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Good morning everyone. I was playing with Sony Vegas some weeks ago. Some people started to do recuts of The Joker trailers, but using other media footage: TDK, King of Comedy, Taxi Driver, etc. Of course, "Batman 89" was one of them, but somehow I ended up doing something else: A Remix of both Batman 89 and Batman Returns.

How? I just deleted The Penguin's bits and everything else managed to collide perfectly: Gotham City under Christmas time, Carl Grissom as The Mayor, Max Shreck working with him, Jack Napier proposing the Axis Chemicals idea, Grissom and Shreck making Napier to get caught by the police, Shreck creating Catwoman, Napier creating Batman, Joker using the Red Circus Triangle Gang, Joker and Catwoman working together... I don't know, so much stuff.

I thinked you people would like it, so here ya go.

[Batman: Strange Shades]

Batman: Strange Shades

• Q: What's "Batman: Strange Shades"?
  A: "Batman: Strange Shades" is a 3D Short Comic Series focused on expanding "Tim Burton's Batman" Universe. Joel Schumacher's Sequels are not canon with this Fan Made Expanded Universe.


• Q: 3D?
  A: I don't know how to draw, so I need to use another kind of sources. Of course, I try the best to keep the "3D Aura" off, playing with minimalist styles and other Photoshop Tricks.


• Q: Why "Strange Shades"?
  A: "Continues", "Redemption", and other subtitles we're taken already. Also, the whole point of this series is to do a lot of story arcs. The subtitle needs to be something that captures the whole fan comic idea and spirit. "Strange Shades" is the kind of subtitle that would fit on Burton's Batman, just because the implication of that title. Burton loved German expressionism, and that style played a lot with deformed Shadows and figures. It's better than "Batman Forever", I guess.


• Q: What can I expect on this Fan Made Expanded Comic Universe?
  A: A lot of stuff involving Burton's Batman. After "Batman Returns" and before "Batman". This comic series won't be lineal. It's not just about sequel after sequel after sequel. Indeed, the story will go on after the second movie, but by time to time, I will expand the canon between the first and second movie, before the first movie, etc. A lot of stuff will happen here to keep Burton's Gotham alive and make it feel "real".


• Q: So, this comic will have Prequels and Sequels?
  A: And SpinOff's. Batman is the main protagonist, but Burton liked to play with other figures in Gotham, besides him. I will keep that fashion here, devoloping/writting short stories about X character: Harvey Dent, Alfred Pennyworth, Alexander Knox, Dick Grayson, The Riddler, etc...


• Q: So, Joel Schumacher's movies are not canon here?
  A: No. Dick Grayson, Two Face, The Riddler and other involved characters will be Remade to make them more accurate to Burton's Batman Universe. Still, I will keep some ideas of his movies here. Some plot points that I liked, or maybe some plot points that he didn't explode in the way it should have been done.


• Q: The Riddler, Two Face...Are they the Main Villains?
  A: No. They won't be the main rogues yet. The Riddler is already a thing on this Expanded Burtonverse. He's been under the radar since a long time, and this version of The Riddler will be Rebooted like Devito's Penguin. But it's not his time to shine yet. I have tons of ideas for him. Creepy/Disturbing stuff, still close to the character and Burton's type of stuff. This Riddler won't be the one we're used to see. For now, I can say he's like "A Bad Santa Claus".


• Q: What about Harvey Dent?
  A: I want to make Harvey the most devoloped "villain" of this series. He won't be Two Face in a long, long time. I want to do some stuff with him as Harvey first. Introduce and play with the character long enough so you can feel something for him. Still, it won't be the BTAS Two Face. This Harvey/Two Face will be his own thing, or that's what I want him to be.


• Q: What other villains are you gonna introduce?
  A: Alan Rickman's Mr. Freeze, Robin Williams as The Ventriloquist, Raul Julia as Black Mask, The Joker, The Riddler...


• Q: The Joker?
  A: Yeah. He's one of the major plots of the series, alongside Harvey's evolution into Two Face. Let's say I found a way to make him comeback and keep going with a story. Not "Lazarus Pit" or "Clone" stuff.


• Q: What About Dick Grayson and other Allies?
  A: Grayson will show up in the first chapters, but he will be remade like Burton's Catwoman or Penguin. Tim always said he didn't like him because he didn't know about a psychological profile for him. I think I found one interesting enough for him, but probably people will not like it, because it will mean a 100% Different Robin. It's the complete opposite to the Schumacher one.



• Q: How will this series work?
  A: Every comic is about 6 pages long. Every one will have a different Script style. Some will be typical, some will be silent comics, some of them will be narrations, etc. New chapters come out across 10/15/20 days. This thread will keep updating across the next months with new chapters.

Chapter 01: The Beauty & The Beast
Read it here: http://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/batman-strange-shades/the-beauty-and-the-beast/viewer?title_no=156320&episode_no=1

Chapter 02: A Laughing Matter
Read it here: http://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/batman-strange-shades/a-laughing-matter/viewer?title_no=156320&episode_no=2

Chapter 03: Uncle Alfred
Read it here: http://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/batman-strange-shades/uncle-alfred/viewer?title_no=156320&episode_no=3

Chapter 04: A New Gotham
Read it here: http://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/batman-strange-shades/a-new-gotham/viewer?title_no=156320&episode_no=4

Chapter 05: The Right Choice - Part I
Read it here: http://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/batman-strange-shades/the-right-choice-part-i/viewer?title_no=156320&episode_no=5

Chapter 06: The Right Choice - Part II
Coming Soon - 04/06/18