The Dark Knight Returns

One big inspiration within my work is graphic novels, one of my favourites for its artwork is Frank Millers award winning graphic novel The Dark Knight Rises, a Batman story of his older self where Gotham has again plummeted into depravity and the Batman is forced to come out of retirement, where he then battles superman (the movie Batman Vs Superman which comes out in 2016 takes huge influence from Millers 1986 masterpiece).

The illustrations are produced by Miller and Klaus Janson, german born illustrator who works for both DC and Marvel comics, his involvement in Millers work is what he is most well known for. The style is dark and rough which goes along with the story of the aged super hero and his struggle, the use of colours is always relevant and interesting.

Miller was recruited to create The dark Knight Returns, Giordano said he worked with Miller on the story's plot and said "the version that was finally done was about his forth or fifth draft. The basic storyline was the same but there were alot of detours along the way" During the creation of the series, fellow writer John Byrne told Miller "Robin must be a girl" Miller complied and wrote in a teenage girl as Batmans sidekick. Miller said that the plot was inspired by Dirty Harry, specifically the 1983 film Sudden Impact, in which Dirty Harry returns to crime-fighting after a lengthy convalescence. Miller said his own increasing age was a factor in the plot.