How important was it for you to dive into the different side of Gotham and its elements? I know it's cliche to call Gotham its own character, but I think this book really explores the different sides of the city and showcases more of Gotham than the usual Arkham Asylum, Wayne Manor, and Gotham PD. So, hopefully, the way that I see him is of interest - and that applies to the way that I sculpted the story as well. Luckily, people seem to like the way I draw this guy. Go with your instincts, trust your instincts, and make Batman the Batman that you want him to be." I took that advice to heart, really. He just said, "Listen, you've got great instincts. Scott did such an amazing job of realizing the character, and he was one of the first people that I spoke to about this. I'm inevitably going to be influenced by the quality of the stories that I've worked on. Going into this one, I felt like it was my turn to do Batman the way that I wanted to do it - but, of course, you're absolutely right. I've worked on some amazing stories with Scott Snyder, and I've always loved drawing Batman. How did working on previous Batman titles (such as Batman: Black Mirror and The Batman Who Laughs) shape your experience and your ideas going into this three-issue series? That was the germ of the story idea for me.
Strip everything away, throw everything at him, and then see how he does. To have him not necessarily to be the man, because he is Batman in his costume the whole time - to me, that's a slightly larger-than-life character - but to take him back to basics. The blackout is a metaphor for both those things, I guess.Īnd in getting the opportunity to tell the story, I absolutely wanted to take him back to basics. But he's Batman, so he excels in the dark. The blackout itself causes the physical stuff he's so used to not being around to get drained. Of course, being Batman, he realizes that's actually what he excels that. With only his wits, essentially, to help him out. But part of that was about really removing his toys, removing all the security blankets that he's built up around him, and dropping him in the middle of Gotham with none of that. That was my intention all along, to try and sort of craft a classic Batman story. Jock: First of all, you've totally hit the nail on the head there.
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