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Graphic Novel Summary: Written by Frank Miller Art and cover by David Mazucchelli A new softcover edition of one of the most important and critically acclaimed Batman adventures eve! In addition to telling the entire dramatic story of Batman's first year fighting crime, this collection includes loads of reproductions of original pencils, script pages, promotional art, unseen Mazzucchelli Batman art and more!
Codes: 76194124583600111 7.62E+016 SEP070422 OCT060163 DEC070434 JAN080395 FEB080436 MAR080384 APR080431 MAY080410 JUN080449 JUL080372 AUG080382 SEP080397
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$14.99$11.99- Artist:
- David Mazzucchelli
- Cover Artist:
- David Mazzucchelli
- Author:
- Frank Miller
- Artist:
- David Mazucchelli
- Cover Artist:
- David Mazucchelli
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- Expected to ship on (September 19, 2008)
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- Superhero
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There's a handful of graphic novels and trade paperback collections that are rightfully deemed "essential" by pretty much
anyone who reads funnybooks for any serious length of time.
You've got your Watchmen, your Maus, your Dark Knight Returns.
And then there's Batman: Year One. Maybe it's not one of the great paradigm-shifting works of western sequential art, but it's a damn good story nonetheless, and anyone interested in the evolution of the superhero comic book (and of course, fans of Batman) needs to pick this up post-haste, if it's not already on your bookshelf.
Frank Miller tackles Batman for the first time post-Dark Knight as a writer on this book, which takes apart the seminal early days of Batman's career and reassembles them into a shape resembling the original, but also wholly unique. One big change Miller makes is that characters like Selina "Catwoman" Kyle and "Lieutenant" James Gordon now have their own major roles to play in the Bat-mythos. In doing so, he subtly expands Batman's foundations to include these vital supporting characters; just as Batman wouldn't be Batman without the fancy car and the insomniac crimefighting schedule, Miller seems to be suggesting that Batman also wouldn't be who he is without the female foil and the long-suffering cop on his side. It's an interesting shift in the Batman mythos, and it starts here.
Miller also gets good mileage out of planting Batman's feet more firmly in a "realistic" setting, as his chief adversaries in this story aren't whacked-out supervillains but instead are very violent and legitimate mobsters. It doesn't help him much that the cops also aren't really on his side, yet another subtle tweak to the early days of Batman that casts this era in some interesting shades of gray.
David Mazzucchelli's artwork is rightfully regarded as stunning and groundbreaking; you can see hints of it in artists today as diverse as Darwyn Cooke and Cully Hamner. Working in shades and the barest of lines, he suggests as much as he shows, which should be the golden rule of drawing Batman, since that's the whole point of the character.
It's hard to believe, honestly, that any self-respecting comics fan would never have read this, but if you're new to this stuff, or if this book has somehow slipped outside your radar, buy it now, and read it immediately.
anyone who reads funnybooks for any serious length of time.
You've got your Watchmen, your Maus, your Dark Knight Returns.
And then there's Batman: Year One. Maybe it's not one of the great paradigm-shifting works of western sequential art, but it's a damn good story nonetheless, and anyone interested in the evolution of the superhero comic book (and of course, fans of Batman) needs to pick this up post-haste, if it's not already on your bookshelf.
Frank Miller tackles Batman for the first time post-Dark Knight as a writer on this book, which takes apart the seminal early days of Batman's career and reassembles them into a shape resembling the original, but also wholly unique. One big change Miller makes is that characters like Selina "Catwoman" Kyle and "Lieutenant" James Gordon now have their own major roles to play in the Bat-mythos. In doing so, he subtly expands Batman's foundations to include these vital supporting characters; just as Batman wouldn't be Batman without the fancy car and the insomniac crimefighting schedule, Miller seems to be suggesting that Batman also wouldn't be who he is without the female foil and the long-suffering cop on his side. It's an interesting shift in the Batman mythos, and it starts here.
Miller also gets good mileage out of planting Batman's feet more firmly in a "realistic" setting, as his chief adversaries in this story aren't whacked-out supervillains but instead are very violent and legitimate mobsters. It doesn't help him much that the cops also aren't really on his side, yet another subtle tweak to the early days of Batman that casts this era in some interesting shades of gray.
David Mazzucchelli's artwork is rightfully regarded as stunning and groundbreaking; you can see hints of it in artists today as diverse as Darwyn Cooke and Cully Hamner. Working in shades and the barest of lines, he suggests as much as he shows, which should be the golden rule of drawing Batman, since that's the whole point of the character.
It's hard to believe, honestly, that any self-respecting comics fan would never have read this, but if you're new to this stuff, or if this book has somehow slipped outside your radar, buy it now, and read it immediately.
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