Batman vs Bat-Bane Variant Cover art

First, I struggled with the layout, trying to find an angle that would show both characters clearly...

Wrightson's Solomon Grundy pencils, page 22

In case some of us have forgotten, this page shows how skillfully Bernie arranges areas of black and white.  He mastered "chiaroscuro" before most of us could spell the word. It's all there in the pencils, which makes an inker's job a lot easier.

As discussed elsewhere, this story was written, pencilled and inked in 1997, but remained unpublished until 2010, in "Batman's Hidden Treasures".

Harley & Ivy commission

Another one from 2008:

Batman inventory cover sketches

I posted the final prelim and the inks back here, but now, thanks to Ande Parks, I have scans of several of the earlier sketches:

Another Batman & Joker commission

This one is from 2002...

Two Man-Bat sketches

Scans provided by the beneficent Mr. Hiroshi Morisaki. I believe the first one was drawn for the Batman animated series around 1990 or '91.

A few more Batman cartoon character designs

A few Batman cartoon character designs

Some incidental characters:

Secret Origin of Clayface, Mike Mignola pencils

I wrote a lengthy recollection of this project's sordid history here, but it looks like I've only posted one of Mike's pencilled pages so far.  This one is scanned from a bad photostat so if I come across the scans I made directly from the pencils I'll update this post.  But don't hold your breath.

Batman Gallery #1 cover inks over Quesada

From 1992.  Sorry I don't have better copies of Joe's pencils.

Showcase '94 Joker cover sketches

Two old thumbnail sketches, drawn as warm-ups for this cover.

Batman villains commission

From 2005...

Poison Ivy pin-up

This was done for a private collector a year or two ago.

Batman "Four of a Kind" cover

From 1998.  Pencils by Dave Taylor.  I think the only editorial request was that I make Poison Ivy's head a bit smaller.