I have a two-year old boy who over the last year has developed a major love for Batman and, in doing so, has rekindled a love I had forgotten about without even realising it. This blog is intended for me to document memories, feelings, thoughts and rediscoveries about Batman as my son discovers the character for the first time.
Sunday, 30 September 2012
Batman Of Shanghai
I know it's been a while, folks (if anyone is actually reading this blog, then my thanks), but real life has been a demanding mistress of late. I'll be posting about one of my favourite batman books, Gotham By Gaslight, in the near future. In the meantime here's a video from Cartoon Network that was sent to me by my buddy, Enoch. Enoch and I studied illustration together in university and became firm friends over a shared love of comics and animation. Often he sends me little gems like this. Alas I don't have Cartoon Network, so shit like this passes me by regularly. So for all you guys who, like me, are sans Cartoon Network and to get you into the Elseworlds mood ready for the next post, here's Batman Of Shanghai.
Sunday, 9 September 2012
Adam West in Lookwell
I imagine i'm a little late to the party on this one.
I was listening to the excellent podcast of Ralph Garman in conversation with Adam West (which you can find here) and in it Ralph mentioned a pilot Adam did in the early 90's for a comedy detective show called Lookwell. So curiosity got the better of me and I hunted it down on youtube, and I gotta say it didn't disappoint. It's one of those shows that you can't help but think "why the hell didn't this get picked up?" but at the same time you're kinda thankful it didn't because now you're left with this little treasure.
It spoofs those sunday afternoon murder mystery shows like Murder She Wrote and, somewhat anachronistically i guess, Diagnosis Murder; show's where the lead character gets themselves involved in homicide cases that they have no business interfering with, and it's centred by a top comedic performance from the man who would become Mayor Adam We almost 10 years later.
Like is said at the start, I think i'm a little late to the party on this one. Apparently it's been doing the comic convention circuit in the US for the last 20 years, but I haven't heard anything of this in the UK. Maybe it's just been off my radar but regardless of that, if i can spread this around a little it can only be a good thing.
Enjoy.
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