Mazzucchelli's work in Rubber Blanket, and especially his use of two-color printing to create his artwork, influenced a number of young indie-comics artists through the 1990s and 2000s, including Darwyn Cooke, Frank Santoro, and Dash Shaw. His evocative and haunting stories in Rubber Blanket, notably 'Near Miss,' 'Dead Dog,' 'Discovering America,' and 'Big Man,' set the stage for his work to come. He published three issues of his own independent anthology, Rubber Blanket, co-edited by his wife, painter Richmond Lewis, in which he began finding his voice as a writer in addition to exploring new avenues of visual expression.

He then moved on to focus on more personal projects. Īfter Batman: Year One, Mazzucchelli drew an Angel story in Marvel Fanfare #40 (Oct. Mazzucchelli had previously drawn Batman in a five page backup story in World's Finest Comics #302 (April 1984). Batman: Year One is considered one of the best Batman stories ever produced. Miller and Mazzucchelli collaborated again on the graphic novel Batman: Year One, serialized in issues #404–407 (Feb-May 1987) of DC Comics' monthly Batman title, and published in a single volume shortly afterwards. He worked with writer Denny O'Neil and culminated his work on this title with the Daredevil: Born Again (Feb-Aug 1986) story arc, written by Frank Miller. Mazzucchelli received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and started working in comics in the early 1980s, first at Marvel Comics where, after a few fill-in jobs, he became the regular artist on Daredevil. He is also an instructor who teaches comic book storytelling at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan.

Friendship Commission Creative Artists Fellowshipĭavid John Mazzucchelli ( / ˌ m æ z uː ˈ k ɛ l i/ born September 21, 1960) is an American comics artist and writer, known for his work on seminal superhero comic book storylines Daredevil: Born Again and Batman: Year One, as well as for graphic novels in other genres, such as Asterios Polyp and City of Glass: The Graphic Novel. New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon

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