BATMAN... and Ramen!!!

So... here's the finished product to the Batman teaser I put up 2 weeks ago.  On a side note, this blog needs more art!  I've had one other piece in between the teaser and this.  That can not stand!  MORE DRAWING!!!

Anywho, for those not following the current storyline to the "Death of the Family" storyline which ends today with the release of Batman #17... The Joker has come back and is raising a new level hell... he even bludgeoned and kidnapped ALFRED!!!  The popular theory about halfway through the arc is that Alfred would meet his maker...  that got me to thinking... What if that happened?  What would Bruce/Batman do?  Who would fix the Batmobile?  Who would nurse Batman's wounds... who would.... COOK!?!?!?!??

Then the idea came to me for the new crime-fighting duo in town.... Batman AND RAMEN!!!  And this was a picture I just had to draw... and I'm very pleased with the end result.   I tried to draw it in a style similar to Greg Capullo to help it tie-in to the story-arc.  I'm very pleased with the end result of this image... it's funny and still  powerful.

If I had been fortunate enough to have been given an Artist Alley table at this years San Diego Comic-Con, this would easily have been a print I would have sold.  Speakin of San Diego Comic-Con International...  They just annoucned the theme's for this years souvenir book!  I need to get cracking on my submission!

Batman "Teaser" Sketch

So... I've been following the New 52's Batman... Cuz Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo are fucking GODS!

For those of you not up to speed, the current storyline in the Bat-Books is "Death of the Family".  It deals with the return of the Joker and all sorts of shit hitting the fan...  The chaos spins off into the other bat-books and is building towards a climax in Batman #17, which will be out on February 13th.  Every issue of the story is out except for the finale.

Many people have theories for what will happen at the end... the above pic is a commentary of sorts if the storyline ends the way a lot of people are thinking it will end.  I personally don't subscribe to the "popular theory" cuz it just seems too obvious.  And I think Scott Snyder is a fucking genius, and wouldn't give us the "obvious" ending.  I think it will be something else.  But we got 2 weeks to find out.

Anyway, I'm gonna finish the above and post it on the 13th (maybe the 14th) after the story is out in the world (it should be spoiler free, so don't worry if you haven't read it yet).  And even if the "popular theory" doesn't pan out, the above drawing will still be amusing/entertaining.  Just holding off its publication until Snyder/Capullo tells us what's what.