Besides Inspector Gordon and Alfred, hardcore DC fans can expect many more supporting Batman characters to make appearances such as Sister Leslie Thompkins. In regards to the story itself, the short nature of the comic required that writer Jim Krieg add new material for the Gotham by Gaslight world in order to create a satisfying full-length movie. Left-Right: Steven Choi Batman design, Jeff Matsuda Batman design It’s hard to animate just black shapes.” The character designs for the film are by Steve Choi, but interestingly enough both Liu and I shared the belief that certain aesthetic elements resemble those of artist Jeff Matsuda, whom Liu worked with on the The Batman animated series a decade ago.
Modern cinema is all about dynamics.”ĭirector Sam Liu echoed Timm’s sentiments, “We try to do something that’s not exactly Mignola but hopefully in the spirit of it. He doesn’t do a lot of dynamic forced perspective shots or tilt the camera angle. Everything is kind of at eye level and moves left to right. Not only that but another thing about Mike’s style we thought what would be a little bit difficult to translate directly is that he has a tendency to draw his comics as if he’s shooting a stage play. Doing sold black shadows in animation is really, really tricky. Like a brightly lit character with very deep shadows which is just a black area. As Timm explained, “One thing about Mike’s style is the way he shadows his characters and the way the characters are colored, you’ll notice there’s not a lot of gradations and shadow on his characters. The distinct art of the Gaslight comic by acclaimed creator Mike Mignola, regarded for his iconic minimalist style best exemplified by his Hellboy series, wasn’t quite feasible for this particular project. During NYCC weekend, press interviews and a panel were held with director/producer Sam Liu, executive producer Bruce Timm, and screenwriter Jim Krieg shedding new light on the project.Ĭonsidered the first official “Elseworlds” story for DC Comics, taking the publisher’s familiar characters and placing them in alternate worlds and timelines, the original Gotham by Gaslight one-shot comic from writer Brian Augustyn and artist Mike Mignola was set in Victorian era Europe and saw the Caped Crusader trying to bring the infamous Jack the Ripper to justice.
Well, dream has finally become reality as an animated feature Batman: Gotham by Gaslight has now been officially announced for a 2018 release. For the years the creators behind these DC Animated films have been teasing fans with an animated adaptation of the critically acclaimed Batman story Gotham by Gaslight as a dream project high on their list.
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