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Cameron Stewart on "Batman and Robin"
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Last week DC Comics announced on their Source blog that Cameron Stewart would be the new regular artist on “Batman and Robin” starting with issue 7.
Comic Book Resources spoke with Stewart about his new assignment. Here are some of the highlights.
CBR: You’ve got quite a history working with Grant Morrison but “Batman and Robin” must be very exciting nonetheless.
CAMERON STEWART: Oh yeah, I am thrilled about it. I got the offer a couple weeks before the San Diego Comic-Con. I’d already talked about it with Grant before. And as soon as I found out that he was doing “Batman and Robin” with Quitely, I said, “Well, if you ever need a fill-in artist, I’ll do it.” And it was kind of up in the air and he said, “I don’t know if it will be possible.” So I basically just assumed it wasn’t going to happen. And then before San Diego, I got an email from Mike Marts, the editor, and he said, “Cameron, do you want to do it?” It was really exciting. And then I went to San Diego and was buzzing about it. That was the killer. I went to San Diego and Toronto Fan Expo and people were saying, “So what are you working on next?” And I wasn’t allowed to say anything.
That doesn’t look like Robin in the teaser art.
No, that’s the Squire. The first issue that I’m doing, #7, is set in England and so there’s an appearance by the Knight and the Squire.
What are your thoughts as you begin work on “Batman and Robin?”
I’m a huge fan of the series as it’s been so far. Frank Quitely is my favorite comic book artist so it’s pretty exciting to be drawing stuff that follows his design work. That’s what I’m trying to do. It’s pretty hard for me not to be influenced by it. Because he is my favorite artist and having already seen the first three issues of this comic book, it’s hard not to be influenced by him in some way. What I’m going for is not a direct copy of what he’s been doing but I do want it to be consistent. I think my style fits in with that. I think I’m in same vein. I grew up in England and he’s from Scotland so we have a lot of the same childhood comic touchstones. I think we have a similar sensibility.
What do you like about the look of the new Batman costume specifically?
Well, again, I’m trying to stay consistent with what Quitely’s done. He’s designed these things about the costume that are subtly different. But it’s not the Bruce Wayne Batman. It’s a Dick Grayson Batman. There are different gloves and the cowl is slightly different. And I’m definitely conscience of that as I’m drawing it. It’s Batman. But it’s not.
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