Absolute Batman: Year One is a Must-Have for Comic Makers! 

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This channel is the epitome of knowledgeable people in comics who are here to entertain and inform.

This seems like a good place to post my request for a David Mazzucchelli interview... Rubber Blanket is a game-changer! I still hold out for a reprint collection of his short stories published over the last 30 years or so in various magazines...

I feel like every Mazzucchelli book has a completely different style and it’s INSANE.

I don't think it was Toth himself, but I remember someone remarking about how Toth would draw all of the details of, say, seated legs underneath a table, make sure he got the folds, the positioning, the carpentry in there correctly...and then proceed to black out almost all of the shapes in ink. When you see it in silhouette you don't even question its authenticity.

I really hope you guys do a commentary of this book, wanna hear what Tom has to say for sure. Great stuff as always, dudes.

You should check out the Absolute Killing Joke, too. It's similarly crafted - has both colorings on two different paper stocks and has the entire Alan Moore script in the back matter. Great book.

I remember picking this off the stand and being amazed-Mazzucchelli & Miller were coming off “Born Again “, bringing their combined talents to the Dark Knight. Shame DC followed this with Barr, Davis/early McFarlane’s “Year Two” and Max Collins on the main comic (which brought us Jason Todd), like Marvel going to a Madcap tale after “Born Again “. Excellent overview, Gents! 🖖

Another great one to look at is the Batman 1989 movie adaption deluxe book. The entire book is side by side comparisons of each page featuring Jerry Ordway's original scanned pages next to the printed version. It's a lot of fun!

You guys gotta stop selling me these books, man - I'm gonna go broke. Also, keep it coming. Also as well, you mentioned Lapham - a shoot interview with Lapham would be awesome.

Excellent episode. The extras in the back are amazing. @16:24 looks like a homage to Don Newton

I didn't know the paper on the Fourth World books was a mistake. Those are my favorite books I own because of that paper .

If you guys can get Mazzucchelli on that would be awesome!

David Mazzucchelli definitely had a hand in this book. I remember him being pretty bugged with a deluxe hardcover DC did of the story around 2010 without his involvement that reproduced the colors poorly, even though he helped put together an earlier deluxe hardcover in about 2006. For this book he and Richmond Lewis did new scans for the painted colors and the original coloring volume was scanned from their copies! I do have to say that there are a few other good Absolute editions out there. The recent Killing Joke volume also includes both colorings, with the Higgins original on a different paper stock, as well as Alan Moore's script. The Sandman Overture volume reprints the entire story from the original art like a small Artist's Edition (though it's a bit obsolete now with the Gallery Edition out) and is also just a damn good looking book like all the Sandman volumes. The recent Arkham Asylum volume has completely new scans of the art by Dave McKean along with a full script, Morrison's breakdowns, and a few of McKean's too. There are others that I'm fond of just for having a neat extra or two (CoIE having a companion book on the history of the series and all the different Earths, Final Crisis being the only edition besides the floppies to have 3D pages and glasses). I won't deny though that for every one of these there are 5 "Batman/Superman Book but Bigger with a few extra pages about making the toyline".

yess get David on the show

Excellent video! I have read and enjoyed this book many times, but you provided several insights to this phenomenal work. 1) No mention of Milton Caniff, but his influence seems to be hovering all over this work, particularly his beautiful, atmospheric work on Terry and the Pirates, my favorite adventure strip of all time. 2) Your statement that this is the best Absolute was certainly bold, but it may be correct. My favorite is NEW FRONTIER by Darwyn Cooke, but my copy has a wonderful sketch of Green Lantern by Cooke. Keep up the outstanding work on the channel.

these videos are always so inspiring

I am absolutely buying this collection. Year One is one of my favorite Batman stories. It is just so tightly plotted, the art is amazing. The atmosphere, world building, etc. Its an example of a perfect comic story. From start to finish. I've read it several times. And there are times where I take it off the shelf just to thumb through it to take in the art.

Fantastic breakdown

Jeez, that's a really cool package they've put together.

Damn, how you gonna make me go out and buy Absolute Year One right after just buying Blighted Eye. The Kayfabe Effect™️ is real

Got this book for Xmas based on your recommendation. It’s amazing. Thanks for showcasing this edition. Wish more reproductions were like this. Going through my shelf I noticed V for Vendetta hardcover has a nice reproduction similar to this too but not sure if it’s similar to the original issues. Keep up the good work guys. Love your channel.

This is great. There’s a treasury edition of mirage TMNT #50 that’s all of the page breakdowns, and notes and it’s amazing. It’s great to see how they planned it all out.

Great episode.

Miss you Ed! Hope you're doing well Jim.

Hell yes. One of the two Absolutes that I own (the other is Watchmen). Beautiful edition.

Batman: Year One and Daredevil Born Again are comics I revist over and over and over. I read somewhere recently Trevor Von Eeden was under early considertation to do Year One. How different things could have been?

Those are beautiful books. Wow

Gosh, that looks cool.

Guys, Thank you for this inspiring video. I bought the comic floppies as they came out, And have the trade, but after watching this video I was forced by your will to buy this Absolute on my first visit to the friendly neighborhood comic shop since they all shut down in March. Good on you.

Damn. I want this now. Colorists don't get enough credit. Old school and new school. Great video!

I was planning to cop Judge Dredd: The Complete Brian Bolland in a few weeks but you guys got me considering this as well.

I own the original run but this version looks interesting too

Thank you.

All I could think of was when they were going to mention Bruce Timm - so much of his early BTAS feels ripped from the posing, lighting, and color construction from B:Y1.

Is there any way to download something that only allows you to use the original 4 color pallette? I'm making a comic on newsprint and don't want to use modern day bright vibrant colors, if anyone knows!

Please get Mazzuchelli , quitely or Hewlett during this Shelter in place /Pandemic stretch .

Guys - given your commentary here, I have to ask what comics (either floppies or books) do you think really pushed the boundaries of color usage? I'm thinking Steranko as a classic user of color (along with other graphic tricks) who pushed past the status quo. I'd like to hear what you guys think. Thanks!

Hey Ed , at 9:30 you talk about inking usually screwing up the work. Would love it if you’d elaborate on that, mate.

DC needs to pay you guys some commission because... thanks to you, they just got a sale out of me!

The most boss Absolute.

Cool! Wish you guys would break this book down the way you did TDK.

Ed Piskor classic recoloring Marvel. Take my money.

cool

looking at this script makes me think my script sucks

You guys talk, and I buy stuff. This is an unhealthy relationship in some ways.