Batman has the Batmobile but Batboy drives a MINI Cooper

As I was waiting in line to get a caricature at MTTS in Miami, the discussion somehow turned to the famous Weekly World News cover showing Batboy driving a MINI Cooper.

As I and my fellow Miniacs continued to talk about it, the man drawing the caricatures overheard us and began to smile. “I am the creator of Batboy,” he said. He continued to tell us the story of Batboy and how he was the retired artist who first inserted the batty character into various tabloid scenes. As I sat for my caricature, he went on to tell me the idea for the Batboy/Cooper cover came from MINI U.S.A. and that they paid for the whole thing, as if it were an advertisement. I was shocked to learn that such a reputable publication would allow MINI to fabricate a news event like this.

He was a very nice fellow and as he continued drawing he told me he was doing something special for me. I ended up with a one-of-a-kind, MTTS collectible:

That Batboy sure does get around!