Okay, okay, it's not but let's just pretend it is since I've had this done since then but couldn't share due to my internet connection being a total and complete piece of shitake mushroom.
Anyway, here's Bats or my take on him as it is. I'm a fan of Kelley Jones' impossibly long-eared version but since the majority of Batfans like the stumpy non-threatening ears I tried to go for an image that vibes as the Dark Knight without showing much of him. I also experimented with a combination of watercolors, Prismacolor markers, and ink wash with some white out for kicks. Artsy Dan is...uh...artsy.
Little know Campos fact 8112: I'm one of, if not the only, person on this ball of mud and rock that did not, does not, and will never like the Nolan Batflicks. I tried watching Batman Begins twice fell asleep both times and what I did see was bleh. Only ever seen one clip from Dark Knight rises or whatever it's called and it was the scene where Joker and Bats have a confrontation then there's some really crappy fight choreography (not in how it's shot but I mean like I've seen street punks fight with more flair) then it ends with Joker tossing a female character out a window...okay yeah, that's not cliche or anything. I mean I could write a series of books on why the flicks suck but since I'm the only person who would read 'em I don't.
And just so everyone keeps their torches off and pitchforks in the haybarn where they belong I do love and I do believe that the best translation of Batman from the comic ever is Batman: The Animated Series. Now those cats knew how to craft a tale. They did more in half an hour of tv than all the other Batmedia put together. I ask why someone didn't get them to make the live action movies? One can only imagine how awesome they could've been.
Actually, Daniel, my boy, you are not alone. I, too, could not stay awake during Batman Begins (and watching it on DVD, I could have gone back to finish it, but WHY?), and though I did enjoy elements of The Dark Knight when I saw it in theaters (Ledger's Joker especially), it was way too long and felt a bit forced. Definitely better than Begins, but only because I stayed awake.
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