Firefly – Christopher Jones Comic Art and Illustration Blog https://blog.christopherjonesart.com Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:39:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 42733131 Title Pages: The Batman Strikes #8 https://blog.christopherjonesart.com/title-pages-the-batman-strikes-8/ https://blog.christopherjonesart.com/title-pages-the-batman-strikes-8/#respond Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:24:45 +0000 http://blog.christopherjonesart.com/?p=848 This installment of the Title Pages series features the first Batman Strikes appearance of Firefly.

Batman Strikes #8 - Title Page

Batman Strikes #8 - Title Page

The title page of the issue was a 1-page scene establishing an arsonist-fir-hire who is shown to be Firefly by a reveal of his helmet in the final panel. Rather than find a way of inserting a logo and space for credits into this talky scene, I decided to have the title act as a masthead for the page, featuring the title of the story in flaming letters against a Batman logo based on the 1960s logo of the Batman comic book, but using the likeness of the Batman design from this animated TV series.

Batman Strikes #8 - Title Logo

Batman Strikes #8 - Title Logo

Here’s the final color version with lettering. Note the Film Noir tone I was trying to evoke in the story with the lighting through the blinds. To me, Batman is all about mood and atmosphere, and I think you can be true to that even in an all ages title. More soon…!

Batman Strikes #8 Title Page

Batman Strikes #8 Title Page

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