The DC comic character has come a long way and seen many radical change, but Batman is as iconic and recognisable as ever. Terranova has kindly visited the Society of illustrator exhibition in New York to get us a brief peep into the current exhibition, which includes original artwork and sketches.
Despite a little glare from items under glass, its clear to see the delicate inking and brushwork on some of these vintage panels, as well as the pasted up lettering.
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| Brian Bolland: Legends of the Dark Knight 119 - 1999 |
In 1988, Brian Bolland and Alan Moore brought Batman and comics into the mainstream once more with 'The Killing Joke' - an origin tale for the Joker, which enticed non comics readers into the genre and put comics clearly into the region of cool and dropped a copy onto coffee tables all over the world. Bollands artwork was familiar to readers of 2000AD comic, where he regularly drew Judge Dredd, but the Batman strip brought him fully to the attention of DC, where he became a regular artist.
An interior shot of the expansive Batman exhibition. Check out Batman's online presence here:
Thanks for sharing these remarkable images of original Batman art, Terranova. The panel featuring Batman on the moon looks particularly intriguing. Wow, such a cool exhibition :)
ReplyDeleteI always liked Carmine Infantino's art on Batman, especially when inked by Murphy Anderson on covers. In retrospect it seemed like he's illustrated hundreds of stories, but when I acquired 'The Tales Of The Batman Carmine Infantino' edition, every issue and cover he'd ever drawn featuring Batman fitted in one moderately-sized volume. Who'da thunk it? Great photies (as we Scots say), T47.
ReplyDeleteApart from Killing Joke Judge Dredd/Batman crossover and Batmite, I don't think i've bought a Batman comic. At the time of the comic resurgence in the early 90's, I was obsessed with Manga, so DC an Marvel were off my radar. The only time I went off piste was to follow a favourite artist, like Brian Bolland or Kevin O'Neill. I did enjoy Carmine Infantino's work on the early Star Wars series, which appeared in the UK as Star Wars Weekly.
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