When paul pope was asked to reimagine batman, the artist and writer said it was like being handed the keys to a really. In gotham city, 2039, a federal agent is murdered, leaving the batman, a forgotten icon from the past, wanted for the murder. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. See more ideas about comic art, comic books art and batman year 100. This mini series was created by paul pope and jose villarrubia. Year 100 is a fantastic peek into a potential future for our titular hero.
In gotham city, 2039, a federal agent is murdered, leaving the batman, a forgotten icon from the past, wanted for. Visionary writerartist paul pope presents a futuristic mystery of epic proportions set in a dark, dystopian world devoid of privacy and filled with. He has worked on more mainstream comics for dc comics and its vertigo imprint. Special guest scott snyder batman, the wake, superman unchained joins paul montgomery to discuss paul popes. By paul popecover paul pope is one of those artistcreatorwriters who are exactly like a fine islay scotch. Year 100 2006, which is set in the futuristic gotham city of 2039 exactly one hundred years after bob kane created the character. Pope reimagines batmans mask as the ultimate rebellion in a world devoid of privacy. Its a world thats quite different yet still enough like the present that someone like batman is needed. His work is translated into a number of languages on three continents.
Let loose the dogs, because things are about to booksplode. Paul pope is an american artist of alternative comics, best known for his indie series thb 19952007. Scenes from multiple eisner awardwinning batman year 100. I wanted to present a new take on batman, who is without a doubt a mythic figure in our. Click the image or title below to view the artwork. Visionary writerartist paul pope heavy liqiud, with jose villarrubia sweet tooth, brings his unique style to gotham city and beyond. Popes work combines the precision and romance of european comics artists with the energy and page design of the manga tradition. Paul pope 2005 the caped crusader takes down a squad of dirty cops. An intense cover, with batman gripping his cape as he roared down the road like a devil, it was crafted at an enormous scale on bright white 19 x 24. Paul popes epic about a batman in a world that has forgotten, but still needs him this book is a total must read.
Pope takes the concepts of realism that christopher nolans dark knight. Year 100, indie comics superstar paul pope plunks the dark knight into maybe his strangest story yet. Year 100, the superhero is a centenarian hunted by big brother and gangs of thugs. In 2007, pope won two additional eisners, best writerartist and best limited series, for his batman miniseries, batman. If this is batman in year 100 of his service, one wonders if hell ever be able to finally retire from his crusade against crime and relax.
If this is batman in year 100 of his service, one wonders if hell ever be able to finally. Mike russell delivers a mustread interview with paul pope. Pope is the author of several realistically drawn actionpacked comics, which also include elements of science fiction and romance. Year 100 and other tales includes such stories as batman of berlin, broken nose, and teenage sidekick, along with the eisner awardwinning fourissue miniseries batman. Ive read pretty much every batman miniseries and elseworlds tale ever published by dc comics. It is the year 2039 one hundred years since batman was. A federal agent is murdered and a contingent of washingtons top agents is hot on the suspects trail. Year 100 batman by paul pope, jose villarubia isbn. The year is 2039 and the fabled batman has emerged from the shadows of history. The storyline was written and illustrated by paul pope. This is a series i have wanted to get as a deluxe edition and finally here it is. It is a particular favorite of batman writer scott snyder who has homaged it a couple times in his run on the character.
Paul pope born september 25, 1970, in philadelphia, pennsylvania is an american alternative cartoonist. Batman year 100 is a comic book miniseries by paul pope that came out in 2006. Discussing the story, which is set in 2039, one hundred years after the first appearance of the caped crusader, pope said. This series won paul pope the best writerartist eisner award in 2007. It is notable in that the editor for the best american comics wanted to include it for the 2008 edition, a rarity for a mainstream super hero comic, but dc comics declined the offer. Never thought of seeing 120 year old bruce wayne in action. Some of the process work created toward my 200708 capsule line for dknyjeans, called 2089. Blending the worlds of sex work, mma fighting, and urban menace, 100% asks is it possible to. Collecting the acclaimed 4issue miniseries by visionary creator paul pope solo.
The storyline was written and illustrated by paul pope this storyline takes place in gotham city in 2039. Batman year 100 visionary writerartist paul pope presents a futuristic mystery of epic proportions set in a dark, dystopian world devoid of privacy and filled with government conspiracies, psychic police, holographic caller id and absolutely no room for secret identities. You can expect to see flaws like this on all the comics condition is 67. Pope then wrote and illustrated the fourissue limited series batman. In gotham city, 2039, a federal agent is murdered and a contingent of washingtons top agents is hot on the suspect. When paul pope was asked to reimagine batman, the artist and writer said it. It was written and illustrated by paul pope and colored by jose villarrubia. This weekend, i read paul pope and jose villarubias astounding batman year 100 collection another great find from the recommended table at las secret headquarters comic shop. Year 100 was a fourissue miniseries published in 2006 written and illustrated by creator paul pope. A cop is killed and batman is suspected as he was at the scene an obvious frame job. Pope reimagines batman s mask as the ultimate rebellion in a world devoid of privacy. Batman year 100 deluxe edition by paul pope is a collection of the 4issue series published in 2005. Three generation of gordons running, batman still standing.
Year 100 sold commission samples paul pope penciller issue. Oct 29, 2015 batman year 100 deluxe edition by paul pope is a collection of the 4issue series published in 2005. Year 100 and other tales by paul pope 2015, hardcover. It was originally published in its own fourpart comic book miniseries batman. Set in heavy liquids alternate future new york and the same timeline as hit series batman year 100, 100% focuses on the intertwining struggles, hopes, and loves of six characters all working and frequenting the seedy catshack strip club. The batbike played in important role in this series and provided more than one exciting chase scene. I was not able to picture all the flaws because of ebays 12 picture limit.
Paul pope is an acclaimed, eisner awardwinning writer and artist whose works include thb, the onetrick ripoff, and, for dc comics, heavy liquid and batman. Any story can be made great with the inclusion of batman. I am selling a complete set of batman year 100 comic books. Batman year 100 im batman batman art gotham batman dc comics batman comics comic books art comic art comic kunst. The four issue series ran from february to may, 2006.
A forgotten icon from the past wanted for murder in the future. An intense cover, with batman gripping his cape as he roared down the road like a devil, it was crafted at an enormous scale on bright white 19 x 24 bristol board. I did take pictures of the most egregious ones i could find. It is an elseworlds title, and focuses on a descendant of bruce wayne batman. Popes two protagonist types are the silent, lanky outsider male of onetrick ripoff, escapo and heavy liquid.
Jan 23, 20 paul popes epic about a batman in a world that has forgotten, but still needs him this book is a total must read. His comics are generally populated by male outsiders or cheeky and. Year 100 is a fourissue american comic book miniseries starring batman, published in 2006 by dc comics. We did two seasons of mens clothes, something in the range of one hundred items for international markets, including waxed canvas jackets, sneakers, jeans, t shirts, and hoodies.
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