Batman’s Eye Black Was A Problem That Desperately Needed Fixing

Ask anyone on the street to draw Batman from memory, and they’d get the basics just right. Ask them to sketch Bruce Wayne, and they’d put down their rendering of a man in a suit. Very few impromptu artists would capture Batman’s eye black. Almost every live-action iteration of the character dons black makeup around their eyes. They typically aren’t seen wearing the smoky-eye look without their cowl, but Robert Pattinson’s Bat broke new ground.