Dana, Dana, Dana, Dana...BATMAN! - Private View
Thu 11 Jun
|Swan Hill Studios
Join us at Swan Hill Studios for a special exhibition celebrating Mike Perkins’ recent Batman work and its unexpected links to Shrewsbury. Discover how some of the town’s most recognisable buildings, including the atmospheric Shrewsbury Prison, helped shape Mike’s vision of Gotham, and explore the d
Time & Location
11 Jun 2026, 17:30 – 20:00
Swan Hill Studios, 17a Swan Hill, Shrewsbury SY1 1NL, UK
About the event
Throughout his most recent run of Batman comics- First Knight and it's subsequent sequel ; Second Knight - Mike Perkins has utilised some of Shrewsbury's most iconic bulidings to depict Gotham. None more so than Shrewsbury prison - a gothic, dark edifice in it's own right. It was pointed out to him by his good friend James Fletcher ( who also appears in the comic as...well...a good-hearted pimp!) that on one particular page with four panels of scene setting shots of the prison - and Batman appearing in the bottom right of the fourth panel - that the flow of panels and character provided it's own theme tune using the name of the prison itself. Thus we are presented with a page singing (altogether now) Dana, Dana, Dana, Dana .... BATMAN!!
In order to celebrate the links with the town and the exhibition itself at Swan Hill Studios this page…