There aren't a lot of artists who did mainstream superhero work that I've included in these posts, but of those that I have included my reason for doing so is because I see them as those artists who helped to elevate and perhaps even transition the comic book paradigm towards a more artistically literary and less juvenile status. I don't mean to sound like I'm demeaning superhero artists and writers in any way as I feel that they are integral in many respects to the field of comic art and literature, but at the same time I would rather focus my efforts towards those that are either exemplary or that broke new ground, and David Mazzucchelli is one of them.
This is just one of many of the many excellent compositions taken from a single panel in "Batman Year One". In some ways I would almost say that Mazzucchelli's "Batman Year One" artwork is a step forward from what Frank Miller instigated with "Return of the Dark Knight". Mazzucchelli offered an abstraction that was far from the standard of the time, yet perhaps more palatable and refined as compared to some other artists who were also trailblazing the way for different art styles in mainstream comics at this time, such as that of Bill Sienkiewicz and Frank Miller.
Perfectly captured moment. Nice coloring as well.
From the Little Lit children's comic book series.
Quite honestly, Asterios Polyp is nothing short of brilliant, but I feel it's impact is in its parts than as a story going from A' to B', only because the individual moments are so much more sublime than the mere summary of it's plot.
I love the way that Mazzucchelli plays with the different stylistic aspects of the Asteriors Polyp story, yet it never feels anything less than cohesive.
Early Mazzucchelli on Daredevil before doing Batman Year One, also with Frank Miller.
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