7/28/2023 0 Comments Batman beyond comic![]() The idea that you can make yourself different with tech but at what cost? Where does your humanity lie when your body is more metal than flesh? It doesn’t stop there though because we see a few criminals who are feline human hybrids. There are people with clear cybernetic augmentations which is another staple of cyberpunk. The one thing that breaks out of that color palette is the new villain who has a much brighter look but you will see that when you pick this book up.Īnother major thing that sets this version of Gotham apart in Batman Beyond: Neo-Year is the variety of Gothamites we get to see. ![]() The city itself is a reminder that Gotham has moved past Batman as the city itself is now alive.Ĭheng’s color palette of Gotham is exactly what you have in your mind when it comes to a cyberpunk future with beautiful neons and different variations of red and pinks that glow off of each of the characters faces. Larger skyscrapers tower over older buildings that look to be future-fitted but couldn’t keep up. It’s a city that is crumbling under the weight of it’s own “progress”. For example, so much of the city is heavily populated with buildings to a point you can barely see between them let alone the skies above. Max Dunbar and Sebastian Cheng’s design of Gotham City in Batman Beyond: Neo-Year is so invocative of the major themes of cyberpunk. The influences of popular cyberpunk stories like Blade Runner have a clear influence on this comic in the best possible way. …right? Max Dunbar, Sebastian Cheng / Batman Beyond: Neo-Year #1 / DC Comics A lot is going wrong in Gotham but Batman can go beyond that and save the city, right? Donovan Lumos has taken control of the Wayne-Powers company and has a new tech called “Lumos” which makes hard light constructs. But Batman’s gone analog, he’s so post modern as he journals with pen and paper and fights tooth and nail against criminals and the city itself. That’s where we find Batman in the opening of Batman Beyond Neo-Year. Bruce Wayne is dead, his company usurped, and all of his wonderful tools that his protege Terry McGinnis had at his disposal are gone. A sentient city determined to do what Batman could not, keep the crime rate flat…by any means necessary. But Collin Kelley, Jackson Lanzing, Max Dunbar, Sebastian Cheng, and Aditya Bidikar paint Gotham City neon in a glorious cyberpunk light. But I never found one that felt different from any other Batman story, one foot was always in the past. So when I grew up and really got into comics, I was hoping the characters comic counterparts would have that same feeling. The show was a completely original idea for television that was unlike any other cartoon at the time. I remember seeing Bruce Wayne as an old man, Gotham as something familiar but brand new, and most of all I remember that feeling of seeing the future. It’s no secret how much influence BTAS has had on me (Remember when we only did DC Comics content?) but I remember watching the premiere of Batman Beyond for the first time. Each had their own flavor to the superhero genre and each person has their favorite. You’ve got your X-Men people, your Spider-Man people, and your Batman: The Animate Series people. ![]() Many people in my age range got into comics because of the superhero cartoons of the 90’s.
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