![]() " As a lifelong comic fan I was incredibly excited to see those initial Batman teaser posters appear everywhere. Examples of Tom's work include rebranding the X-Men line and creating the logo for Tom King's superhero trauma saga Heroes in Crisis. Tom Muller The man behind studio helloMuller has rather uniquely made waves designing comic book title logos for both DC and Marvel unique as he's based in London not the States, and because it's not very often a designer gets the chance to brand superhero comics. Speaking to illustrators, designers and comic book artists, Digital Arts has found Furst's influence reached even further, with eagerly anticipated graphic novel Batman: Three Jokers basing its Gotham on the Burton-verse look, and the iconic logo inspiring Tom Muller with his recent X-Men branding for Marvel.įind their thoughts below in time for both Batman 89's 30th anniversary and the upcoming Joaquin Phoenix Joker tour de force. Unfortunately, Furst would never see the reach of his influence, having tragically taken his own life in 1991. The Furst symbol would go onto take its rightful place on the chest of the Caped Crusader in sequel Batman Returns, while the designer's take on Gotham would go on to inspire the noir look of classic cartoon Batman: The Animated Series and even a reboot of the city's look in the main DC comic book continuity (all thanks to a well-placed earthquake storyline). This was due to Furst's logo being designed after costumes were, meaning the logo we all know and love is only seen in the film in the form of Bat-Signal projections, the teaser poster's impact having had influence on the movie's post-production phase when such effects were being added in. His city was an overbearing one, against which Michael Keaton's Dark Knight cut a sleek, simple figure eagle-eyed viewers will note though that his Bat-Symbol isn't so minimalist, having a three-pronged tail to its design. But Comics are a place to create crazy worlds! Love this art /inNJhE69he When I first started at DC, the Nolan movies were hot and I illustrated Batman's Gotham more "real" like the movies. With Batman: Three Jokers, Ive been looking at a lot of Anton Furst's Gotham designs for inspiration. Where simple was more in the teaser, Furst's rendering of Bruce Wayne's home city drew from the Babylonian overtures of Hugh Ferriss and atmospheric sprawl of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. I think 89 Batman was a truly defining poster with THAT logo from the tragically brilliant Anton Furst /m1W2hSAHqqĪs we all know, the director of 1989's Batman was Tim Burton, whilst less known is that the designer of the logo was Britain's Anton Furst, a production designer best known at that point for his work on Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket.įurst would bring his world-making skills to Batman in a grandiosely gothic vision of Gotham City, one that had as much influence on genre cinema as the poster did on movie marketing. Nothing else was needed, and indeed the old mantra of 'Keep it simple' worked as this masterstroke of marketing set tongues wagging among audiences on what to expect from this Batman movie being so mysteriously advertised. Most likely you're thinking of one Bat-Symbol and one Bat-Symbol only, as unveiled all the way back in 1988 on a simple teaser poster sporting only logo, release date and the colour black. Which version of the superhero's logo do you see? Is it the bat-shape within a bat-shape as sported by Christian Bale for The Dark Knight? The small and simple emblem seen on Adam West's chest in the 1960s? To celebrate 30 years of the Tim Burton classic, Jason Fabok, Chip Kidd, Tom Muller and other artists and designers discuss their love for the movie's logo and look.Ĭlose your eyes and think of the Batman symbol for a second.
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