So I had an interesting thought the other day, which about after realizing that I've idolized the concept of Batman to the point where I would regularly think about what my favorite superhero would do in certain situations in my life. Obviously I'm not the first person to have this thought, given the highly google-able phrase: "What Would Batman Do," which is also google image friendly:
Like many other children my age, in my mind I've established that Batman is someone who would handle any given scenario perfectly. But I started thinking: "you know what, he is still human after all. And human beings make mistakes." I started thinking about the inevitable times Batman has screwed up. Made a mess of things. Screwed the pooch. Really Robin-ed the situation.
That led to me thinking about how Batman could actually still be an inspiration, even when he royally FUBARs a situation. Because hey, if the Dark Knight isn't perfect, why should you be?
This led to the creation of my new (and first) Tumblr blog - "Even Batman Fucks Up Sometimes" (aka batmanfail.tumblr.com) where I will every day attempt to show a picture, video clip, or original piece of artwork showing Batman failing in some way. My hope is on that on top of some serious Bat-Schadenfreude, readers will emerge from the site with a new found sense of optimism.
If you have a contribution to make - especially an original one if you're an artist - by all means, hit me up at [my first name] dot [my last name] at gmail dot com. I've got a team of agents working on finding me clips from the internet in the meantime. Oh, and focus less on Batman actually getting his ass kicked, as I'm looking for a wide variety of failure, and besides, there's already a cleverly named Tumblr blog devoted to that.
Oh, and in tangentially related news, I've got another, pretty awesome new blog/life experiment coming up - and it's a lot more epic in scope. Look for news on that one real soon.
-Matt
Like many other children my age, in my mind I've established that Batman is someone who would handle any given scenario perfectly. But I started thinking: "you know what, he is still human after all. And human beings make mistakes." I started thinking about the inevitable times Batman has screwed up. Made a mess of things. Screwed the pooch. Really Robin-ed the situation.
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| Still one of my favorite (fake, but real in my mind) Batman and Robin panels of all time. |
This led to the creation of my new (and first) Tumblr blog - "Even Batman Fucks Up Sometimes" (aka batmanfail.tumblr.com) where I will every day attempt to show a picture, video clip, or original piece of artwork showing Batman failing in some way. My hope is on that on top of some serious Bat-Schadenfreude, readers will emerge from the site with a new found sense of optimism.
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| The profile image for the blog. I love this picture almost as much as Robin getting smacked. |
Oh, and in tangentially related news, I've got another, pretty awesome new blog/life experiment coming up - and it's a lot more epic in scope. Look for news on that one real soon.
-Matt
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