#AwesomeCosplay Pics of the day: Catwoman

Here's the lovely Alouette cosplaying as the best Catwoman I've ever seen!

She just looks absolutely stunning! Gorgeous <3
The costume's mighty impressive, dead on Darwyn Cooke's design.
Here's some more amazing pics:

Woah!
Just, wow! <3

#Movie NEWS! New Dark Knight Rises trailer!

...speaking of Batman, did I post this one already? Not sure, 'dunno...

Anyhow, here's the latest Dark Knight Rises trailer:

Opinions?

Honestly, I'm not entirely sold on this.
I mean, sure they got lots of money and are throwing it in our faces every shot, but, I just dunno... It might be victim of "too much, too little". Also too much hype from the past Bat-movies and Nolan's recent Inception-success.

I'm not feeling the plot, over-gritty, the characters, that silly Catwoman and the badly represented Bane, or even Bats himself. Heck, by this point, he's barely been an interesting character nor the focus of the past 2 films. So...

#Movie NEWS! New Dark Knight Rises pictures

Here's a bunch of new pics from Christopher Nolan's upcoming Dark Knight Rises thanks to Entertainment Weekly.

And no excuses like "they look bad because they're posing around, showing the costumes, etc." or filming.

This time, these are actual stills from the film!

See that one above, 4 pics above? That's actually what Bane will look like with the movie's proper picture and lightning.

Ugh... seeing this "live Catwoman", and how Bale!Batman looked...  Reminds me why I find these to be good movies but bad Batman stories... (<- that's just my opinion!)

DC News! Learn to read with The Dark Knight!

Here's some random tie-in merchandising.

These are books designed to teach preschoolers to read, and based on Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises.

HaperCollins will release a bunch of these books around the movie's release date.
They're aimed at young readers, and bound to be a tiny bit spoiler-ysh I guess.

This oughta be telling us something about the movie's quality, which I've been doubting since the announcement...

Outcast Studios - LIVE DRAW NIGHT March 2012

http://outcaststudios.com/forums/

It's that time again...

This Sunday night was held another one of our usual LIVE DRAW NIGHT drawing jams at the Outcast forums.
Our quarterly Jam session featuring 4 hours of non-stop drawing.
As before, I kept my Twitter account updated all the way through the challenge.

It was fun, it was crazy, lots of neat fun art were produced by all who entered the jam!
Here's my usual blog-recap of the evening.
You can have a look at my past entries in these following posts:
- LDN February 2011
- LDN May 2011
- LDN September 2011
- LDN December 2011

Let's dig into these drawings produced by yours truly, shall we?
HOUR ONE
It consisted in a series of 5 minutes quick sketches to warm things up.

The LDN was going strong already!
Here's Hellboy, in all his chum glory.

Bow, mortals, before the fantastic Galactus!

Someguy called Briareos apparently...

Catwoman's turn now!

And finally, Daredevil!


HOUR TWO
Two 25 minutes sketches, using both two different set of proposed characters and then reimagined as "ROCKSTARS".

So I simply took STEEL.

...and here's Black Canary!

HOUR THREE
25 min per sketches - using proposed characters and a little gimmick rule.

First one was to make your own Amalgam character using 2 of the first proposed characters.

So I took Booster Gold and Jubilee and made "Booster Lee"!! XD
'didn't came out half bad, if ya ask me~


Jubilation Lee Carter, aka Jubilee Gold!!
A sparkly mutant in search of fame and fortune in the past.

This second one was a gender bended character.

I took Adam Strange, though I prefer to consider this to be Alanna Strange in a similar costume personally~

HOUR FOUR
Remembering a Legend: Moebius

RIP Moebius
To end the night, we got to pay our respects to the passing of this comic book artist, we had a little homage to Moebius to come up with.
A 50 minutes drawing.

'Went with this tribute of Arzach/Moebius.

~

And that's all folks!
Hope you enjoyed 'em all!


The next one will be in June (sadly..).
Another fun practice session, and fun time.
You can join in the jam at the outcast studios.

Good Night everybody!~

Toy NEWS! The Dark Knight Sinks

Thanks to some ad for toys in a comics/magazine, we now know how Bane and Catwoman will actually look like in Warner's upcoming flick Dark Knight Rises, and it's...

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...and OH GOD! MY EYES!! IT BURNS!! HAAA!!

No, really. It's not that awful.
But they look bad.
Such...silly designs. Nothing iconic. You'll have them forgotten in 2 years top!

Bane is...ugh... And Catwoman seems to come from some random bad con/bank heist movie.

Nightwing's Valentines #Catwoman

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Nightwing © DC Comics

Super Dictionary: candy

Oh, my...

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Super Dictionary © DC Comics

Drawings - Bat-Clan: Black Bat, Wildcat & Catwoman II

Drawing some random Bat-family related DC Comics character for no reason.

Here's one.

Here's two.

Here's three!
Enjoy!

As seen on my own deviantArt.

Deleted Scenes - Canceled "NO MAN'S LAND"-ysh Bat-cartoon

While a...errr...disputable new Batman cartoon will start in fall next year, Beware The Batman, featuring a unique Bat-team and unusual direction, did ya know we almost got an entirely different product?

With Batman: The Brave and The Bold ending, Warner Bros had various studios pitch a new Bat-centric cartoon.
Amongst them was a Bat-family show inspired by the DC Comics story arc "No Man's Land"...

It seems it would have featured the whole Pre-Batman Reborn family; Batman!Bruce Wayne, Catwoman, Nightwing, Robin!Damian Wayne or Tim Drake and making her animated debut Batgirl!Cassandra Cain.

This above picture is from Coran Zone.
He says:

"So James the Terrifically talented Tucker producer of “The Brave and Bold” series was starting work on the new Bat show and decided to take a chance on the new guy….Me! So I became character designer. I was floored as shit and had a ton of ideas for the darknight and fellers so I spent about 4 or 5 monthes cranking out a ton of of batty shizz! I did way more than any man should ever do and worked sometimes two nights straight without sleep on that stuff.

This is the sucky part> Even though all of the heads at Cartoon Network liked the designs one felt the premise (more of a “no mans land”) was too dark and grim so they scrapped it."

Aww man...
Looks like the perfect Batman cartoon I've always dreamed about...

Source: Batgirl to Oracle

Movie NEWS! Catwoman Rises

Here's some new pics from The Dark Knight Rises finally showing a better look at Anne Hathaway in the role of Selina Kyle!Catwoman.
Our previous first look at the movie's interpretation didn't give us a proper Catwoman vibe.
 

Yup, looks like she'll be sporting....cat-ears!!
But does she really need those heels? I mean, will she jump around rooftops with those?

No cat-tail it seems for this version of Catwoman.
(probably the whip attached around the hips, Darwyn Cooke-style)

"Hurr hurr!"

Converse DC Comics Collection

Remember those DC Comics shoe ads that have been appearing in lots of DC and Marvel comics lately?
Well, I found another one while reading an issue the other day...and thought I should try uploading all of them on the blog just to have a look!

It's kinda silly, sure, but a neat way to have a quick look at various designs of some DC characters over the years, including their all-new look of the reboot/relaunch/retcon-thingie.

Here's all of those I could find.
Are there more? Wonder Woman seems to be seriously lacking here..and don't "It's a girl"-me. Catwoman's got a pair of shoes of her own below!

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© DC Comics
© JOURNEYS.

Movie NEWS! Catwoman - first look!

Warner Bros just delivered our first look at the new Superman.
Here's some news on the Batman front as well.

More precisely, the first look at Anne Hathaway in the role of Selina Kyle/Catwoman in Christopher Nolan's upcoming The Dark Knight Rises.

AAAANND...I'm officially worried about the direction this flick is going to.
Bane left me skeptical, but this...

And don't FANBOY at me. Good director or not, good cast or not, a movie is the sum of its part, from design/story to post-production.

About the "Bat-tumbler-bike" thingie, or whatever it's called, I'm pretty sure she stole it from Bats, kinda the same way the Catwoman from Tim Burton flick did steal some tech from her foes (the electrocutioner comes to mind), perhaps it's even the one

Comic NEWS! DC Reboot: Part VII - Issues #2 and other titles

DC Reboot: part I

DC Reboot: part II

DC Reboot:: part III

DC Reboot: part IV

DC Reboot: part V
DC Reboot part VI 

It's been a long time since I posted anything related to DC's upcoming reboot/revamp/relaunch, right?

Well, DC just revealed some of October 2nd issues of this new direction.
Mainly, the Bat-books.
And amongst them there's already some other newly announced titles. (which will make the total of books over +52-ysh? or are some of the previous quoted books in fact bi-monthly? quarterly?)

DC told: "This October, Gotham City will be overrun by new villains. In DETECTIVE COMICS, Batman will face the Gotham Ripper. In BATGIRL, Barbara Gordon will take on Mirror. Mysterious villains will be terrorizing Gotham in BATMAN, BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT, BATWOMAN and NIGHTWING. And around the globe, evil takes new forms in BATWING and RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS. Can the Bat family defeat all these foes or is the fate of Gotham – and the world at large – permanently doomed?"

Anway, here's the upcoming titles after the jump.

BATMAN #2
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Art and cover by GREG CAPULLO and JONATHAN GLAPION

Bruce Wayne is back in the cowl, hunting a new and deadly killer in Gotham City – a killer with a vendetta against Bruce Wayne! But who is this mysterious killer in an owl skull mask? And is he the key to unlocking one of Gotham’s oldest and most terrifying secrets? Be there for their first brutal encounter!

So, this is the main Bat-book now, heh?
A killer in an owl skull mask.. I wouldn't bet on Owlman or any of those previous classic variations on Batman. No, surely one of those new enemies they've been hinting at.

BATWING #2
Written by JUDD WINICK
Art and cover by BEN OLIVER

He is called Massacre, and he brings death. What does the soldier in service of Batman Incorporated do when he’s met his match? When he’s been brought so low and been wounded so badly? What does he do when lost Super Heroes begin turning up as victims? Batwing fights back!

Even Batwing will get some rogues of his own.
Still wished there was a Nightrunner title as well.
Hope this stays original (as in "Batman in Africa") and doesn't turn into some copy of Marvel's Black Panther...

DETECTIVE COMICS #2
Written by TONY S. DANIEL
Art by TONY S. DANIEL and RYAN WINN

Batman sets his sights on the Gotham Ripper, who in turn has his sights on Batman. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne explores a budding romance with television journalist Charlotte Rivers, who’s visiting Gotham City to cover the gruesome slayings – while also trying to uncover Bruce’s own mystery. But time is running out as both Commissioner Gordon and Batman work to uncover the true identity of this new serial killer.

The Gotham Ripper, heh? No chances it's the 80s/90s Ripper from that Todd McFarlane Batman Year Two story back from the grave?
More new enemies it is...

BATMAN AND ROBIN #2
Written by PETER J. TOMASI
Art by PATRICK GLEASON and MICK GRAY

Batman’s fears about Robin’s tendency to dish out more pain than necessary are growing! And who is the man named NoBody, visiting Gotham City to say hello to his old friend Bruce Wayne and find out where he went wrong in his battle against crime.

I still miss the ol' Dick/Damian dynamic duo...
Will Bruce turn him into a Jason Todd? Or will he set instead Jason as an example NOT to follow?

BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #2
Written by DAVID FINCH and PAUL JENKINS
Art by DAVID FINCH and RICHARD FRIEND with JAY FABOK

Something sinister surges through Arkham Asylum, and Batman finds himself bombarded by his greatest foes in this second sensational issue from superstar creator David Finch!
Bigger, meaner, and more powerful than ever before, the inmates of Arkham Asylum run rampant as the entire Bat Family struggles to keep the walls from falling down, unleashing Gotham City’s worst criminals on the unsuspecting population. And you won’t believe the jaw-dropping final page! Just keep repeating, “It’s only a comic book. It’s only a comic book...”

That's either a Venom-induced Two Face...or the worst drawing of Harvey I've ever seen!!

BATGIRL #2
Written by GAIL SIMONE
Art by ARDIAN SYAF and VICENTE CIFUENTES

The nightmare-inducing brute known as Mirror is destroying the lives of Gotham City citizens seemingly at random, and an explosive confrontation between Batgirl and Mirror leads Babs to question wearing the cape and cowl at all!
The riveting adventures of Batgirl continue in stunning fashion, with script by fan-favorite Gail Simone and stellar art by superstar Ardian Syaf!

This hints at her being back as Batgirl. (after those years of Oracl-ying on the Birds of Prey book)
Still wishing that Cass and Steph will make an appearance here...
Please... Pwetty please, DC?...with cherry on top...

BATWOMAN #2
Written by J.H. WILLIAMS III and W. HADEN BLACKMAN
Art and cover by J.H. WILLIAMS III

Horror! A terrifying new villain stalks the innocent children of Gotham City! Intrigue! A threatening government agency is hot on Batwoman’s trail. Romance! Kate Kane’s new relationship is heating up!
Can Batwoman stop the new evil rising from the damp back alleys of Gotham’s barrios? And overcome the many challenges she faces as both Batwoman and Kate Kane? 2011’s most anticipated new series intensifies in this exciting second issue!
 
This long-time in hiatus book is finally part of DC's monthly lineup! Yay!
(only good thing of this whole reboot so far? probably..)

NIGHTWING #2
Written by KYLE HIGGINS
Art and cover by EDDY BARROWS and JP MAYER

When a mysterious assassin targets Dick Grayson, Nightwing must work fast to uncover the killer’s plot before he strikes again. But as Haley’s Circus continues to perform in Gotham City, Dick finds himself torn between two lives: His old one as a circus performer and his new one as a Super Hero. And they may be more connected than he ever realized!

Still not a fan of his new red-ysh costume. Too much Bat-clan wearing red. (Tim, Damian, Jason Todd, Batwoman...)

RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #2
Written by SCOTT LOBDELL
Art and cover by KENNETH ROCAFORT and BLOND

Red Hood is already globe-trotting in an effort to find the ancient assassins behind the slaughter of those who taught him some of his darkest skills... and if Roy and Kori are going to be of any help, well, they’ll just have to tag along – whether Jason wants them to or not!

Speaking of which, Jason and his super-friends seems like a fun book.
But still some doubts on Starfire's new costume (how was Jim Lee able to make her wear even less than what she was already??) and cap-wearing Roy...

BIRDS OF PREY #2
Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
Art and cover by JESUS SAIZ

An explosion in a secure Gotham City airport terminal hurls Black Canary and Starling headlong into a nightmare involving stolen pharmaceuticals, terrorists for hire and killers in stealth suits who can appear – and disappear – at will. When Canary calls in backup, Starling’s not so sure a vengeful samurai who talks to her dead husband in a sword is the best choice.

No comment?

CATWOMAN #2
Written by JUDD WINICK
Art and cover by GUILLEM MARCH

She’s a thief who lives to steal just for the thrill of breaking the law. He’s The Dark Knight, obsessively driven to battle evil with every ounce of his strength. They should keep each other at arm’s length, but...they just can’t seem to help themselves! Don’t miss this issue – things are gonna get messy!

Still not sure on this new Catwoman either. But it's Winick. Hope it's fun and not overly complicated.

PENGUIN: PAIN AND PREJUDICE #1
Written by GREGG HURWITZ
Art and cover by SZYMON KUDRANSKI

In this exciting new miniseries from novelist Gregg Hurwitz (You’re Next) and rising star artist Szymon Kudranksi (Spawn), the painful and dark past of one of Batman’s most devious foes is examined. How did young Oswald Cobblepot go from being the apple of his mother’s eye to the leader of underworld gangs and adversary of The Caped Crusader? Find out in PENGUIN: PAIN AND PREJUDICE!

Even the Penguin gets a book! (a mini)
Maybe due to his appearance in the future Batman videogame?

THE HUNTRESS #1
Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Art by MARCUS TO and JOHN DELL

Look out! By the end of this hot new miniseries, the Huntress will have the largest price on her head in DC Universe history.
What will the Huntress do that warrants such a death mark? And who puts it there? The jaw-dropping events will be revealed as the Huntress heads home to Italy and embarks on a mission that defines her life. Don’t miss out, because this story will tie in to upcoming events in BIRDS OF PREY!

Still seems like our regular Italian non-Wayne Huntress! (reinforcing the idea this might not be an actual reboot reboot)
Wish it was an on-going.
Or would lead her back into the BoP book.

THE SHADE #1
Written by JAMES ROBINSON
Art by CULLY HAMNER
This issue will ship with two covers. See the Previews order form for more information.
James Robinson returns to the world of his acclaimed STARMAN series with a new 12-issue series starring the antihero known as The Shade! An attack at the Starman museum kicks off a globe-hopping, centuries spanning quest that will irrevocably change The Shade's life, and ultimately shed light on his true origin! Artist extraordinaire Cully Hamner (RED) kicks off the series, and upcoming issues will feature art by such luminaries as Darwyn Cooke, Javier Pulido, Jill Thompson, Frazer Irving and Gene Ha!

The return of the Starman series (sort of)? Nice!
Surprise of the bunch!
The Shade was a Golden Age Flash supervillain who had control over shadow, then was reimagined for in the pages of Starman.


There you have it!
Good new direction? Afraid of it? It sure makes people talk about it though :P