Beckham + Tesla + Hughes
“When I was researching Batman, I saw that other creators were playing him as a cross between Sherlock Holmes and Mr. Spock… I wanted to present a new take on Batman, who is without a doubt a mythic figure in our pop-psyche. My Batman is not only totally science fiction, he’s also a very physical superhero: he bleeds, he sweats, he eats… someone with the body of David Beckham, the brain of Tesla, and the wealth of Howard Hughes… pretending to be Nosferatu.” Alternative graphic novelist Paul Pope