Mazzucchelli love
Happy almost Friday folks!
I am on a serious David Mazzucchelli kick. On a recommendation, I picked up DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN last week at the LCS, and it blew me away. 1980’s Frank Miller stories are all great, but Mazzuccheli’s art just blew me away. It was so good, i went back and found my old BATMAN: YEAR ONE comics, and reread them, just for a little more Mazzuccheli goodness. The man is just a great storyteller. He creates dynamic panel flow, never wasting page space with the superfluous. His fight sequences are crisp and easy to follow, with all the characters moving the way real people would. It isn’t the flashiest of art styles, but it is so solid, with clean composition and great use of blacks, that is spectacular in it’s non-flashiness. I looked into it and found that “The Mazz” has just released a brand new graphic novel titled ASTERIOS POLYP, which I am going to be picking up as soon as I can get my greedy little fingers on it. Here’s a few samples for you:
On a more company related note, thanks to all of you who have already pre-ordered MYTHOI issue one. For those of you who have not yet done so, do it now! We are getting closer and closer to our first issue release in September, and I am getting more and more excited with every page I see. You guys are going to love it!
Well, thanks for stopping in, see you tomorrow!
1998:
January 1 – Smoking is banned in all California bars and restaurants.
January 25 – Super Bowl XXXII: The Denver Broncos become the first AFC team in 14 years to win the Super Bowl, as they defeat the Green Bay Packers, 31–24.
March 27 – The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
April 7 – George Michael is arrested in a restroom at Will Rogers Memorial Park for committing a lewd act in front of a police officer. This incident leads to him coming out as gay.
April 22 – The Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World opens to the public for the first time.
June 8 – Actor Charlton Heston becomes president of the National Rifle Association.
July 12 – France defeats Brazil 3–0 to win the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
August 19 – Monica Lewinsky scandal: On the day of his 52nd birthday, U.S. President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an “improper physical relationship” with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. He also admits before the nation that night in a nationally televised address that he “misled people” about his sexual affair with Lewinsky.
# September 7 – Google, Inc. is founded in Menlo Park, California, by Stanford University Ph.D. candidates Larry Page and Sergey Brin.[8]
November 3 – Jesse Ventura, former professional wrestler, is elected Governor of Minnesota.
November 27 – The Sega Dreamcast is made first available in Japan.
And in Comic News: V for Vendetta was set in 1998…
It was the beginning of the end…
August 12th, 2009 at 6:32 pm