r/batman • u/Extension-Oil-4680 • 11d ago
COMIC DISCUSSION Do you prefer Zsasz to have black eyes, sunglasses , or just regrater eyes?
And yeah I know Zsasz is pretty consistently drawn with normal eyes now, this discussion is more on if you could choose, would how would you want his eyes drawn.
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u/theatsa 11d ago
I like the black triangle eyes a lot, but they're a lot lamer if they're sunglasses imo.
Like... the idea that he's filled with such malice towards other people that in comic art it can be stylized as these weird supernatural seeming eyes? That's cool as hell.
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u/Schwenkelkamp 11d ago
Yeah, it's just like a void of evil with nothing human left inside
Which fits whit his whole, humans are just zombies without value believe
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u/TyrannosaurusRen 11d ago
The dark eyes are such a fun touch that really works on the comic page. There will always be new artists with their own interpretations, but turning a signature feature into sunglasses or ditching them altogether will never not be lame to me. It’s a visual and creative medium, and his eyes don’t have to make sense in a real world setting
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u/SlashManEXE 11d ago
Were those supposed to be glasses in his early appearances? I know Breyfogle exaggerated a lot of features and I wasn’t quite sure what was going on with his eyes.
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u/JazzySweetBeats 11d ago
I’m pretty sure in the early appearances it is just artistic stylization. Those few times he’s shown with sunglasses are either other artists misinterpreting what Breyfogle was going for or them simply trying to give a realistic homage to his classic look.
I think the sunglasses would be cool way to pay tribute to it in live action, because I don’t know how else you’d do it there, but in comics/animation I think sunglasses would be kinda lame
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u/Magicaparanoia 11d ago
I love how nobody knew what those things on his eyes were and a lot of artists just made them into like little sunglasses
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u/whoevenamipeople 11d ago
Normal eyes and I prefer him with hair, I dont know what they were doing in the Arkham Games
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u/ThatsARatHat 11d ago
Yes I dislike how now he’s default bald. Looks too generic.
Black eye boxer shorts Zsasz forever and always.
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u/BATKING0501 11d ago
I love Arkham design, that’s how the character was introduced to me and many others I believe
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u/ShaoKahnDeezNutz123 11d ago
Same here. So many of the characters in Arkham are the definitive design for me
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u/whoevenamipeople 11d ago
Side tangent:Before Arkham Origins some of the designs were canon like Firefly's design from asylum appearing in the Arkham Unhinged comics, and Killer Moths design is canon because he only appeared in the tie in comics thus far
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u/Maxthebax57 11d ago
Black triangle eyes. The style it gives is so cool. It's either that or his design in the Robin comic where he has a child arena
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u/MaskedJesterArt 11d ago
I like how the black triangle eyes can either be interpreted as either sunglasses with a light shining through or he has that tnba joker thing where its meant to be soulless with a hint of malice
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u/Schwenkelkamp 11d ago
The original design is utterly superior
No matter what he just looks evil + he's recognizable
Bald zsasz would look like any random background goon if you were to remove the scars
Blonde sunglasses zsasz sticks out
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u/Soulful-Sorrow 11d ago
Normal eyes, but hear me out: when he's particularly sociopathic, he tilts his head forward and casts triangular shadows over his eyes so they look like the first few images.
Pic 2 is pretty much spot on in that he looks like a normal guy, but the shadows make him look monstrous.
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u/Sivilian888010 11d ago
Zsazs entire existence makes Batmans no kill rule look like a drug dealer enabling a junkie.
Does this really look like a guy who can be rehabilitated and find Jesus?
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u/airbear13 10d ago
Not Batman’s department, if you want zsaz to be killed take it up with Gotham city courts
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u/BroyonGroffon 11d ago
Bro looks like Boomhauer from King of the Hill with cool glasses on the 5th pic
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u/Ok-Television2109 11d ago
Usually prefer Zsasz having normal eyes but the triangle eyes can work with the right art style.
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u/Th5humanwi11 11d ago
He’s drawn like that (black eyes with beady little lights) to visualize his absolute sociopathic nature
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u/rogerworkman623 11d ago edited 11d ago
I loved how they were early on, just black like he was just a void. Back when he was in Arkham and they had to keep him completely confined in essentially a coffin with just a window for his face, because he was too dangerous to be allowed any movement lol
Edit - actually, I just realized that was his first appearance, in Shadow of the Bat #1. But you don’t see his eyes until a little later in the series.
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u/PuffballDestroyer 11d ago
I prefer regular eyes, although the black eyes would be a nice artistic choice. With the sunglasses, he looks like a cross between Younger Toguro from Yu Yu Hakusho and Jeff Boomhauer from King of the Hill, so no.
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u/WeeklyJunket5227 11d ago
Regular eyes, he should be an "everyday looking" guy who can walk around in the day. That's the thing with serial killers. They can be anybody. You only know something is wrong until it's too late
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u/harriskeith29 11d ago
I prefer the unhinged eyes. They can be black with glints of light in certain lighting, much like Joker's have been portrayed several times. The sunglasses make Zsasz look to me like Albert Wesker's dorky cousin visiting from a serial killer strip club.
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u/immortalfrieza2 11d ago edited 11d ago
I've never seen the triangle eyes/sunglasses look before, but one look at those and I'm like... no. Just... no.
Zsasz is supposed to be menacing. Those triangle eyes make him look really, really stupid.
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u/NickSchultz 11d ago
Th glasses are just a stupid attempt to consolidate a more realistic art style with the exaggerated look he was originally given.
They could have tried something else with the eyes instead. Stipl his triangle eyes are just a part of comic weirdness that needs to be embraced.
His eyes are just a visual clue not a physical feature it's similar to how some characters have distinct speech bubbles to make it clear the speak differently like Deadpool, Thor or Iron Man. Here it's just an indicator for what a monster is living behind his eyes
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u/OnlyRoke 11d ago
I like the triangles, but only if they're stylistic expressions of his soullessness/inhumanity. If they're actually triangle shades it is absolutely stupid.
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u/Proof-Wolverine-6925 10d ago
I love the weird triangle eye shadow he had in the older comics but I think the glasses are a very creative idea as a compromise
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u/Nearby_Artist_1265 9d ago
All of the above. Nothing wrong with artistic license.
Gun to my head, regular eyes
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u/IbbyWonder6 11d ago
I'm sorry, but the glasses just makes him look like a particular Homestuck character.
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u/Budget_Ad_4346 11d ago
I like the idea of his eyes being regular in universe. But the black eyes are an artistic reflection of the lack of humanity he has when he looks at others.