Rare NEW BATMAN ADVENTURES Style Guide Artwork!

 Here are a few pages of my pencil art done for the NEW BATMAN ADVENTURES style guide, for DC Comics and Warner Bros.!

Bruce Wayne! Dick Grayson! BATMAN '66 "Secret Identities" Sketch Covers!

Back again with more fun sketch cover commissions!

This time it's a trio of covers depicting the cast of the good guys from the 1966 BATMAN TV series!

"Batman" Bruce Wayne (as portrayed by Adam West), "Robin" Dick Grayson (actor Burt Ward), plus the secret identities of "Green Hornet" Britt Reid (actor Van Williams), and "Kato" (actor Bruce Lee)!

All done in colored pencil, ink, and crayon!

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1950 BATMAN Cover Recreation Painting!

  I always loved this famous action-packed BATMAN cover from 1950, as drawn by Win Mortimer.

I wanted to recreate it in a more realistic manner, so here it is, rendered in ink, marker, colored pencil, and crayon, with text elements added atop the art!

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Alan Napier as "Alfred!" BATMAN '66 Sketch Cover!

  A very unusual sketch cover commission, featuring actor Alan Napier, in his memorable role as Batman's butler, "Alfred Pennyworth" (from the 1966-68 BATMAN TV series)!

Media used: ink, crayon, marker, and colored pencils!

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Yvonne Craig "Barbara Gordon/Batgirl" Sketch Cover!

  Here's another sketch cover commission, spotlighting actress Yvonne Craig, in her role as "Barbara Gordon/Batgirl" (from the 1966-68 BATMAN TV series)!

Media used: ink, crayon, gouache, and colored pencils!

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BATMAN #197 Cover Recreation! Sensational 60s Fun!

 I was recently commissioned to recreate the famous cover to BATMAN #197, but in the style of the 90s BATMAN-THE ANIMATED SERIES!

It was so much fun reinterpreting the art of master comics artist Carmine Infantino, trying to evoke his perfect composition and sense of drama!

The goal was to also retain the original "pop art" colors, as seen on the original 1967 comic book cover!

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Eartha Kitt "Catwoman" Sketch Cover! BATMAN '66!

  Yet another fun sketch cover commission, featuring one of the memorable villains (Catwoman, as portrayed by Eartha Kitt) from the famed 1966 BATMAN TV show!

Media used: ink, crayon, marker, and colored pencils!

See tons more sketch covers here!

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New Batman and Robin Sketch Cover! BATMAN 1966 TV Series!

 Here is a fun commissioned piece!

Using marker, crayon, colored pencils and ink, I created this homage to the famous 1966 BATMAN television show!

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New 1940 BATMAN #1 Sketch Cover! DC Comics!

 The folks at DC Comics have published an exciting facsimile reprint of BATMAN #1, from 1940, but this time fronted with a (mostly) blank sketch cover!

I couldn't resist the chance to create a sketch that evokes the "Golden Age" period and the feel of the BATMAN movie serials of the day...

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1948/1966 Riddler Sketch Cover! Batman!

Using a recent facsimile reprint of this famous comic book, I combined the cover to DETECTIVE COMICS #140 (which fronted the first 1948 comics appearance of the Riddler character), with a new sketch of the villain as he later appeared on the 1966 BATMAN TV show!

Yep, that's actor Frank Gorshin as the superfoe, in a wild reimagining of this famed Golden-Age comics cover!

All rendered in ink, marker, colored pencils, and crayon!

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Julie Newmar Catwoman Sketch Cover! BATMAN 1966 TV Series!

 Another fun sketch cover, spotlighting one of the main villains (Catwoman, as portrayed by Julie Newmar) from the famed 1966 BATMAN TV show!

Media used: ink, acrylics, crayon, and colored pencils!

See tons more sketch covers here!

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Batman Aurora Model Kit Sketch Cover!

 What fan didn't love (and build) the famous 60s-70s Batman plastic model kit by Aurora?

This often re-released kit has to be one of the most memorable images in comics history, and I wanted to create a sketch cover based on this terrific toy, trying to keep the motion, mood, and dynamics captured in the original 3D statue!

I used ink, crayon, colored pencils, and markers to create this one!

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New Catwoman Sketch Cover! 1966 BATMAN TV Show!

 Another fun sketch cover, spotlighting one of the main villains (Catwoman, as portrayed by Julie Newmar) from the famed 1966 BATMAN TV show!

Media used: ink, acrylics, crayon, and colored pencils!

See tons more sketch covers here!

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Catwoman! Batgirl! Batwoman! Two Takes on a Terrific Trio!

Here is an incredibly fun recent commission! I was tasked with creating a scenario involving the early Silver-Age versions of Batgirl, Batwoman, and Catwoman, and I came up with a scene that involved the feline felon taunting the duo deep in her catacomb lair!

Next, the same art fan wanted the same scenes revisited, but visually updated to match the modern incarnations of the three DC Comics characters! So much fun!

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BATMAN-ALMOST GOT 'IM Original Comic Art! Rare Roughs and Pencils!

I had so much fun working on this wonderful little custom comic (that was included in a now-classic book and tape set), adapting the famed "Almost Got 'im" episode of BATMAN-THE ANIMATED SERIES! 

Here are a few pages of my rough pencils for the book, featuring not only the Caped Crusader, but also Killer Croc, Joker, Catwoman, Penguin, Two-Face, and, of course, Harley Quinn (in what's arguably her first comic book appearance)!

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Below: My rough cover ideas for the book and tape set cover!

Below: A selection of pencilled pages from the book's interior!

Below: I finally got around to inking my own cover pencils for this memorable project!

More NEW BATMAN ADVENTURES Rarities!

 Here is a fabulous fistful of even more rare images from my pencilled artwork for the DC NEW BATMAN ADVENTURES style guide, all created during the late 90s! Click images below to enlarge!