Wizard of X
Batman (Tim Sale)
From writer Jeph Loeb's and artist Tim Sale's vivid re-telling of the birth of one of Batman's greatest foes in The Long Halloween. To be fair Sale's art is fairly polarizing. People either seem to love it or hate it. Personally I like the noir-esque look, and it defnitely adds to the pulp vibe of Loeb's writing style particularly in The Long Halloween
If there was one character from all of literature that I always loved, and to an extent identified with, it would have be the Batman. Its a curious affinity that I can't quite put my finger on. I love the darkness of the character. The regret. The pain. The drive. The obsession. The looming shadow of his past, and how he dons the guise of a demon to fight a bevy of horrendous foes in order to to atone for the murder of his parents.
While my anticipation for The Dark Knight Rises isn't as great as some I did happen to dig all (or most) of my Batman figures out of storage a couple weekends ago. Consider this the first in an artist specific series of shots featuring the World's Greatest Detective not soley as an homage to one story teller, but rather a tribute to the character himself created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger nearly 75 years ago.
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Batman (Tim Sale)
From writer Jeph Loeb's and artist Tim Sale's vivid re-telling of the birth of one of Batman's greatest foes in The Long Halloween. To be fair Sale's art is fairly polarizing. People either seem to love it or hate it. Personally I like the noir-esque look, and it defnitely adds to the pulp vibe of Loeb's writing style particularly in The Long Halloween
If there was one character from all of literature that I always loved, and to an extent identified with, it would have be the Batman. Its a curious affinity that I can't quite put my finger on. I love the darkness of the character. The regret. The pain. The drive. The obsession. The looming shadow of his past, and how he dons the guise of a demon to fight a bevy of horrendous foes in order to to atone for the murder of his parents.
While my anticipation for The Dark Knight Rises isn't as great as some I did happen to dig all (or most) of my Batman figures out of storage a couple weekends ago. Consider this the first in an artist specific series of shots featuring the World's Greatest Detective not soley as an homage to one story teller, but rather a tribute to the character himself created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger nearly 75 years ago.
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