Product Description
Gotham City is plagued with crime and corruption in places high and
low, but one man has taken a stand against evil of all forms: the dark
avenger known as Batman. One of the most shocking stories of the Dark
Knight's career is retold in hardcover, for the first time ever! When
Jason Todd - the wilful, disobedient teenager who inherited the mantle
of Robin - ignores his mentor's advice and goes after the Joker alone,
he pays the ultimate price! Now the Caped Crusader is hunting his
nemesis once more, with Superman at his side - but this time it might
well be a fight to the death! By classic creators including Jim Starlin
("Death of the New Gods"), Marv Wolfman and George Perez ("Crisis on
Infinite Earths") and Jim Aparo, this story still shocks!
About the Author
Jim Starlin is responsible for many of the greatest Batman stories
ever told, as well as Cosmic Odyssey and Death of the New Gods! Marv
Wolfman has written Batman, Tomb of Dracula, New Teen Titans and more!
George Perez is equally prolific, with credits that include acclaimed
runs on The Avengers, The New Teen Titans and The Infinity Gauntlet.
"George Pérez and the Classical Narrative Style" article in the latest Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society Vol 4 #3 (Fall 2020)From muse.jhu.edu
INKS: THE JOURNAL OF THE COMICS STUDIES SOCIETY Vol 4 #3 (Fall 2020)
Ohio State University Press
Abstract: This paper examines the commercially popular but critically neglected artist George Pérez as a means of developing a critical apparatus for studying artists who work within collaborative and industrial systems of comics production. Pérez’s comics are exemplars of the classical narrative style of comics art, refining a set of formal practices that adapt page and panel layouts to match their contents in a manner akin to classical Hollywood cinema, deploying formalism for narrative purposes. Pérez and his peers also display an abiding interest in the mediated image, incorporating the visual frames and narrative strategies of newspapers, film ...
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