Batman and Robin + Edward Gorey (part 3)

This week's challenge concluded...

The Batman:

I was toying with two basic directions for Batman here; either put him in the standard leotard, or (something I saw a lot more of in Gorey's art) dress him up in a classy black suit. In the end I decided it would be more interesting to have this particular "costume" be reflective of a rich, aristocratic Bruce Wayne; Batman as a gentleman crime-fighter. It also resembles more closely Gorey's drawings of demons and vampires, things that would inspire fear in the criminals of Gorey's Gotham.

Batman and Robin + Edward Gorey

This week's challenge:

This week I will attempt to redesign Batman and Robin in the style of American illustrator and writer Edward Gorey! (The Robin in question will be Dick Grayson, despite Tim Drake being pictured above).

Batman and Robin have been portrayed in many different ways since their inceptions, and Edward Gorey's comically macabre pen and ink illustrations seem like the perfect setting for the dynamic duo.