To the Bat Poles 🦇

Terry

My tribute to Adam West

Batman

Adam West R. I. P.

Adam West R.I.P. for some reason I knew this would be the year that THE Batman took flight to the great beyond. I didn't know he was ill. Still a shock to lose someone that made such a big impact on your life. I have a huge library of West material and got to meet him when he was in his early sixties at several events. ZOWIE! #batman #adamwest #greenwayproductions

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Batman

This is the Batman and Superman I know...

BATMAN 1966

I have Adam West for my Christmas tree and year round :)  I love how HALLMARK recreated the 1966 LIFE MAGAZINE cover.  Some fans have sent me pictures of the statues by TWEETERHEAD?  Not a fan of those at all.  HOT TOYS created something that will be very hard to beat! 

SDCC BATMAN 1966

THANKS to Chris Wolfson for sharing!  I believe this is the HOT TOYS figures distributed by SIDESHOW.  You can't get much better than this :)

BATMAN TV SERIES product

If you visit my blog often, you know I am a fan of the BATMAN TV Series and love good art :)  Some have been excited about the NEW product that is coming out this Fall from various companies.  Normally, I get excited too and would like to add a few things to my collection.  When I collect things, packaging is important to me.  When I saw this packaging and several other items packaged like this for the upcoming releases...I scratched my head.  First of all, the lettering doesn't look good.  It should be colorful, well designed and look like something out of the TV series and it doesn't.  Then my eyes move to the art immediately.....and what I see, looks nothing like the TV series that I have been watching for many years.  WHY????!!!  This doesn't make any sense.  Many have said it is DC COMICS way of making it match their universe :)  If you are going to put product out based on the TV series, it should reflect the TV series and nothing else.  That is just my opinion.

    So many things are in the wrong hands these days.  Maybe one day, the people who are in charge of merchandising characters will ask experts or fans what they think and then maybe it will get done right.  A few things were done right a few years back when someone hired my friend Alex Ross to do a painting of the Barris Batmobile for a few racing sets and models.  That looked GREAT!  Now that these products can reflect the image of Adam West and Burt Ward and the other actors...why not put pictures of the actors on the packaging?

BATMAN 1966

BATMAN

from Ron Murphy

BATGIRL

from the BATGIRL pilot film

ADAM finally gets his star!

BATMAN (PILOT) from Ron Murphy

HOLY BATMANIA!

BATMAN is on ME TV in a little while...on this cold January day and RON MURPHY sent over some pics to celebrate!

BATMANIA

From my pal Ron Murphy

CATWOMAN

Happy Birthday to Julie Newmar!

I picked up a few cool 1966 BATMAN TV series items today!

Old portfolio stuff :)

A single panel of THE STARVING ARTISTS inked by Patrick Owsley :) The SPORTMART safety manual and a cel from an animated film of STARVING ARTISTS' Rick...

MAD MAGAZINE (Nick Meglin) hung on to this for a while and liked the idea...