A drawing by Moebius. It shows a high ledge along the wall of a building. On it, you can see Batman. Batman appears to be sitting on the ledge, drapping himself in his long flowing cape.

Moebius parodies Batman in 1995’s “I Am Not Batman”

Although Mœbius was a legend in the comics industry, it was rare that we ever saw him cross over into the world of mainstream comics. There was “Parable” a beautiful, but poorly written Silver Surfer book he made with Stan Lee, and a dozen or more covers he did for Marvel and DC (here’s a good collection). When it came to working in comics, he clearly prefered sticking to his own creations, but that doesn’t mean he avoided mainstream hero comics all together.

In 1994 Moebius submitted a short Batman comic to DC Comics, who quickly rejected the work and refused to pay Moebius for any of it. So he re-worked the comic, presumably in a more humorous style, and published it as “I Am Not Batman” with Penthouse Comix.

The full comic contained several short Batman stories and sketches, but I’m sharing only the 8 page main story below:

A comic book page by Moebius featuring a character named "Ratman" that looks exactly like Batman. The title of the story is "The Signal". In this comic we see Ratman walking in on a thief who is stealing something from someone's house.
In this page the thief is holding up a pearl necklace and says "These beautiful pearls are mine!". Ratman just says "hmm" then sits at a table and says "Ok bandit, take a seat and talk to me." The thief opens his shirt to reveal a special symbol on his chest. He then says "But first I need time in order to put on my special battle outfit"
The thief digs through a big chest looking for their outfit. They find a pink dress and put it on.
As the thief puts on their outfit, Ratman thinks "Damn, what is he doing? Why this woman's dress? Is he some kind of pervert?" The thief, now wearing a wig and push up bra, says "Hey you dirty little bastard." to which Ratman replies "Oh no, Mom!"
The thief hits Ratman with a ruler and says "I will punish you because you are nothing more than an animal". Ratman pulls down his pants, exposing his butt to the thief and says "sob sob mommy no"
Ratman gets spanked, then the thief removes their dress and wig, revealing their lingerie. Ratman says "Oooh mommy, I love you so much! Why are you doing that to me?" To which the criminal says "Ha ha ha meet Depress Man, the greatest mass killer!"
This page shows the thief, who is now wearing the pink dress and wig again, spanking Ratman. They say "I punish you because I hate you. You and your horrible ears". Then it shows Ratman as a kid with big ears on his head, like bat ears.
The final page of the comic shows the thief, but wearing a buttoned up shirt and a tie. They say "Now I'm the master of the world." In the next panel the thief gets punched in the face by Ratman's recognizable fist. In the final panel, Ratman is carrying the thief to a police officer. The officer says "You caught this maldito Depressman! But tell me, how did you catch the public enemy this time?" To which Ratman replies "Very simple, captain, I spent a lot of time in the supertherapist's office."

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