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'''Nigel Phelps''' is an English production designer and conceptual illustrator. Phelps was [[Anton Furst]]'s longtime draftsman that created set drawings for him to add details and accents to. Phelps designed all the key [[Gotham City (Burton Films)|Gotham City]] locations seen in [[Tim Burton]]'s [[Batman (1989 film)|''Batman'']].
 
'''Nigel Phelps''' is an English production designer and conceptual illustrator. Phelps was [[Anton Furst]]'s longtime draftsman that created set drawings for him to add details and accents to. Phelps designed all the key [[Gotham City (Burton Films)|Gotham City]] locations seen in [[Tim Burton]]'s [[Batman (1989 film)|''Batman'']].
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In 1992 [[DC Comics]] commissioned Phelps to create an entirely new skyline for [[Cyrus Pinkney]]'s "[[Old Gotham]]" in the ''Destroyer'' storyarc. This look for Gotham stood in mainstream continuity until 1998 when it was written out of continuity with the ''[[No Man's Land]]'' earthquake.
   
 
==Working for Anton Furst==
 
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===1988 [[Gotham City (Burton Films)|Gotham City]] illustrations and set deigns===
 
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===DC Comics "[[Old Gotham]]"===
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===1992 DC Comics "[[Old Gotham]]"===
 
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Revision as of 16:19, 19 March 2019

Nigel Phelps is an English production designer and conceptual illustrator. Phelps was Anton Furst's longtime draftsman that created set drawings for him to add details and accents to. Phelps designed all the key Gotham City locations seen in Tim Burton's Batman.

In 1992 DC Comics commissioned Phelps to create an entirely new skyline for Cyrus Pinkney's "Old Gotham" in the Destroyer storyarc. This look for Gotham stood in mainstream continuity until 1998 when it was written out of continuity with the No Man's Land earthquake.

Working for Anton Furst

Gallery

1988 Gotham City illustrations and set deigns

1992 DC Comics "Old Gotham"

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