Saturday, September 23, 2017

Batman Day 2017 - A Black and White Aesthetic

Since today is Batman Day, I decided to pick up some back issues at my local comic shop (Thanks Coliseum of Comics).  So while we're in the spirit of the Caped Crusader's 78th anniversary, I thought to share another collection I tend to obsess over:  Batman Black and White Statues
 

Inspired by the anthology mini series produced in the 90's, these statues capture the artistic vision of comic book masters.  While most are different depictions of Batman, a few sculptures show diverse stylizations of his Family and Rogues Gallery.  Starting in 2005, I can remember buying my first-ever eBay item - A Batman Black & White statue inspired by Brian Bolland.  Since then, my completist mentality has purchased almost every statue produced over the last 12 years. 

Besides Kim Jung Gi (which I hope to find soon), here are some pictures of all the released statues (I believe there's 79 in total).  With no foreseeable end in sight, DC keeps announcing more and more fascinating designs including John Romita Jr. and Becky Cloonan.  So as long as DC Collectibles continues to "cast" and "forge" these iconic statues, I'll continue to collect!

Frank Miller, Jim Lee, Darwyn Cooke, Jock, David Mazzucchelli, Brian Bolland, Neal Adams

Tim Sale, Simon Bisley, Greg Capullo, Alex Ross, Frank Quitely, Jae Lee, Dick Sprang, Jim Aparo

Francis Manapul, Ethan Van Sciver, Sam Keith, Gotham Knight Series, Arkham Series

Joe Kubert, Bob Kane, Jim Lee, Dustin Nguyen

Carlos D'Anda, Neal Adams, Kelley Jones, Steve Rude, Brian Bolland

Kelley Jones, Lee Bermejo, Michael Allred, Mike Mignola, Ivan Reis, Gary Frank, Dustin Nguyen

Sean Murphy, Matt Wagner, George Perez, Bruce Timm, Cliff Chiang, Eduardo Risso, Tony Millionaire

Tony Daniel, Paul Pope, Nicola Scott, Sean Galloway, Andy Kubert, Carlos D'Anda

Ed McGuinness, Sergio Aragones, Patrick Gleason, Bryan Hitch, Michael Turner
 
Frank Miller, Jim Lee, Greg Capullo, Lee Bermejo, Brian Bolland, Dick Sprang, Paul Dini, Bruce Timm

Rafael Grampa, Jime Lee, David Finch, Rafael Albuquerque
 
Norm Breyfogle, Carmine Infantino, Cameron Stewart, Jason Fabok

Steve Rude, Marshall Rogers, Dave Johnson

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