Best Selling Books by David Mazzucchelli

An Artist''s Edition featuring the groundbreaking reinterpretation of Batman''s origin by comic book titans Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli. The entire groundbreaking story is included in this 14 x 21 inch collection, the same size as most of the pages were drawn. In 1986, Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli produced this groundbreaking reinterpretation of the origin of Batman: who he is and how he came to be. Sometimes careless and naive, this Dark Knight is far from the flawless vigilante he is today. In his first year on the job, Batman feels his way around a Gotham City far darker than the one he left. His solemn vow to extinguish the town''s criminal element is only half the battle. Along with Lieutenant James Gordon, the Dark Knight must also fight a police force more corrupt than the scum in the streets. Batman: Year One stands next to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns on the mantle of greatest Batman graphic novels of all time. This edition includes the complete graphic novel and a new introduction by David Mazzucchelli. All of Mazzucchelli''s layouts are presented, giving true insight into a master storytellers process from initial spark to completed page. This is an art book featuring rare and beautiful imagery, a collection for connoisseurs of the form. Chip Kidd, the legendary designer, will be guiding the look of the project. The volume collects Batman #404-407.

The triumphant return of one of comics’ greatest talents, with an engrossing story of one man’s search for love, meaning, sanity, and perfect architectural proportions. An epic story long awaited, and well worth the wait. Meet Asterios Polyp: middle-aged, meagerly successful architect and teacher, aesthete and womanizer, whose life is wholly upended when his New York City apartment goes up in flames. In a tenacious daze, he leaves the city and relocates to a small town in the American heartland. But what is this “escape” really about? As the story unfolds, moving between the present and the past, we begin to understand this confounding yet fascinating character, and how he’s gotten to where he is. And isn’t. And we meet Hana: a sweet, smart, first-generation Japanese American artist with whom he had made a blissful life. But now she’s gone. Did Asterios do something to drive her away? What has happened to her? Is she even alive? All the questions will be answered, eventually. In the meantime, we are enthralled by Mazzucchelli’s extraordinarily imagined world of brilliantly conceived eccentrics, sharply observed social mores, and deftly depicted asides on everything from design theory to the nature of human perception. Asterios Polyp is David Mazzucchelli’s masterpiece: a great American graphic novel.

Enjoy the acclaimed graphic novel as an ART BOOK! Each page of this classic story is reproduced from the original art--while appearing to be in black and white, the art is scanned IN COLOR, capturing all the nuances (blue pencil, white out, etc) and quirks that make original art unique! DAVID MAZZUCCHELLI''S DAREDEVIL BORN AGAIN was released in the much lauded Artist''s Edition format in 2012. It soon became the best-selling Artist''s Edition of all-time and was universally acclaimed. In 2013 the book received the prestigious Eisner Award for Best Archival Project--Comic Books, as well as a Harvey Award the same year. It soon sold out and has been the single most requested AE book to date for IDW to reissue. So it is only fitting that IDW launch its new MARVEL series of Artisan books with this award-winning classic! Just as the original release, DAVID MAZZUCCHELLI''S DAREDEVIL BORN AGAIN ARTISAN EDITION features the same scans--entirely from the original art--each painstakingly done by David Mazzucchelli himself to ensure the finest quality possible. If ever a book deserved to be in this format it is Daredevil Born Again. Frank Miller, at the peak of his powers, crafted a story that remains--in an extraordinary career--one of his finest pieces of writing. And David Mazzucchelli does a stellar tour de force job as his collaborator, providing a nuanced and nearly pitch-perfect turn as artist. If there is any book deserving to be re-read and rediscovered... this is the one!

Dopo un lungo addestramento all’estero, Bruce Wayne torna a Gotham City e la trova più oscura e corrotta che mai. Inizia così il suo primo anno nelle vesti di Batman! Questo è il racconto di come il giovane Bruce si sia trasformato nel più grande detective del mondo. Originariamente pubblicata nel corso di quattro episodi della serie mensile nel 1987, la straordinaria saga della riscrittura delle origini di Batman da parte di uno dei suoi autori più carismatici e amati è stata acclamata nel corso degli anni come una delle storie più belle ed emozionanti del Crociato Incappucciato mai realizzate! Dallo sconfinato talento dell''incredibile coppia formata da Frank Miller e David Mazzucchelli, una delle più rivoluzionarie riletture del mito di Batman e una visione che ha rimodellato l''idea moderna del Cavaliere Oscuro fumettistico e cinematografico. [VOLUME UNICO. CONTIENE: BATMAN: YEAR ONE - THE DELUXE EDITION (2017)]

Improvvisamente tutto nella vita di Matt Murdock comincia a complicarsi. Come se non bastasse lo stato che gli contesta tasse non pagate e la banca che dice di non ha ricevuto i soldi del mutuo, ora qualcuno lo accusa anche di aver corrotto un testimone. È l’inizio di un viaggio nella disperazione che porta Matt sull’orlo della follia e a un passo dalla morte. Un’odissea causata da Kingpin, l’implacabile signore del crimine che ha scoperto l’identità di chi si nasconde dietro la maschera di Devil! La più famosa e importante saga della storia di Devil, un capolavoro a fumetti che ha ridefinito il mito dell’uomo senza paura scritto e disegnato da Frank Miller e David Mazzucchelli!

L’impensabile è successo. Una persona un tempo amata ha venduto il nome di chi si cela dietro la maschera di Daredevil. Un’informazione grazie alla quale ora Kingpin è intenzionato a sconfiggere una volta per tutte il suo più acerrimo rivale, distruggendone la vita pezzo per pezzo. E, dopo aver toccato il fondo, Matt Murdock scoprirà a proprie spese quanto possa essere difficile risalire. Con Rinascita, Frank Miller (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns) e David Mazzucchelli (Batman: Year One) realizzano la saga definitiva dell’Uomo senza paura: una storia di tradimenti e di amicizie, di odio e di amore, di tragedia e di riscatto. Molto semplicemente: uno dei punti più alti mai raggiunti dai comics di super eroi. [CONTIENE DAREDEVIL (1964) 227-233]

"Each page has been personally scanned by David Mazzucchelli from his own original art at the same size he drew it, and in color (to insure the best possible reproduction). While appearing to be in black and white, each page was scanned in color to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual original art - for instance, corrections, blue pencils, paste-overs, all the little nuances that make original art unique. Each page is printed the same size as drawn, and the paper selected is as close as possible to the original art board."--Publisher description.