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Adam West, art, Batman, Batman Day, Batman Day Week, Campus Comics, Harley Quinn, Harley Quinn Day, Metropolis IL
Today I am wrapping up Batman Day Week with this final installment. If you wish to peruse this week’s previous entries here they are with convenient links:
My haul from this year’s Batman Day.
https://detective651.wordpress.com/2017/09/25/batman-day-week-part-1-the-bat-haul/
An in-depth look at the comic books from this year.
https://detective651.wordpress.com/2017/09/26/batman-day-week-part-2-the-bat-books/
An interview with my friend about his awesome Harley Quinn art.
https://detective651.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/batman-day-week-part-3-the-bat-art/
My look at the promotional masks given away this year.
Last year I decided to do a Batman drawing for Batman Day. It was fun so I thought I would do it again this year, and probably turn it into a regular tradition. Originally, I had planned on doing an illustration of the Rebirth version of Batman. Since that is the Batman that is currently in the books this year, that made the most sense to me.
However, something else happened this year that I thought would be more meaningful for me to commemorate. Earlier this summer, we lost Batman actor, Adam West. I received the news while attending the Superman Celebration in Metropolis, IL. The news hit me harder than it might have because I had met Adam West there years ago. Literally the only place I had contact with him was where I was when I heard about his passing.
Later, I decided that I would do a drawing of Adam West’s Batman for my Batman Day drawing.
I say “decided”, but it really feels like there was no decision to be made about this. The circumstances really dictated what I would be doing here. The 60’s Batman show was such a big part of my childhood that there was no way I wasn’t doing this.
After attending the Batman Day festivities at Campus Comics, my local comic shop, I came home and set about working on this piece. I dug up some Adam West reference materials I have and put on the old Batman show and got to work.
The piece took a few hours to do, but I’m pretty pleased with how it came out. Let me know what you think in the comments or on Twitter @detective651.
Not to end this week’s series on a downer, but I feel it was relevant to end with this. Hope you have enjoyed these articles about my Batman Day experience and be sure to come back for more fun stuff.