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:
