After reading “Cavernous”, the main story written by Devin Grayson in Batman: Gotham Knights #18, I couldn’t help but think about doing my own spin of the short story. Starring my own versions of Batman and Aquaman (well, Aquawoman, in my version), I took it as a challenge to illustrate the dynamic friendship between the two heroes with a smaller page limit.
Although the initial plan was to do the comic story, this fan comic eventually grew into creating a complete publication. It was a blast to emulate and give tribute to the cover art, the series masthead, logos, and the Oxy Balance advertisement originally present in the old 2001 comic book issue I own, as well as taking my own creative liberties!
This was a rewarding experience to make, and was a great exercise of comic-making, publication design, and typography. It was a blast putting together this publication I would personally dub “Batman: Gotham Knights #18 from a Parallel Universe”!
You can check out a longer preview of the comic's sequential art here, in the comics section of the website. You can also download and read the full .pdf of this comic book for free at hypertuna.itch.io/cavernous-a-batman-fancomic.
