Case Study: Batman: Year One

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Brilliant Breakdown! I love this! I would love to see you breakdown another great Mazzucchelli work, Asterios Polyp.

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Ik a lot of people dismiss Miller because of his modern works and his controversial works, but his impact on Batman and Daredevil CANNOT be overlooked. Great video and a great channel. Edit: for suggestions I recommend Chip Zdarsky's Peter Parker: the spectacular spider-man #310. That story always makes me cry and it has some very good visual storytelling, I feel that would be a great topic for a video. Also the final pages of Spider-man: Blue.

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[@carrion_man3700]

Discovered you from Richard Meyers videos... and I'm very happy he spotlighted you! Great content. I'll be back.

[@JustJohnForNow]

I'm not an avid comic book reader, but I've always loved Year One. Your breakdown of just this tiny aspect reveals why I must have responded to it years ago. After seeing Tim Burton's movie, I remember thinking I wish it was more like Year One. Batman Begins was close. But Year One is so down to earth and has the best of what prose and visual storytelling can offer. Great channel!

[@ElsaCharretierChannel]

I’m a sucker for early Burton movies, but I see your point!

[@JustJohnForNow]

@@ElsaCharretierChannel I'm a sucker for early Burton too, like Pee Wee, Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands, but I never liked his Batman movies.

[@DeadpoolAli]

I think they made an animated adaptation

[@alexanderford3831]

This episode was in my suggestions, and I'm a huge fan of Mazzucchelli's visual storytelling. Your name sounded familiar, and after a quick Google search, I realized that you're the reason "The Infinite Loop" was in my (very tall) pile of TBR Graphic Novels & Collected Comics. So I FastTracked it to tonight's reading, and I have to say, Fantastic character work, and Graphic design. Also, great page breakdown. Subscribed.

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Did you ever think that when you were madly, desperately teaching yourself to draw comics that you would be teaching us? I love it! More case studies please! One on your own work would be terrific.

[@DoktorHollywood]

I love your channel. Please analyze the full double page fight scenes from the newest run of Black Widow.

[@bibbyboxx2219]

Just found your channel and I’m impressed. Awesome video! Year One is one of my favourites, and your analysis definitely made me appreciate it more. If you’re in the mood to make more late 80s Batman videos, I’d love to see your take on Brian Bolland’s art in The Killing Joke!

[@ElsaCharretierChannel]

There are definitely lots to say on the Killing Joke!

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Very interesting analysis into the creative process. Thanks for these videos.

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This is such great content, thank you for putting these video out there!!!

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David Mazzuchelli is the master. great video.

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Loved this case study and break down, very insightful. Page awareness, a masterwork shared here!

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A breakdown of a Chris Ware or Jason page from you would be amazing. Wonderful insights of one of my favourite comics, thank you!

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[@JUANREVI]

Great...i mean....GREAT stuff. I learnt a lot from this and David Aja analysis, i just hope you do more and more! A suggestion for artists to do this breakdowns, Eduardo Risso (100 bullets) and Mike Mignola. I think they are masters of composition but couldn't explain why (not at such a great depth anyways). Thank you!

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I’m a BIG fan of both, and I have definitely planned to cover both their work!

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Merci beaucoup pour ces vidéos je trouve ça super intéressant d'avoir tes analyses parce qu'on apprend toujours quelque choses sur des notions de lisibilité et de rythme ! J'adore 😊

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[@KevinAgot]

Absolutely fascinating. I just subscribed on the strength of your analysis. Your astute breakdown of a single page helps me appreciate the analytical reasoning and strategic placement of managing content within panels. I just started reading Darrow’s Shaolin Cowboy and his line work is incredibly detailed and intentionally gratuitous. However, from what I’ve seen thus far, he counters the graphical overload with pages that, for the most part, aren’t text heavy. Our eyes are meant to start and stop, camping on the minutest of details. Oftentimes, it feels like a treasure hunt. Elsa, (and forgive me if you’ve already addressed this), I’d like your thoughts on this type of storytelling as it appears to be a counterpoint to your analysis here.

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Excellent objective analysis. thanks!

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I really wish there was more Mazzucchelli comics out there. I really enjoy this series. Have you seen Matt Fraction's break down of an issue of Daredevil?

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such a great breakdown! I would really be interested in seeing a study on Pretty Deadly or Witch Hat Atelier.

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Another nice and good breakdown, thank you for sharing your thoughts and perspective. =)

[@Zemog138]

Great stuff. Thank you for this. Would love to see you analyze David Aja.

[@ElsaCharretierChannel]

I did! Our first Case Study was on an hawkyere panel! You should be able to find it on my page.

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@@ElsaCharretierChannel Oof. I feel like a donkey. I am fixing my mistake and currently watching that video

[@achimernest7656]

Very interesting it was a bit hard to understand the point about information and visual starting at 6:00. It could be nice to show what are the kind of "information" you might receive from the writer. About pages I would be interested in analysis I have two in minds : Page 35 of Emmanuella from Guido Crepax (When Emmanuelle is looking at Marie-Anne reading a book with sensuality) and page 28 of l'âne en Atoll from Fred in Philemon série (any page analysis of Philemon série would interest me. Thanks for your hard work.

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Great video as always, I love it. I have suggestions, maybe analyze anything by Leo Romero, Chris Samnee and James Harren

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Great video! I would love to see one case study of Akira!

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I would love to get your opinion on Geof Darrows work on Hard Boiled! Great video!

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Thank you, It was very interesting.

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This is fantastic!

[@misterbox2355]

Bah trop bien! C'était vraiment cool! Merci!

[@rodog9290]

Very good video. Please do more of these studies :) Also I would love to see you analyse Dragon Ball, Akira or Thorgal ( the first 28th volumes are the best, the rest is less good since they changed the writer) Thanks a lot!

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These videos are so awesome

[@derekcavin7665]

Great Analysis

[@jimmcdermott170]

It's brilliant how the fight panels are simultaneously Gordon's POV and a neutral POV (because he's far enough away). Never noticed that before, or understood how important it is.

[@MaxIronsThird]

The only POV that could be Gordon's is the second one.

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Vraiment un format incroyable, merci Elsa !

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[@sobreiro]

You should do one of these for Asterios Polyp, a comic I barely hear anybody talk about anymore

[@ElsaCharretierChannel]

One of my all-time favorites!! I've been dissecting that book so many times I could probably put a video together. I'm a sucker for everything Mazzucchelli puts out. His City of Glass was a huge inspiration for my series November (co-created with Matt Fraction).

[@sobreiro]

@@ElsaCharretierChannel I love that comic and was my gateway into Paul Auster's books!

[@ElsaCharretierChannel]

@@sobreiro Which I also need to get into! Any suggestion?

[@sobreiro]

@@ElsaCharretierChannel I started with The New York Trilogy itself! I also liked Mr. Vertigo, The Book of Illusions

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asters polyp is one of my all time favorite books! it's vastly overlooked.

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Just brilliant again!

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I'm going to say it: YA Boi Zack brought me here. I'm so happy.

[@wikayne]

It's so interesting and so well explained ! Thanks for that and for your work in general. A très vite, j'espère ! :)

[@seven7tr]

Quelle découverte ! Merci beaucoup pour ces explications Elsa, ça me fait aimer encore davantage certains grands dessinateurs! Des suggestions d'oeuvres/artistes à analyser, qui ne font pas du tout dans le minimalisme, mais qui conservent une clarté impressionnante (enfin selon moi): toutes les oeuvres d'Alex Ross, Killing Joke, Black Bolt (par Christian Ward), et toutes les oeuvres de Andrea Sorrentino (notamment ses runs sur Green Arrow et Old Man Logan) Petite question: as-tu prévu d'étudier d'autres formes de bd (bd franco-belge, mangas...)?

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ready for 9grid panel analysing 👌🏻👌🏻

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Ok when's the next video I can't wait. This helps alot.

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Welp, I was just reminded to subscribe to this channel!

[@domodomodomo]

This is incredible Elsa!! Your channel will blow up shortly! That's a guarantee. I have a humble request~ Could you do a breakdown of a manga? Their paneling and structure. I've always been curious about the comparison between western comics and eastern comics. You can do a popular manga like Naruto or something more mature like Solanin and Monster.

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Would love to see your take on Watchmen, Pax Americana by Morrison, Sex Criminals, Sandman, Transmetropolitan , Jessica Jones by Bendis, Gideon Falls by Lemire, Mister Miracle by Tom King. All of these have some interesting panel layouts and storytelling cues.

[@ajayjayakumar6183]

Heya I just stumbled upon your channel 2 years too late. Such good content. I have a question, would it have been a good idea to frame the 3 panel violence from Commissioner Gordon’s POV instead of across the street? I ask this because I feel like the intention is that we are supposed to be feeling what Gordon is feeling in this scene.

[@tbynlogan]

Might I suggest taking a look at Flash Forward drawn by Brett Booth, or some comics drawn by Peach Momoko?

[@Berliozboy]

Would love to see a study of All-Star Comics #65 Page 10 panels 4-5. Wally Wood on pencils and inks...masterful display of momentum, movement and framing/leading the eye. Well, at least I think so :)

[@kaiwilliams141]

Magnifique et parfait! Je me suviens juste un peu de français. With some study, I'll be able to get so much more out of comics.

[@janhuyse3257]

Great stuff, again! Just one question: as a lot of your followers will have (some of) the books you talk about, can you tell in the intro what issue/chapter the page is from, and the page number? I like the fact that I can have the book open on that page when you talk about it. And it avoids me frantically scrolling through the book trying to find the exact page, although in this case it came early :-).

[@ElsaCharretierChannel]

Excellent suggestion, Jan, I will definitely do that!! Also, I owe you a thank you email, because I ended up getting one of the Toth pages you emailed me.

[@janhuyse3257]

@@ElsaCharretierChannel That's great!