First Look at Batman's WEDNESDAY COMIC Newspaper By DC Comics

You might remember awhile back here at the Bat-Blog we announced a new format of comics that DC Comics is undertaking called "Wednesday Comics". Basically it's gonna be like a Large Newspaper with 16 pages, printed on broadsheet-size newsprint, featuring weekly stories by the best comic book creators out there. This example shown here of the "Batman Section" was written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Eduardo Risso. The artwork looks terrific & this whole "newspaper thing" sounds like a very cool concept. Now, DC Comics seems to be kinda vague right now as to the exact release date but keep an eye out because it should be arriving soon. When we get more information we'll let you know so please stay tuned to the Bat-Blog! ( Thanks Brian for sending the link ).

GALEXO HAS BEEN FOUND! ( 1960's Batman Comic Strip History )

OK, Regular Readers of the Bat-Blog might remember a post done in the past where we were trying to find out about a "Batman character" named Galexo. The short version of a long story is that there was once a syndicated Batman comic strip in the 1960's & 1970's but toward the end of it's run the company lost the rights to represent Batman but actually kept the thing going for a little while with a fake superhero named Galexo...yeah, crazy! The other weird thing is that they kept drawing Bruce Wayne & Dick Grayson, ha ha! But the deal is that these last few strips only ran in a very small amount of Newspapers & finding out what this character even looked like has been a goal of many Batman Historians. Well, my buddy Steve over at the BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY Blog finally found him!! He received an e-mail from a guy named Todd who runs the Barnacle Press ( a blog dedicated to vintage comic strip history ). Todd has an amazing archive of many "lost strips" & was able to find one with Galexo! So, Congrats Steve! WOW! GALEXO has been found!! For further information be sure to visit Steve's post located at this HERE!

1940's Golden Age BATMAN AND ROBIN Comic Strip Press Sheet

Here's an amazing piece of Bat-History! This is an Original Newspaper Press Sheet showing the BATMAN AND ROBIN Daily Comic Strips for the week of May 15th through the 20th, 1944. It was test-printed by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate ( Be sure to click on the above photo for a way larger, more readable, version ). Now, for people interesting in reading these today then be sure to check out this book published by Kitchen Sink Press reprinting all the Dailies from 1943-1946. They also made a separate book covering all the Sunday Strips.

BATMAN LIVE TOUR Seeking Employees in the UK

Here's a recent newspaper advertisement run by a company called "Circus Space". They work with the BATMAN LIVE TOUR that will be starting in England & they need both Aerialists & Acrobats for their show. If you have these skills & live in the UK, then this is THE job for you! For details just check out the ad.

New GLOBE Tabloid With 1966 BATMAN TV Show On Cover!

Here's a brand new "collectible item" for Bat-Fans who love the old 1966 BATMAN TV Show, Adam West & Burt Ward are on the cover of GLOBE! Yes, this week's GLOBE tabloid newspaper has a cover story about "25 Favorite Celebs: Where Are They Now?". The cool thing is that they actually had something nice to say about them, ha! Plus, they put a small color photo of Batman & Robin on the cover! This is in stores right now so if you want one be sure to act quickly.

Wacky BATMAN MOVIE CONCEPTS at the L.A. Times' HERO COMPLEX Website

Right now, on the Los Angeles Times' HERO COMPLEX website , they are presenting BATMAN MOVIE CONCEPTS created by Writer Geoff Boucher and illustrated by Sean Hartter. You might remember Sean's artwork on this site ( yes, shameless plug ). Anyways, they are presenting 3 Fake Batman Movie Posters a day for 5 days, 15 total. Well, OK they're more like "Movie Theater Lobby Cards", but you get the idea. Now, here's a LINK to the 1st day & then once there you can follow all of them. They're pretty fun, the basic idea is "What if... certain Movie Directors made a fun Batman film and who would the Actors be?". The choices are pretty interesting.