Batman Day 2020: A Few Favourites!

By John Freeman on September 20, 2020

Batman creators and fans celebrated along with US publisher DC yesterday as the annual Batman Day returned. Here’s just a few of many favourites, from Twitter alone…

Batman by Bruce Timm. Do you want to build a masked vigilante? Bruce Timm's hand script and design, from the Batman Animated Series Bible. “Learn how to draw Batsy's head,” offers animator Ronnie Del Carmen. “What do to & what not to do. I kept placing the mouth lower than indicated so watch out for that” — Do you want to build a masked vigilante? Bruce Timm’s hand script and design, from the Batman Animated Series Bible. “Learn how to draw Batsy’s head,” offers animator Ronnie Del Carmen. “What do to & what not to do. I kept placing the mouth lower than indicated so watch out for that”

• Keep the party going and visit BatmanDay.com for more fun and stories

• Grab some paper, scissors and a few other household items to create your very own Bat-Signal! Click here to download the template and instructions from the DC web site!

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John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.