David Mazzucchelli

David Mazzucchelli (born September 21, 1960) is an American comic book artist and illustrator. His early work was in superhero comics for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, although he later embarked on a series of acclaimed alternative comics projects.

Career

Mazzucchelli received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and started working in comics in the early 1980s. He started at Marvel Comics where, after a few various issues, he became the regular artist on Daredevil. He developed his skills working with writer Denny O'Neil and culminated his work on this title with the popular and critically acclaimed Daredevil: Born Again story arc, written by Frank Miller (now collected in graphic novel form). Mazzucchelli began as a traditional superhero artist but over the span of his time on Daredevil, his work gained in confidence and employed expressionist techniques.

Miller and Mazzucchelli collaborated again on the four-issue story Batman: Year One, serialized in issues 404 through 407 of DC Comics' monthly Batman title. The story, since collected as a graphic novel, was also well-received and influential in the comics industry.

After Batman: Year One Mazzucchelli abandoned the superhero genre to focus on more personal projects.^[2] He published three issues of his own independent anthology, Rubber Blanket, co-edited by his partner, the painter Richmond Lewis. With writer/artist Paul Karasik, he illustrated an adaptation of Paul Auster's City of Glass, published first by Avon Books in 1994, then by Picador in 2004 as City of Glass: The Graphic Novel. (Auster's later book The Brooklyn Follies features a character with the name Nancy Mazzucchelli, an homage to David.)

In 2009, Pantheon Books published Mazzucchelli's first graphic novel, Asterios Polyp.^[3]

Mazzucchelli has also done illustration work for various publications, including interior pieces and covers for The New Yorker.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Mazzucchelli taught comic-related courses at the Rhode Island School of Design and the School of Visual Arts in New York City for several semesters, and is a BFA faculty member at the School of Visual Arts.^[4]

Mazzucchelli's cover to Batman #407, the fourth chapter of 1987's Batman: Year One.

Bibliography

DC Comics

• Batman #404-407: "Batman: Year One" story arc with writer Frank Miller (1987)
• Superman and Batman: World's Funnest: "Darkseid" with writer Evan Dorkin (Elseworlds) (2000)
• World's Finest Comics #302: Justice League/Outsiders story with writer David Anthony Kraft (1984)

Marvel Comics

• Daredevil #206, 208-217, 220-223, 225-233; mainly with writers Denny O'Neil and Frank Miller (1984–1986)
• Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #14 with writer David Michelinie (1984)
• Marvel Fanfare #40: Angel story ("Chiaroscuro") with writer Ann Nocenti (1988)
• Marvel Team-Up Annual #7: Human Torch/Black Panther short story with writer Bob De Natale (1984)
• Master of Kung Fu #121 with writer Steven Grant (1983)
• Star Wars #84 with writer Roy Richardson (1984)
• X-Factor #16 with writer Louise Simonson (1987)

Cover artist only

• Amazing Spider-Man #287 (Marvel, 1987)
• Batman and Other DC Classics (DC, 1989)
• Cheval Noir #40 (Dark Horse, 1993)
• Rom #61 (Marvel, 1984)

Alternative Comics

• Rubber Blanket #1-3 (Rubber Blanket Press, 1991-1993)
• Legends of Arzach #4-6 written by Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier, illustrations by Moebius, plates by Mazzucchelli & others (Tundra Publishing/Kitchen Sink Press, 1992)

Graphic novels

• Paul Auster's City of Glass, with Paul Karasik (Avon Books, 1994). Reprinted by Macmillan Publishers, 2004, ISBN 9780312423605
• Asterios Polyp (Pantheon Books, 2009) ISBN 978-0-307-37732-6

Anthologies

• Snake Eyes #1 (Fantagraphics Books, 1991)
• Nozone #3 (Nozone, 1991)
• "It's a beautiful day..." in Drawn & Quarterly Vol. 1, #9 (Drawn & Quarterly, July 1992)
• "A Brief History of Civilization" in Drawn & Quarterly Vol. 1, #9 (Drawn & Quarterly, July 1992)
• "Phobia" in Snake Eyes #3 (Fantagraphics Books, 1993)
• "Sorry" in Nozone #5 (Nozone, 1993)
• "Spotlight: Rubber Blanket" in Negative Burn #10 (Caliber Comics, 1994)
• "Sketchbook" in Negative Burn #17 (Caliber Comics, 1994)
• "Rates of Exchange" in Drawn & Quarterly Vol. 2, #2 (Drawn & Quarterly, Dec. 1994), also cover art
• Nozone #6 (Nozone, 1995?)
• "Stop the Hair Nude" in Zero Zero #2 (Fantagraphics Books, 1995)
• "Subs" in Zero Zero #11 (Fantagraphics Books, 1996)
• "Still Life" in Zero Zero #27 (Fantagraphics Books, 2000)
• "The Fisherman and the Sea Princess" in Little Lit: Folklore & Fairy Tale Funnies (Joanna Cotler/HarperCollins, 2000)
• "The Boy Who Loved Comics" in The Comics Journal Special #1 (Fantagraphics Books, 2001)
• "Midori" in Manga Surprise #1

Newspapers & Magazines

• "The Fine Art..." in The New Yorker, Oct 4 1993
• "The Hanging Judge" in The New Yorker, May 2 1994, with author Muriel Spark
• "Monday in the Park..." in The New Yorker, Sept 19 1994
• "Zombie" in The New Yorker, Oct 24 1994, with author Joyce Carol Oates
• "New String" in The Village Voice, 1994

Collections

• Daredevil: Love's Labors Lost (Marvel, 2002), collects Daredevil #215-217, 220-222, 225 by O'Neil/Mazzucchelli, #219 by Miller/Buscema, & #226 by O'Neil/Miller/Mazzucchelli
• Daredevil: Born Again (Marvel, 1987), collects Daredevil #227-233 by Miller/Mazzucchelli
• Batman: Year One (DC, 1988), collects Batman #404-407 by Miller/Mazzucchelli
• Big Man (Coconino Press, 2000)
• Discovering America (Coconino Press, 2001)
• David Mazzucchelli Sketchbook (Kaleidoscope, 2001), features preliminary pencils from Daredevil and Batman: Year One and rare work published in Japan

Interviews

• Marvel Age #36: "Miller and Mazzucchelli on Daredevil" (Marvel, 1986), also cover art
• Amazing Heroes #102 (Fantagraphics Books, 1986), also cover art
• Comic Culture Vol. 2 #4 (Richard Relkin, 1995)
• The Comics Journal #152 (Fantagraphics Books, 1992)
• The Comics Journal #194 (Fantagraphics Books, 1997), also cover art
• Panel Discussions: Design in Sequential Art Storytelling (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2002)
• Indy Magazine (2004)

Other work

• "Tribute: People of Note Pay Homage to the Batman" in Detective Comics #598 & 600 (DC, 1989), pin-ups
• The Comics Journal #188 (Fantagraphics Books, 1996), cover artist
• Small Press Expo SPX 2002 (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, 2002), cover artist
• "Paying Homage: Tribute to the Great Will Eisner" in Comic Book Artist #6 (Top Shelf Productions, 2005), testimonials and artwork by authors, artists and other creative types influenced by Will Eisner

Awards

• The American Comic Book Awards, 1985
• Kirby Award — Best Single Issue (Daredevil #227), 1986
• Kirby Award — Best Writer/Artist (single or team), 1986
• Haxtur Award — Best Drawing, 1987
• Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon (New Jersey State Council on the Arts grant)
• Japan/US friendship Commission Creative Artists Fellowship

References

External links

• David Mazzucchelli at the Comic Book DB

• Biography from the 2004 exhibit "Comics On the Verge"
• Mazzucchelli in Little Lit
• Mazzucchelli bio at Read Yourself Raw
• Mazzucchelli bio at Lambiek.net
• Mazzucchelli at the International Who is Who in Cartooning
• Mazzucchelli interview, indy magazine (spring 2004)