Batman: Death by Design article
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scans_dailyComicBookResources has the article as Chip Kidd has been given the chance to do an upcoming Batman graphic novel.
And while I have given up on DCnU, THIS I might pick up.
From the article:
As the story started developing around those ideas, did you gravitate more toward the dark Batman side of the character, or did you look at Bruce Wayne's high society world a bit more?
That's a very good question. First of all, this is not a brooding, self-doubting or otherwise mentally unbalanced version of the character. For me, this is very much an old-fashioned, movie serial kind of approach. He does not have a problem being this character and is not a tortured soul. It's more of an adventure, and it's much more about problem solving. What I've always liked very much is that there are certain things Batman can do that Bruce Wayne cannot. But there's very much a flipside to that because there are things Bruce Wayne can do that Batman cannot. You need both of those things -- or at least I do -- to make things interesting. A good part of the story and the plot goes into the building and design trade of Gotham City -- how that works or doesn't work and how it's corrupted. There is a good bit of history with Bruce Wayne's father. It's not any kind of twisted, huge revelation. It's about the design legacy of the Wayne's in Gotham City.
And while I have given up on DCnU, THIS I might pick up.
From the article:
As the story started developing around those ideas, did you gravitate more toward the dark Batman side of the character, or did you look at Bruce Wayne's high society world a bit more?
That's a very good question. First of all, this is not a brooding, self-doubting or otherwise mentally unbalanced version of the character. For me, this is very much an old-fashioned, movie serial kind of approach. He does not have a problem being this character and is not a tortured soul. It's more of an adventure, and it's much more about problem solving. What I've always liked very much is that there are certain things Batman can do that Bruce Wayne cannot. But there's very much a flipside to that because there are things Bruce Wayne can do that Batman cannot. You need both of those things -- or at least I do -- to make things interesting. A good part of the story and the plot goes into the building and design trade of Gotham City -- how that works or doesn't work and how it's corrupted. There is a good bit of history with Bruce Wayne's father. It's not any kind of twisted, huge revelation. It's about the design legacy of the Wayne's in Gotham City.
