Batman Forever Comic Adaption Burton Style

[bttfbat]

Well, this is a project I have been toying with doing for awhile.  I always thought the comic adaption of Forever got rid of most (not all) of the corny lines, and I have been dying to see a third chapter in the Burton universe.  I have been starting in photoshop to rebuild the Batman Forever comic adaption to match the first two films.  I am starting by using the comic adaptions from the other movies to help restore Michael Keaton as Batman.  I also have brought back the original Batmobile, and even the Bat boat.  Anyway, I am far from finished but here is a preview of what I have been working on.  I have gone to black and white, because it is easier to work with, and also I think makes it look more darker as the comic adaption had the bright Schumacher colors.  I'll put together a pdf of it when it is all done.  I also am planning on changing a few lines here and there.

[thecolorsblend]

Very cool. Are you going to color it later or leave it b&w?

[bttfbat]

I might, one of things I keep running into is using different sources. I am trying to use as much "comic" art as I can.  Of course there isn't really any from the first Batman movie comic.  For Billy Dee Williams I am just sourcing photos on the net and try to sharpen and texture the photos to work on the page.  Here is a before and after.  This was a great case where I liked the expression from the Batman Returns book after Batman fought with Selina at the Ice World, the blood worked in this case though since Bruce just was fighting some of Two-Face's goons. 

I am having some fun with this, it is cool to see it be Keaton.  I am not going to change the Riddler though,  It could be cool to do Robin Williams, but since I am not the best at drawing I have to do this all in Photoshop and there is more than enough to do.  In my mind, we know Keaton was Batman, and Williams already played the role of Two Face.  It is possible that Carey could still have ended up as the Riddler.

[thecolorsblend]

I might, one of things I keep running into is using different sources. I am trying to use as much "comic" art as I can.  Of course there isn't really any from the first Batman movie comic.  For Billy Dee Williams I am just sourcing photos on the net and try to sharpen and texture the photos to work on the page.  Here is a before and after.  This was a great case where I liked the expression from the Batman Returns book after Batman fought with Selina at the Ice World, the blood worked in this case though since Bruce just was fighting some of Two-Face's goons. 

I am having some fun with this, it is cool to see it be Keaton.  I am not going to change the Riddler though,  It could be cool to do Robin Williams, but since I am not the best at drawing I have to do this all in Photoshop and there is more than enough to do.  In my mind, we know Keaton was Batman, and Williams already played the role of Two Face.  It is possible that Carey could still have ended up as the Riddler.

Yep. And it looks like all you really have to do is finagle Bruce; Batman is less of an issue (unless you want to eliminate the sonar suit concept).

[Paul (ral)]

Great idea and nice work done so far!

[The Dark Knight]

Very cool project, bttfbat. It's a seamless looking job so far.

[bttfbat]

Thanks for the compliments!  It is coming along.  The biggest pages to change so far have been the pages with the Batmobile.  I am glad people are liking it.  I have thought about this for a while, and coming onto this message board and seeing the same passion for the Burton films, I thought I had to do it.

[Azrael]

Yeah, this looks good.

[gordonblu]

Sweet. I was thinking of doing a "Burton-ized" comic, but it would have been in my overly cartoony/ not-very-good drawing style. This is much better.

[bttfbat]

I LOVE drawing, just not very good at it    

Anyway I got a lot done the last few days, with the work week back up I am hoping to do some more here and there.  Anyway though here is another before and after.  (before final editing and toning/clean up).