Batman Year One Original Coloring

This is because Richmond Lewis, the original colorist (and David Mazzucchelli's wife), did the recoloring herself. Lewis is a painter first, and was brought in to do the coloring by Mazzucchelli. In the recoloring, Lewis is able to take advantage of a wider range of colors than were possible with the original printing process.

I am not a huge comic book reader, but I have Batman: Year One, it's the currently available 2007 paperback, which I bought some years ago. I've always felt the art in it doesn't look quite right. I can't put my finger on what it is.

Batman: Year One - original colors vs. recoloring, what do you prefer ...

At the back of the book there is some scans of the original coloring, and I find the general print of those pages looks better. Does this make sense or I am nuts? In light of The Batman, we're celebrating the work of Batman: Year One colorist Richmond Lewis and her impact on the palette of Batman. Let's look at page three from Batman #406 (April 1987), which was part three of the "Batman: Year One" storyline (it was originally serialized in four parts in the ongoing Batman series), as it appeared in the standard newsprint comics of the day.

The line art is by David Mazzucchelli, and the color art is by Richmond Lewis. From Frank Miller (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns) and David Mazzucchelli (Daredevil) comes one of the most revered storylines in the Batman mythos, "Year One," presented in these facsimile re. ABSOLUTE BATMAN: YEAR ONE presents one of DC Comics' most lauded tales in two hardcover volumes contained by a slipcase.

Batman Year One - Image Abyss

The first volume will reprint the recolored version of the story from previous collected editions, remastered with new, high. The main part of book one reprints the original four issues 1987 mini-series (Batman #404-407) on thick white mat paper, with all pages "rescanned from the original board". The result is in my eyes very similar to the 2005/2012 Deluxe editions.

Here from top to bottom, book one of this absolute edition, 2012 deluxe edition and 2005 edition. Here are a few pages from the Absolute edition which had a version with original coloring and a Recolored version. For reference this is the original comic, the original coloring Absolute and the re-colored Absolute.

The John Douglas (Mostly) Comic Book Art Site: Batman: Year One #1 ...

For what it's worth I tend to favor original coloring but the Deluxe edition is really great, the larger format is worth it. Frank Miller's "Batman: Year One" redefines Batman's origin in the post-Crisis context of DC Comics. The dual perspective between Bruce Wayne/Batman and Jim Gordon adds depth to the story and to Gotham City.

David Mazzucchelli's art and Richmond Lewis's coloring are key to the comic's visual identity and atmosphere. The human and realistic approach marked a new era for the character.

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