9:01 PM
Earlier today I got my hands on a copy of Batman: Dead End, the short film (you may still be able to download your own copy) that's been the talk of the web since it premiered at the San Diego Comicon last weekend. In short, it's fantastic. Fanboy indulgence? A bit, sure. But the look is great.

In search of more information on the people behind the film, I suffered through the AICN TalkBack until I found the link to a forum thread where the filmmaker, Sandy Collora, has been discussing the film while it was in progress. In one of his posts he was nice enough to provide a link to his own site. Nothing on the Batman film there, but he has worked on a couple commercials that I recognize.

Hopefully he and many of the other people involved with the film will find work in Hollywood--and ideally on a Batman project--as soon as possible.