Research...

So I've been trying to find this Batman Dracula made by Andy Warhol with little success.

Warhol made the film without DC's consent and only showed it in exhibitions. No copies were published. It was also the first appearance of the campy-style Batman.

Apparently, there is footage of Batman Dracula in Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis, which is a documentary about the life and work of Jack Smith. That movie is also proving hard to find.

Here's a trailer:

I've also taken out anything Batman related I could find in the library. Frank Miller's awesome "Batman: Year One" which has an equally awesome movie version now, Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" which is arguably the best Batman comic and Frank Miller's "Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes again" which is ... meeeehhhhh.

Whoever order's the Batman comics in the library reeeeeeallly likes Frank Miller obviously.

I've also taken out a few books about pop culture, super heroes and mass media. Hopefully something can come of all this.

I was thinking maybe something about Batman through art history.

If I remember my Art Survey, Albrecht Durer's "Melancholia" was an influence in the creation of Batman.

Information on Melancholia. The Symbol of Melancholia is the Bat.

To catch up on my comic book reading, I have:

The Man Who laughs

Batman: Black And White

Batman: The Cult

Batman: Dark Victory

Batman: Son of the Demon

Batman: The Long Halloween

The Justice League of America: The Tower of Babel

The Man Who Laughs is a 1928 movie and  inspired the creation of the Joker.

Based on the book of the same title by Victor Hugo.