Telltale's Batman: 10 Comic Stories That Would Be Great Inspiration
5. Arkham Asylum
It's difficult to find a Batman book more twisted and psychological than Grant Morrison's Arkham Asylum - it's just that unsettling. Dave McKean's imagery is suitably fractious and compliments the abstract nature of the book quite perfectly, and that psychological edge to the story-arc would feel right at home if TellTale were aiming to analyse and pick apart The Bat as Morrison has done time and time again. Whilst it would probably be a tad disorienting to have McKean's art-style placed front and centre for the entirety of the season's durations, any Scarecrow-inspired or abstract set-piece present could be amplified by said jagged imagery. More important still is the title's focus on Batman's dubious morality and his similarities to the villains he incarcerates. The character persists in treading a fine line between hero and villain, so to see that element capitalised and placed front and centre to the experience would make the title genre-defining in its own right.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
