Art For Art’s Sake # 144 – Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na – Batmaaaaaan!
by Richard Bruton
Well, there’s a little film that’s just opened in the movie theatres… something to do with this man that dresses up as a Bat? Yeah, that one. So, in celebration, here’s the Art For Art’s Sake Batman Special.
David Mazzucchelli – but of course…
And Tim Sale… again, instantly recognisable…
Batman: Killing Time #3 – Greg Smallwood
Christian Ward – “Not a real thing but it could be. Batman and Lovecraftian cosmic horror.”
Batman Beyond – John Gallagher
James Stokoe –
The wonderful George Perez
Riley Rossmo –
Llane Lloyd – a li’l Riddler
Brian Bolland –
And from inside that Secret Origins Special #1 – Neil Gaiman writes and Bernie Mireault draws the Riddler…
Some amazing Kevin Nowlan Batman artwork…
Man-Bat story from Secret Origins #39
Classic Batman – Jim Aparo
Iain Laurie – has been doing a load of these great Batmen pieces…
Including this classic John Byrne cover recreation commission –
And this particularly gruesome one…
Nick Derrington‘s been knocking it out of the park with these Batmen recently…
But we’ll end with the greatest of Batman artists – for me at least – Mike Parobeck. Taken from us way to early, but his incredible body of work lives on. His Batman Adventures work is just perfection. The style, the flow, the simplicity – sheer beauty…
And with The Batman coming out – here’s Batman Adventures #10 from 1993, ‘The Last Riddler Story’:
