Batman saves city of Barcelona in new comic
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Haziran 01, 2009 00:00
MADRID - He has fought Japanese gangs, battled a huge lizard and defeated an alien invasion of the Earth Ğ and now Batman can be seen probing a series of mysterious murders in Barcelona in a new comic book.
"Batman in Barcelona: Dragon’s Knight," which went on sale at a four-day comics fair that wraps up Monday in Barcelona, is the first to depict the superhero in the coastal Spanish city instead of his usual home, the fictional Gotham City in the United States.
"We tried to faithfully depict the city, although with some slight artistic licenses," Barcelona native Marta Martinez, the colorist for the new 48-page comic book, told AFP.
"The appearance of famous Barcelona sights was indispensable and we tried to make sure the reader could easily recognize them, but also create an atmosphere that is appropriate for the character, with light and much shadow," she added.
The cover of the book was designed by best-selling Korean-American comic-book artist Jim Lee. It shows Batman standing with his black cape billowing in the wind with the spires of the Sagrada Familia cathedral in the background. The plot of the book, written by veteran U.S. comic-book writer Mark Waid, sees Batman doing battle in the medieval streets of Barcelona with longtime enemy Killer Croc, who has been drugged to believe he is the mythic, un-slayable dragon from the story of St. George.
"We tried to faithfully depict the city, although with some slight artistic licenses," Barcelona native Marta Martinez, the colorist for the new 48-page comic book, told AFP.
"The appearance of famous Barcelona sights was indispensable and we tried to make sure the reader could easily recognize them, but also create an atmosphere that is appropriate for the character, with light and much shadow," she added.
The cover of the book was designed by best-selling Korean-American comic-book artist Jim Lee. It shows Batman standing with his black cape billowing in the wind with the spires of the Sagrada Familia cathedral in the background. The plot of the book, written by veteran U.S. comic-book writer Mark Waid, sees Batman doing battle in the medieval streets of Barcelona with longtime enemy Killer Croc, who has been drugged to believe he is the mythic, un-slayable dragon from the story of St. George.