Bøker av David Mazzucchelli

Asterios Polyp er middelaldrende, passe suksessrik arkitekt og lærer, estetiker og kvinnebedårer. Livet hans snus opp ned når hans leilighet i New York går opp i flammer. Han forlater storbyen og flytter til en liten by i hjertet av Amerika. Men hva handler denne "flukten" egentlig om?Underveis i fortellingen som beveger seg mellom fortid og nåtid, begynner vi å forstå denne pussige, men fascinerende karakteren, og hvordan han har blitt som han er. Vi møter også Hana: en søt, smart, første-generasjons japansk-amerikansk kunstner som Asterios hadde skapt seg et godt liv med. Men nå er hun borte. Gjorde Asterios noe for å drive henne vekk? Hva har skjedd med henne? Er hun i det hele tatt i livet? Alt vil bli besvart etter hvert.I mellomtiden er vi fengslet av Mazzucchellis usedvanlig fantasifulle verden med briljant frambrakte eksentrikere, skarpe observasjoner av sosiale koder og kunnskapsrike skildringer av alt fra designteori til menneskelig erkjennelsesfilosofi.Asterios Polyp er blitt beskrevet som David Mazzucchellis mesterverk: en stor, amerikansk tegneserieroman.David Mazzucchelli har laget tegneserier hele livet. Han er tidligere mest kjent for sine samarbeidsprosjekter: Med Frank Miller på nyskapende Batman-historier og med Paul Karasik på en adapsjon av Paul Austers roman Glassbyen. I 1991 begynte han å utgi egen historier i Magasinet Rubber Blanket. Etter det har hans kortere serier blitt utgitt i bøker og magasiner verden over. Asterios Polyp er hans første tegneserieroman. Eisner-prisen er tegneserienes Oscar eller Nobel om du vil. David Mazzucchelli fikk tre for Asterios Polyp i 2010: Beste grafiske album, beste forfatter/artist og beste teksttegner. Han fikk også tre prestisjetunge Harvey-priser: Beste grafiske album, beste teksttegner og beste enkeltutgivelse.

Enjoy the acclaimed graphic novel as an ART BOOK! Each page of this classic story is reproduced from the original art--while appearing to be in black and white, the art is scanned IN COLOR, capturing all the nuances (blue pencil, white out, etc) and quirks that make original art unique!DAVID MAZZUCCHELLI''S DAREDEVIL BORN AGAIN was released in the much lauded Artist''s Edition format in 2012. It soon became the best-selling Artist''s Edition of all-time and was universally acclaimed. In 2013 the book received the prestigious Eisner Award for Best Archival Project--Comic Books, as well as a Harvey Award the same year. It soon sold out and has been the single most requested AE book to date for IDW to reissue. So it is only fitting that IDW launch its new MARVEL series of Artisan books with this award-winning classic! Just as the original release, DAVID MAZZUCCHELLI''S DAREDEVIL BORN AGAIN ARTISAN EDITION features the same scans--entirely from the original art--each painstakingly done by David Mazzucchelli himself to ensure the finest quality possible. If ever a book deserved to be in this format it is Daredevil Born Again. Frank Miller, at the peak of his powers, crafted a story that remains--in an extraordinary career--one of his finest pieces of writing. And David Mazzucchelli does a stellar tour de force job as his collaborator, providing a nuanced and nearly pitch-perfect turn as artist. If there is any book deserving to be re-read and rediscovered... this is the one!

The triumphant return of one of comics’ greatest talents, with an engrossing story of one man’s search for love, meaning, sanity, and perfect architectural proportions. An epic story long awaited, and well worth the wait. Meet Asterios Polyp: middle-aged, meagerly successful architect and teacher, aesthete and womanizer, whose life is wholly upended when his New York City apartment goes up in flames. In a tenacious daze, he leaves the city and relocates to a small town in the American heartland. But what is this “escape” really about? As the story unfolds, moving between the present and the past, we begin to understand this confounding yet fascinating character, and how he’s gotten to where he is. And isn’t. And we meet Hana: a sweet, smart, first-generation Japanese American artist with whom he had made a blissful life. But now she’s gone. Did Asterios do something to drive her away? What has happened to her? Is she even alive? All the questions will be answered, eventually.In the meantime, we are enthralled by Mazzucchelli’s extraordinarily imagined world of brilliantly conceived eccentrics, sharply observed social mores, and deftly depicted asides on everything from design theory to the nature of human perception.Asterios Polyp is David Mazzucchelli’s masterpiece: a great American graphic novel.