Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan is a 2008 book published by Pantheon Books, subsidiary of Random House, in the United States. The book was designed by Chip Kidd, the content was sour
Cover of softcover Bat-Manga!, early design.
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David John Mazzucchelli 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
Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan
…stories, with the full consent of the original Batman publisher, DC Comics. In 1967, the stories stopped and were never compiled into volume format. David Mazzuchelli, creator of Batman: Year One, became aware of "Batman" manga's existence when he went to Japan for a cartoonists convention in the early 1990s. The…
Mazzucchelli at a June 28, 2012 book signing at Midtown Comics in Manhattan
A page from Asterios Polyp (2009)