by Harry Locke IV Hellblazer, my fan film based off the DC Comics/Vertigo series of the same name, was birthed from frustration. I spent the majority of 2013 working exhaustively on a pitch for an episodic series rooted in the Batman universe called Gotham. The concept focused on the home of the Dark Knight viewed through the eyes of its citizens' greatest threat, themselves. The treatment landed me a writing agent, attracted an experienced show runner, and offered first taste of the maddening frenzy that composes “pitching season.” But before we could even step foot on the Warner Bros. lot, the Bruno Heller-led project of the same title was announced with a straight-to-series order, leaving my vision effectively defunct. Defeated but not completely lost, I returned to working on original creations, and began studying mature graphic novels as reference material. My journey led me from the usual suspects (i.