In the 1980s, DC Comics were hiring writers and artists from the UK. But that’s that what writer Grant Morisson and artist Dave McKean did in the eerie 1989 Batman graphic novel Arkham Asylum: A Serious House On Serious Earth. If you buy from the links, I get a little commission that helps me get more books to feature.Ī | Amazon.ca | .uk | | | | Amazon.es | .jp | Amazon.cnWhile Batman has covered many genres over the years, psychological horror is not a genre that you would usually associate with him. The Art of Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City & Arkham Knight is available at Amazon ( US | CA | UK | DE | FR | IT | ES | JP | CN) This book was borrowed from Basheer Graphic Books for review purposes. It's a good book that should appeal to the fans despite the downsides. Anyway it's a small proportion of game stills compared to art, just that some of those stills are blown to double pages. And finally some might prefer less game stills and more art. They only used game stills (three) for Mr Arkham Knight himself and one piece of concept art. Art from Arkham Knight felt restricted even though there are over hundred pages of content because the book's holding back on the spoilers, the bad guys. Would have been good even more enemies, even the miscellaneous ones could be shown. Not all the enemy characters are included. Arkham City's coverage only has 55 pages while the other two games were given over hundreds of pages each. Overall, it's an insightful read and helps you understand more about the world. There's also a one page writeup on the programming aspect of the game. There are creators of the game talking about the design of the game, the characters and the production. There's quite a good amount of commentary and interviews to go with the art. Somehow, the game just makes the world feels more real, just like how the games also let you experience what it's like to be running around in the Arkham universe, or as they call it the Arkhamverse in the book.
It visually departs from the usual comic style art associated with DC comics. There are things like 3D renders of Arkham Asylum, paintings of streets in Arkham City, props and many more. The artworks are reproduced big and look great. There are over hundreds of artworks, the concept art that comes in form of sketches, character designs, digital paintings, environment layouts and 3D stills from the game. Now we have an artbook that goes behind the scenes to show you what it took to create the games. When I first played Arkham Asylum, I was taken in by the details of the design of the environment and the overall mood. The book covers all the three Arkham games namely Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, and Arkham Knight. This hardcover book comes in at 304 pages. Here's the ultimate artbook companion to the Arkham games and it's well worth the wait.
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