HOME | DD

RADMANRB — Batman: Eternal Darkness

Published: 2014-07-30 06:14:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 780; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 5
Redirect to original
Description

This is basically my contribute for the artwork being done for Batman’s 75th Anniversary. This character is amazing. He’s just the most versatile superhero ever created. You can make him campy, super dark, put him in the future with flying cars, it all works. New interpretations of the character are what keep him continuously interesting. 

As for my art, my favorite Batman has always been the urban commando solo act version, and more recently that hasnt been done in the past few years, other than the movies. This version of him is a version I’ve been kinda mind-plotting for a couple years since I saw the last batman movie. I want to read a Batman comic where EVERYTHING just goes wrong, like the ultimate disaster movie, but somehow worse. 

So I guess this all starts with a bunch of superheroes destroying the planet by mysterious means, and Batman comes back after being MIA for a bit. So in this story he’s around 50 years old. (Im being very vague but I have it all mapped out) Basically think of the earth as the way it was depicted in Edgar Wrights “The Worlds End” and add this Batman to it, and there you go.Basically if you read batman, think of everything horrible thats ever happened to him and Im mixing them ALL of that in this story. I dont think anyone has written Batman as broken as I’d like to do. Eventually. Maybe. Someday. When Im better.

The best thing about this character is that you can beat him and break him, and he will get back up and kick your ass. 

Related content
Comments: 8

NorthrendComics [2014-08-24 01:09:26 +0000 UTC]

Looks great.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

RADMANRB In reply to NorthrendComics [2014-08-25 03:46:10 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Jedd-the-Jedi [2014-07-30 23:05:20 +0000 UTC]

I completely agree with your assessment of what makes Batman a truly fantastic, enduring character and really love all your different interpretations of him. Your idea of the "ultimate disaster movie" brought to mind No Man's Land...what did you think of that story arc? I think I've only read Volume 1, haha! 

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

RADMANRB In reply to Jedd-the-Jedi [2014-08-01 03:30:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much man! I liked no mans land, but I think it needed to be shorter. I dont even own it cause its 5 whole volumes I need to get for a story I'll probably never re read again! I would take the no mans land concept and just extend it to the whole planet and just get really down and apocalyptic with it. I would just want a story where money no longer matters, society is barley hanging on, and secret identities hold no water anymore. Id love to take it to that place. 

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

EveApplefield [2014-07-30 20:13:42 +0000 UTC]

Really cool ! I love the "gritty" feel

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

RADMANRB In reply to EveApplefield [2014-08-01 03:26:33 +0000 UTC]

thank you! 

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

derekmetaltron [2014-07-30 12:46:43 +0000 UTC]

Nice art! What's awesome about Batman is that you can reimagine him in almost any era or situation and he (or indeed she) would be just as badass.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

RADMANRB In reply to derekmetaltron [2014-08-01 03:26:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! And yes, very much so! 

👍: 0 ⏩: 0