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A review by stilldirty
Batman by Azzarello & Risso Deluxe Edition (Batman by Brian Azzarello
5.0
This comes with a noir-ized version (read: un-colored/black&white) of 'Batman: Broken City', a book which I already love, but also includes some other rad pieces of Risso/Azzarello Batman work. I'm a little biased toward this team, so that's why I got it in the first place, knowing theirs will be ideal art to see in this type of reformatting—rich, darkness or light spaces of Azzarello's layouts already lend themselves to such noir tones.
Basically, this notion that's occurred in recent comics to do 'Noir' versions of characters (I guess the only 'official' incarnations comes from Marvel, and Batman is DC...), stems from the success of the look of the 'Sin City' books. But in this such instance with Batman, I'm going to call it "Unplugged". Like when you hear a band redo their songs with acoustic instrumentation. Nirvana, Eric Clapton, Stone Temple Pilots, 10,000 Maniacs... Whoever's your favorite. Take your pick. This is the comic version of that.
Basically, this notion that's occurred in recent comics to do 'Noir' versions of characters (I guess the only 'official' incarnations comes from Marvel, and Batman is DC...), stems from the success of the look of the 'Sin City' books. But in this such instance with Batman, I'm going to call it "Unplugged". Like when you hear a band redo their songs with acoustic instrumentation. Nirvana, Eric Clapton, Stone Temple Pilots, 10,000 Maniacs... Whoever's your favorite. Take your pick. This is the comic version of that.