Batman as an Oppressive Plutocrat Enforcing an Aristrocratic Social Order
Comics critic and editor Steven Padnick has an interesting read on the Batman narrative. Bruce Wayne, he argues, is hardly a hero of the oppressed, but a tyrant whose primary goal is to maintain a...
View ArticleThe Catcher in the Rye, Starring Robin
Holden Caulfied, the Boy Wonder of Gotham City, has a lot of growing up to do. And it doesn’t look that Batman is going to help him much. Read the whole piece at Andrew Makes Comics. Link via Atomic...
View ArticleBatman vs. Wolverine
(Video Link) Batman Délivrance is fan film by Atomic Productions that looks at a chaotic Gotham City, many years after Bruce Wayne hung up his cowl and began drinking. Who will take up Batman’s...
View ArticleEvidence of Batman
In 2006, a street artist who goes by the name Posterchild left signs in Toronto that would lead reasonably intelligent residents to conclude that the Batman had left Gotham City. I mean, if you saw a...
View ArticleBat Infestation Under a Tile Roof
(Video Link) A crew working for Istueta Roofing in Miami, Florida tore up an old tile roof. Below it, they found thousands of bats. It’s a good thing that the roofers didn’t try this in Gotham City....
View ArticleOrdinary Batman Adventures
Artist Sarah Johnson illustrates Batman doing what the super hero does when he’s not out fighting evil and protecting Gotham City. And they’re animated, too! Watch Batman fishing, eating ice cream,...
View ArticleDarth Knight Custom Action Figure Is All Kinds Of Awesome
Custom modeler John Harmon was inspired by Malmey Studios’ Darth Vader/Batman Armor crossover costume when he created this custom hybrid action figure. Here’s how the two figures became one: Darth...
View ArticleThe Late Movies: TV Batman Window Cameos
Jerry Lewis was the first guest star to pay Batman and Robin a quick visit. Sammy Davis Jr. was holding dance rehearsal when the crime fighters scaled his wall. I guess no one told Batman that Edward...
View ArticleThe Myriad Monikers of Gotham’s Villains
Pop Chart Lab produced a huge chart that classifies the villains of Gotham City -and there have been a lot of them over the past 70 years! The picture here is just a small portion of the chart, which...
View ArticleGotham High
(YouTube link) The prequel everyone’s been waiting for: Gotham City’s super heroes and villains in high school! Which future Dark Knight Trilogy character will get the girl in this teen romance? -via...
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