Clone High + Batman = ...

[espanolbot]

Allegedly this is the concept art of a rejected cartoon where Batman his suppport cast and villains are all teenagers in a high school. Alfred is his guardian and stuff.


http://img12.imageshack.us/i/gothamhighclassphotofin.jpg/











I like their versions of Barbara, Selina and Harley. Clayface is interesting, Victor looks like Rusty Venture though.

From here with images not wreck by dumb JPG compression.
http://io9.com/5729984/concept-art-from-the-teen-batman-series-that-never-was-gotham-high/gallery/

For legality,


Not sure where it's from, any help?

Comments

[brandiweed.livejournal.com]

In the other forum where I first saw this, I noted that this would've been a fun one-shot on Brave and the Bold, probably with a working title of "Bat-Mite Presents: Strange Tales of the Batman!".

The thing is, right now Sym-Bionic Titan is sending up the high school drama stuff...

[proteus_lives]

Oh god, I so would have watched that.

I fucking loved Clone High.

[darkblade]

I think it's funner to say that is not Babs getting jealous of Selina being with Bruce but Kate Kane getting jealous of Bruce being with Selina.

[sistermagpie]

I'll said it again: totally pointless concept. I see no reason for anybody doing this ever. It doesn't say anything about the characters, there's nothing fun about putting them in that setting. I can't think of characters I'd rather see shoehorned into a high school setting less than these guys.

[big_daddy_d]

Hmm I like it. Didn't Marvel have a similar idea? Still, seriously...I want my high school show.

[psychopathicus_rex]

On one hand, it would have been interesting to see how this went. On the other, I can see why it never got made.
Think about it. Nifty as it would be to see Bruce Wayne interacting with his rogues gallery as equals and possible friends, just how would you fit in the things that make them, well, themselves without straining suspension of disbelief to the breaking point? I mean, there are a few characters here that would work fine as is - Ozzie and Selina, for example, have never really had satisfactorily explained backgrounds, and Croc is mutated; that explains that - but the vast majority of Bat-characters are all about the origins. Mr. Freeze, Two-Face, Joker, Clayface - how exactly do you explain away these characters' distinctive looks, powers and abilities when they're otherwise unremarkable teenagers? Did the Joker fall into a wading pool of chemicals when he was a toddler? Did Harvey's experiment for the science fair blow up in his face? For that matter, how do you make what is basically a school full of criminals work without making them all, well, criminals? You can't have just one or two good guys in the entire show without making things unbelievable - Bruce needs a supporting cast, and in this version of things, all the characters who could be his sidekicks would still be in elementary school. Just who besides Barbara and possibly Selina is he going to hang out with? Eddie? Ozzie? Harley? Kinda tough making those sorts of dynamics work when they're all potential psychos, isn't it?
Basically, 'Clone High' worked as a concept because all the characters were, well, clones - they weren't actually these famous people, they were clones of them, which meant they were free to develop their own personalities. In fact, part of the humor, I gather (haven't actually seen it, myself), was to do with how different some of them acted from their progenitors. Unless they went THAT route here - and why on earth would anyone want to clone Arkham's finest? - I can't really see this working as a long-term concept. A one-shot, perhaps, but a continuing series? No.

[dejadrew]

As an actual cartoon, horrible idea.

As fanart, HI-FREAKING-LARIOUS.

And lil' Harley is adorable.

[sadoeuphemist]

I don't get what stereotype Two-Face is supposed to be. Is he one of those really passionate sports nuts who paints himself in the colors of his team? That would be...weird.

And since when was Riddler a redhead?

[jelly_ace]

There's also JLI High floating around the internet. Now that appeals, for some reason.

The Babs/Bruce implied here completely threw me off.

Bruce in high school--reminds me of a comment here on what if Bruce was all emo.

[eightleggedbeast]

...alt!Clayface shouldn't make me want hippie porn