SubscribeNote: After wowing us earlier this year with his stunning rockabilly redesign of Batman and the assorted characters of Gotham City, Denis Medri returns for a victory lap by showcasing his designs in several action shots and illustrations. You’ve seen the designs before — now see them in action! – Chris A.
Samatict
/ December 6, 2012I like that image of Bats leaping from the fire escape. It’s a standard trope for these rooftop vigilantes, but that imagery doesn’t get old for me. I prefer that kind of action more than swinging via grappling hooks.
My second fave is a tie between the Catwoman pinup and the Bane-Robin matchup. Betty Page and luchadores play up to the theatricality of this rockabilly aesthetic. Harley Quinn’s greaser carhop is nice, too, but I wish here skates were more prominent.
Kalel62009
/ December 6, 2012……speachless. I want this book NOW!!!!
Neil
/ December 6, 2012I would buy this book twice. Wow!
LeGs
/ December 6, 2012Is Harley on roller skates? Shut up an take my money!
Edwin
/ December 6, 2012None of these do anything less than make me jealous this only exists as a story in Denis’s head. I want to read all of this, even the quiet of moments of Bruce and Alfred working in the garage
DannyIndeed
/ December 6, 2012There’s absolutely nothing here that I don’t love.
friendlyneighborhoodillustrator
/ December 6, 2012I want this book to exist yesterday so that I will be reading it again today. Such a fun idea.
Colin
/ December 6, 2012Keep ‘em coming! Can’t get enough of this.
TBolt
/ December 6, 2012Finally, a Bane redesign I can like. Really cool.
dnwilliams
/ December 6, 2012I like it too, but I think it jars with the rest of the design, which gives me more of a West Coast vibe than that really East Coast image. Otherwise, it’s as awesome as it ever was.
GMCiaramella
/ December 6, 2012This SOOOOOO needs to be a comic book… an Elseworlds graphic novel perhaps?
Hellstormer
/ December 6, 2012I rarely believe people when say theyd buy the book or blah blah blah, but yea, I’d buy this book. How do we go about getting this done? Petition? E-mail DC? Write in?
JSG
/ December 6, 2012I love his Bruce/Batman,there is such an added air of confidence and composure to him in this redesign.I also agree with dnwilliams the roof jumping pic gives me an Ny vibe as opposed to the L.A. vibe the style evokes.
Eric Tolle
/ December 6, 2012If DC had any sense at all, they would be giving Medri tons of money to do an elseworlds series centered around Rockabilly Batman.
Civitron
/ December 7, 2012I want to go to there.
wahab
/ December 7, 2012DC, WAKE UP!! Listen to what the people are saying!!!!!
Långrygg
/ December 8, 2012Forget comic book, this is the perfect Batman movie reboot. Mad Men lead guy as Bruce Wayne/RockabillyBat
Samatict
/ December 8, 2012Huh. I’ve always associated the greaser look with the Northeast (Chicago, New York), so other than Bane’s Mexican Lucha Libre look, I’m not getting West Coast or Los Angeles off of these. I also associate Rockabilly itself more towards the Southern states, so none of this is giving me a Pacific vibe (well, maybe the Joker’s Hawaiian shirt, but that’s a stretch). I’m curious what about the drawings is registering as Western U.S. Is it just an association with “Rebel Without A Cause” (which was set in Los Angeles)?
Edwin
/ December 8, 2012I think Chicago is a good enough location for this Batman. We can just go and say Joker moved over from LA and kept his look
JSG
/ December 8, 2012Well for me these pictures just seem to draw my mind to an L.A. setting.The garage pic seems like a scene from a movie in L.A..The art style reminds me of big mural paintings,that I relate to Los Angeles.I don’t if these murals are very common to L.A.,but I feel as though they are.But hey I’m from Chicago so I could be dead wrong.
Ryan
/ December 14, 2012Scott Snyder said he wanted to do a roackabilly Batman story. Lets hook these two up.
seagoat1
/ December 19, 2012There is so much brilliance in this. Movie. Animation. Comic. Whatever! Just do it please!