s ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁Bat man ▁and ▁Christopher ▁N olan ’ s ▁Dark ▁Knight ▁tr il ogy . ▁By ▁placing ▁their ▁differ ing ▁elements ▁in ▁proxim ity , ▁the ▁images ▁revealed ▁the ▁contrast s ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁similar ▁yet ▁dispar ate ▁cin ematic ▁univers es . ▁By ▁doing ▁that ▁the ▁artist ▁discussed ▁the ▁meaning ▁of ▁what ▁is ▁classic ▁and ▁tim eless ▁and ▁the ▁contemporary ▁rec ycle ▁of ▁concepts ▁in ▁modern ▁cinema . ▁ ▁But cher ▁Billy ' s ▁" T ales ▁From ▁The ▁Smith " ▁Com ic ▁Book ▁Series ▁ ▁This ▁time ▁the ▁artist ▁has ▁taken ▁g oth ▁rock ▁icon ▁Robert ▁Smith ▁of ▁the ▁band ▁The ▁C ure , ▁and ▁given ▁him ▁his ▁own ▁series ▁of ▁illustr ations ▁he ' s ▁named ▁" T ales ▁From ▁the ▁Smith ". ▁But cher ▁Billy ▁has ▁once ▁again ▁opt ed ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁com ic ▁book ▁genre ▁as ▁a ▁guide ▁for ▁his ▁new ▁project . ▁However ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁usual ▁super h ero ▁genre , ▁the ▁music ian ▁is ▁port rayed ▁in ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁retro ▁style ▁horror ▁com ic ▁covers , ▁and ▁as ▁an ▁o de ▁to ▁his ▁band , ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁horror ▁com ics ▁in ▁this ▁series ▁are ▁named ▁after ▁a ▁particular ▁song . ▁In ▁addition , ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁art ▁in ▁this ▁series ▁are ▁represented ▁with ▁hom ages ▁to ▁past ▁icon ic ▁horror ▁mov ies , ▁such ▁as ▁Friday ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁and ▁Ev il ▁Dead . ▁Billy ▁is ▁quoted ▁on ▁the ▁series : ▁" This ▁fright ening