Just a quick post to share this fun photo Chip Kidd took while taking a break from working at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con. Walking around he ran into some amazing creatures, and then, he saw these TROLLS! Yes, Peter Jackson & company were at the event hyping their new movie, ” THE HOBBIT”, and as a part of their promotional display they had these GIANT statues erected. If you look at the Woman in the photo, for scale, you can easily imagine how HUGE these things really were. They were a total hit, everybody loved them.

Chip Kidd is pretty well known for being a HUGE Batman Fan. So, you know as he was running around the San Diego Comic Con and came upon the “Sideshow Collectibles” Booth he had to have totally spazzed-out over these brand-new BATMAN items, ha!! This company always produces the most excellent stuff and we gotta say we are very impressed. For a Serious Batman Collector this show must be total torture!

The 1st pic is a new Batman Figure that is a more Modern-Day “Comic Book” Version of the character. Plus, the details are insane! Next is a Life-Size Bust of Batman and it’s said that it’s so realistic that it’s like looking at a real person, scary! Last, but not least, is another statue. This one is full-figure and shows the Caped Crusader standing on a Gargoyle ( Which is probably on the roof of some building in Gotham City. That city has a TON of Gargoyles, ha! ).

Chip Kidd is set-up at the PANTHEON BOOKS/Random House Booth at this year’s 2012 San Diego Comic Con ( It’s Booth #1515, for more info please check out the NEXT APPEARANCE page, navigation tab is up top ). Every now & then he gets a chance to go looking around and can’t help but totally geek-out on all the cool brand-new Batman stuff that is EVERYWHERE! He’s been sending us some really great photos ( look for even more later ).

First up is a HUGE Promo Banner near the DC Comics Booth that features BATMAN AND ROBIN with artwork by Frank Quitely, beautiful!

Then, speaking of Advertising Banners, here’s another one for a new Batman Video Game future-release.

The next photo is a Batman Japanese Shogun Warrior-type Figure. This was made by FUNKO who just makes extremely excellent stuff. We think this figure is a SDCC Exclusive because it’s all “Black and White” ( the original one is color ).

Then we get to see a new “SUPERMAN VS BATMAN” Statue based on Frank Miller’s THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS Graphic Novel. OK, we actually saved the BEST for last! Here is an Original “Marshall Rogers” Comic Art Page offered by some vendor. What torture!!

As noted in our previous post, Chip Kidd is going totally bat-crazy at the new 2012 San Diego Comic Con! Yes, this show is an amazing event with tons of fresh product previews for new Superhero merchandise. Here are some photos from the DC Comics Booth. Actually, we should say “DC Direct” because here are two brand- new BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE Statues that they plan on coming out with and they’re completely INSANE! The 1st one is based on the artwork of Darwyn Cooke which, literally, just came out ( July 1st, 2012). Then, the 2nd & 3rd pics are the BATMAN BEYOND Statue and it’s based on the Comic Book Art of Dustin Nguyen. Look for it later this year, around November.