Meet Batman's Furry Sidekicks: the Bat Dogs!

Batman is a DC Comics character that was created in the late 1930s by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. Batman is also referred to as 'The Caped Crusader' and 'The Dark Knight'. Although Batman has many human companions, he doesn't have any pets. If Batman ever did decide to keep pets, what would his dogs look like?

Bat Dogs in The 'Bark' Night

Combining their excellent sense of smell, loyalty and dog breath with the flying and hearing powers of bats, bat dogs make excellent slobbering sidekicks. Using their bark as sonar, bat dogs can follow their nemesis (usually Cat Woman) through busy streets, either on the ground or from the air. Dogs make excellent superhero sidekicks, as they are very loyal and are generally of a good height to bite baddies in the bottom.

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Bat Dogs Defeat Kitty Criminals

Batdogs have one nemesis, the cat. before becoming bat dogs, many ordinary dogs were often outsmarted by these hissing creatures that could climb out of reach. But now, endowed with the powers of bat flight, batdogs can follow their feline enemies no matter how high they climb.

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Batdogs make a Halloween Appearance

Not all Batdogs wear their uniforms year-round. Some only don their costumes at Halloween, using the festivities and dress up traditions of Halloween to disguise their true natures as Bat Dogs. This way, they can hide in plain sight and still show allegiance to Batman and Robin.

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Fan Art Character Hybrids

Fan art works are artists' renditions of their favorite celebrities or media characters. The aim of fan art is to show what it is about their idol that they appreciate, such as beauty, strength or humor. Fan art combinations merge two subjects to form an entirely new character. The tricky part is to express what it is about both of those characters that the artist appreciates.

Fan Art Spoofs
Character combinations are spoofs or parodies of popular characters, created with the intention of forming a humorous hybrid. The majority of character spoofs are non-official art works, though occasionally they are created on an official level by TV series producers as a means to entertain viewers.

Above: A combination of pikachu, a magical animal character from the anime series Pokemon, and a cthulhu, a fantasy character first introduced in literature by HP Lovecraft in the 1920s. The resulting character combination is a cthulhuachu. [source]

Above: Family Guy's dynamic duo, Brian the Dog and Stewie, transform into a parody of DC Comics' Batman and Robin. This is an official transformation created by the artists of Family Guy for use in an episode. [source]

Above: Mario Bros vs Winnie the Pooh and Piglet. Children of the 80s will recognize both sets of famous friends that have been used in this character combination.The transformation that the four characters have undergone reflects the transformations that the Mario games and the Pooh series have experienced over the last three decades. [source]

Above: Wolverine Mouse? Mickerine? Wolvermickey? The usually light-hearted and lovable character of Mickey Mouse has been combined with the intense, angry persona of Wolverine from the X Men. The artist has combined elements from each character, such as Mickey's gloves and Wolverine's blades to create a balanced hybrid character. [source]

Above: A Photoshop hybrid of Rowan Atkinson's Mr Bean character and a na'vi alien character from the movie Avatar. Although the resulting hybrid character has mostly na'vi characteristics, such as the hair style, blue skin and wide, flat nose, Mr Bean's character traits shine through. [source]

Above: A Muppet X Men spoof. Jim Henson's popular Muppet characters have appeared in a number of fan art hybrids. [source]

Above: The Simpsons parody the famous photograph of The Beatles crossing Abbey Road, with Homer Simpson as John Lennon. The zebra crossing used in the original photograph of the pop group is now a popular tourist destination. [source]

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Edible Superheroes Hit the Runways in Chocolate Fashions

Fashion designers and confectioners have joined forces to create a fashion show of edible clothing, with designs based on famous and popular superhero characters.

The 11th Annual Chocolate Show in New York, USA, offered a unique combination of food, fashion and superheroes. Models strutted down the runway wearing edible chocolate clothing styled to look like popular movie characters, comic book heroes and mythological creatures.

Chocolate melts when it comes into contact with the warmth of the human body, so these trendy food fashions didn’t last long as models left a wake of dripping chocolate and melting confectionery items. Some of the sturdier materials used to compliment the chocolate clothing was sugar pastry and conventional materials and fabrics.

David Barton of David Barton Gyms was styled to be a “gym hero”, complete with chocolate barbells and chocolate championship belt. When Barton’s chocolate body paint started to melt, a female audience member became so excited that she rushed on stage to lick the chocolate from his muscular body.

A chocolate Lara Croft-style costume made a deliciously brief appearance. Almost the entire outfit is made from edible chocolate.

Above: A Lara Croft outfit made from chocolate

Popular TV series character, Xena, also showed up. Slabs of carefully crafted chocolate were made to form a representation of Xena’s paneled leather skirt. Gold confectioner’s paint was used to create a convincing chocolate replica of Xena’s body armor and crown.

Above: Xena's outfit is made of chocolate that has been painted and molded to look like metal or leather.

“Sedusa” a character based on the mythological character Medusa, also boasted a generous application of gold confectioners paint. For the show, designers had to create outfits that were more than 40% edible chocolate. Sedusa’s head piece with it’s writhing snakes, as well as her clothing and jewelry, are all chocolate.

Above: "Sedusa", based on the Greek mythological character Medusa

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