A couple of days back I came across something interesting (thanks to Joblo.com) — a "fan film" called Batman: Dead End.  The Joblo article actually mentioned this in a news post talking about a new fan-created fictional trailer called Grayson, which I eventually downloaded.  I then downloaded Batman: Dead End, only to later discover that the download had stopped midway and I'd only got half the file.  Anyway I re-downloaded it (and this time, I got the high-res version) yesterday, and also got the "Making of" featurette for it.  Now for my comments:

• Grayson (Runtime 5:27, Director: John Fiorella, download page [TFN], Joblo article) — A very stylish trailer with some great concepts.  Batman dead, Grayson putting on the Robin costume again and fighting The Joker, Superman and Wonder Woman, Penguin making an appearance... it's all very nicely done.  Pity that it's only a trailer and that there won't be an actual film!  Best shot (you can see it in the Joblo page) is one that comes at the very end of the trailer — this one has the Joker manically laughing with HA HA HA apparently written in blood on the walls behind him.
• Batman: Dead End (Runtime 8:04, Director: Sandy Collora, download page [TFN], official site, Joblo article) — This was not so much an amateur film as others I've seen, since as you'll see from the director's site, he's worked on several films before.  The movie was made for a budget of $30,000 and features Batman fighting The Joker, who has just escaped from Arkham Asylum.  And then Aliens and Predators show up.  There may not be much of a story here, but the film is extremely stylish (I loved the dark, rainy and violent mood) and has some great creature effects.

Well, while all this stuff was downloading, I was working on my second Dark Tales comic called Doorways..., and I edited and computer-coloured 5 panels so far (that's half of the comic).  I also put together a small (two-panel) preview of it and emailed it to a few friends.