Who: This iconic figure has become the face of fighting crime and evil since the 1930s with over 6,250 issues of comic books which he has featured in,  7 movies and another on the way, over 33 television shows, and 32 logos have been created for this character.  Who is he?…. He is BATMAN!

How: It all began with illustrator and author Bill Finger and Bob Kane. Although people usually identify Bob Kane as the initial creator of batman, they are incorrect. Bill Finger actually created a version of batman where he wore a red suit, stiff black bat wings, and a black domino (Robin style) mask. It was Bill Finger who created this figure of batman who we all know and love today. The two grew up in the same town and went to the same school, although Mr. Kane was a few years older than Finger, but it wasnt till years later would they meet and discover this love that they both share for comic books. The year was 1938, and everyone was raging over the new super hero, Superman. Kane and Finger loved the idea of how this superhero was one with the people yet had another side to him that would save the day and still be undiscovered by who his true identity was. It was later that year that Bill would phone Bob telling him about the idea of the magnificent Batman.

Quote: “I got Webster’s Dictionary off the shelf and was hoping they had a drawing of a bat, and sure enough it did. I said, ‘notice the ears, why don’t we duplicate the ears?’ I suggested he draw what looked like a cowl… I had suggested he bring the nosepiece down and make him mysterious and not show any eyes at all… I didn’t like the wings, so I suggested he make a cape and scallop the edges so it would flow out behind him when he ran and would look like bat wings. He didn’t have any gloves on. We gave him gloves because naturally he’d leave fingerprints.”- Bill Finger and Bob Kane.

What: Batman was created during the late 1930s, which had a huge impact on who the villains/ and surroundings of the character would be along with the plot idea. We recognize batman with iconic symbols such as the bat mobile, the freeze ray, his utility belt (which held all of his gadgets), smoke pellets, Bat cape, bat mask, rubber suit, batarang, and his famous bat cave where he would keep his identity hidden from all. Along with his supporting actors/villains which includes, Robin, Alfred, cat woman, the joker, two face, the penguin, the riddler, bane, James Gordon, Lucius Fox, and many others.

Image: For my representation of batman, I chose to collaborate 17 images of his most iconic batman logos from over the years, and have them displayed in the figure of my favorite Batman logo. The batman symbol is located in the center of a the eye, to express how batman would look into the sky and see the bat signal as a sign that there is trouble lurking the city of Gotham. I designed the eye to be the figure of Bruce Wayne, otherwise known as Batman, with his iconic the batman mask on. Hence the Blackness located around the eye.

Seminar Character Image:

I created an image which i placed my fathers face in the placement where Pierce Brosnan’s face used to be. Pierce Brosnan was the 7th James Bond actor, and is known as my favorite Agent 007. I created this image as a representation of my Bridge 2 project for seminar, because my entire obsession for James Bond is based on of the relationship I have with my father. I idealize this man as a heroic figure, and growing up my father would make me watch each of the James Bond films from Ian Flemmings series, just as he did as a child. To me my father is my James Bond, and I will always see him as the character James Bond is although in his own personal way.