York City, about 35 minutes west of Manhattan. They both recently decided to check out the Spider-Man Broadway Musical that's going on. Around the corner they visited a famous Bowling Alley called BOWLMOR LANES ( See the Classic Neon Sign in the 1st pic... beautiful ). While there they noticed this HEATH LEDGER Autographed Bowling Pin! This place has a display case where they feature celebrity-Signed Pins. Heath Ledger's Bowling Pin is placed right between Lady Gaga & Usher, ha ha! Hey, this is "Batman-related" & pretty interesting too. Thanks to Dave & Lisa for sending the fun pics.

BatDave Attacks The 1966 BATMOBILE Batman Car in New York City!!

Earlier this month ( October 2010 ) our good friend BATDAVE was lucky enough to go to the BIG APPLE COMIC CON in New York City. Here are just a few of the amazing photos he got of this very cool 1966 BATMOBILE Replica Car that was parked outside. Oh man, you know that people that day must have gone totally crazy, ha ha! The cool thing is that Dave got to actually sit in the car. Just look at the expression on his face, that explains everything! ( Dave - Thanks for sending these wonderful pics. Plus, I have never got to sit in this car yet ...so, I'm totally jealous, ha! )

BATMAN COSTUMES At The 2010 NYC Big Apple Comic Con!

I have been getting a few emails the last few days from our good buddy BatDave. Last week he went to the NYC Big Apple 2010 Comic Con in New York City ( Manhattan ). While there he got some extremely cool photos to share. So many in fact that I plan to spread them out a little bit. The Actors from the 1966 BATMAN TV Show were there, Adam West & Burt Ward, & he got some great pics of them. The '66 Batmobile car was there too & you can look forward to seeing it later on as well. But for right now, in this 1st wave, we get to see a few Cosplay people who all have totally amazing Batman-themed costumes. The 1st one is a 1970's retro-style costume, very cool! The others include a very cute Batgirl, a Batman Beyond Bat-Suit, a Custom Batman Suit ( very creative ), & even Deathstroke! This is probably one of the most fun things that happen at a comic book convention nowadays. You walk around the corner & BAMM!, there's the Caped Crusader, ha ha! I wanna thank BatDave for sending all the great pics because I know every Bat-Blog Fan will get a total kick out of them!

BATMAN ODYSSEY # 1 - NEAL ADAMS BOOK SIGNING in New York City MIDTOWN COMICS in Times Square

On Saturday July 10th, 2010 ( from 2:00 to 4:00pm ) legendary comic book artist Neal Adams will be signing copies of BATMAN: ODYSSEY # 1 at the Midtown Comics Store in Times Square ( NYC ). Now, down below I posted the address from their official website but you might want to check with them for any other information. I'm not sure if they will be charging a fee for the autograph or if it's free so please be warned. Either way it would be really great to get this famous issue signed!

Midtown Comics - Times Square

200 W. 40th Street

New York, NY 10018

You Don't Have To Be Batman To Save Lives

Back in 1989, to capitalize on the popularity of the Tim Burton BATMAN Movie, the New York Blood Center ran a promotion called "You Don't Have To Be Batman To Save Lives". Basically it was a major blood drive where they used the Caped Crusader as a theme. It was pretty successful. Shown here are 2 pieces of memorabilia from that event. The first photo is a T-Shirt & the 2nd one is a small advertising poster. It's cool they didn't use the same exact graphic. Plus, it's the comic book-style artwork & not the movie ( but "movie images" would have been great too! ). Now, it's kinda hard for me to tell but I'm guessing that the art was drawn by either Jose Luis Garcia Lopez or Dick Giordano! If anyone knows exactly please let me know. Either way, it's a very cool part of Bat-History!

Nick Spots JACK NICHOLSON JOKER STATUE in Times Square!

OMG! A Good Bat-Blog Citizen named Nick just sent us this incredibly awesome photo. He was visiting Planet Hollywood in Times Square in New York City where they have a HUGE Jack Nicholson JOKER Statue! WOW! The thing looks even larger than life-size ( as it should be ). Also, the face sculpt looks exactly like "Jack", that's very cool. Thank you to Nick for sharing the wonderful pic. I need to ask you to try & steal this thing for me. But then the problem would be, after you got it, you would probably want to keep it for yourself, ha ha!

Chip Kidd's ARTBREAK Rock Concert Event in New York City - Dec. 29th, 2009

This post is to remind everybody that our friend Chip Kidd will be performing LIVE with his rock group ARTBREAK tomorrow night at DIXON PLACE in New York City. The concert is Tuesday, December 29th, 2009. They will be performing all new music from their up-coming album. For more information be sure to visit the DIXON PLACE website by clicking HERE!

CHIP KIDD presents ARTBREAK from gary nadeau on Vimeo.

NEAL ADAMS in a 1966 Batmobile at The 2009 Big Apple Comic Con!

Last weekend, in New York City, they had the famous BIG APPLE COMIC CON 2009! One of the special guests was none other than the legendary Batman Comic Book Artist Neal Adams. Don't believe me? Well, here's photographic proof! Here is Neal sitting in a beautiful 1966 Batmobile Replica Car. Now, I mean, how cool is that! I have never got to sit in one of these things, but from what I have been told, once you sit there you never want to leave, ha ha! I love the expression on Adams' face, priceless. If you want to know more about Neal Adams' current work then I suggest checking out his website. You can visit today by clicking HERE!

NY Yankee's Baseball Team ROOKIE HAZING DAY with Batman Costumes!

Last Sunday, September 20th, the New York Yankee's Baseball Team had their annual "Rookie Hazing Day". I guess it's some kind of tradition or something where they make all the Rookies do stupid stuff, ha ha. Sorry, I'm not really familiar with sports that much but I thought it was great that they made them all dress-up in Batman costumes for the special event!! Just to name a few players: Rookie Pitcher Mark Melancon was Batman, Rookie Shortstop Ramiro Pena as Catwoman, and another Rookie Pitcher, Michael Dunn, dressed as The Riddler. There is also the Joker, The Penguin, etc... But anyway, the costumes are really well done & I think it's fun that they did it. I like their team spirit. I kinda feel sorry for the guy who had to be Catwoman, ha ha. ( Thanks to Gino for sending the link ). For more information about the event & many more pictures to enjoy, please be sure to visit the WFAN website by clicking HERE!