Tried to find the original artist on this, but came up dry for this specific image. However, I did find this version from six years ago that’s credited to @twisteddoodles on Instagram, who it turns out is Maria Boyle, a cartoonist for New Scientist (and a scientist herself):
Now, on OP’s image you can see the little “MB” in the lower right, which makes me think that Boyle re-painted the original artwork, but I can’t seem to find it anywhere. I’d love to buy a print or tshirt of it or something like that!
Original version (rewatermarked) uploaded by the artist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100044152253916/posts/1897238346961483/
Redrawn version on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100044152253916/posts/2930622866956354/
Came in to make this joke, glad to see how unoriginal my brain really is.
Wonderful! Still no merch tho’ 😭
Their LinkTree does link to a merch store, but no bat comic merch, indeed.
Got a good chuckle out of me so thank you haha
I have a version of this saved, but no idea who to give credit to.
Lol frig off
