About
Batman London is the Vine handle used by a man living in London, England, who creates short Vine videos while dressed as and acting as Batman in a comedic way, similar to the Vines of BatDad.
Online History
Batman London[1] posted its first Vine on October 6th, 2013. Titled “Batman on a Sunday” it features a man dressed as Batman dancing in his chair while watching TV, before gruffly ordering a second man out of his room when he notices the dancing. As of July 2014, the Vine has gained over 500 likes, and the Vine account has gained over 6,000 followers and over 1.1 million loops.
As of July 2014, the two Vines which have gained the most likes are “Don’t Give Batman the Wrong Crackers,” uploaded on January 22nd, 2014, which has gained over 2,000 likes and “Batman wants to be famous,” a parody of Viner Rachel Olsen’s “I Want to Be Famous” Vine uploaded on January 31st, 2014, which has gained over 5,000 likes.
Media Coverage
On July 29th, 2014, Buzzfeed[2] published a post covering the Vine account titled “There’s Someone On Vine Pretending To Be Batman Living In London And He’s Hilarious.” The same day the Vines were covered by several websites including UpRoxx,[3] Geeks Are Sexy[4] and PHL17.[15]