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Gotham, circa 2039: welcome to the future. Psychic police, satellite surveillance and a completely intrusive government ensure that personal privacy is a thing of the past. When a government agent is murdered in Gotham, a contingent of top Washington operatives is despatched to find the killer. Launching his own investigation, GCPD cop Jim Gordon - grandson of the Commissioner - discovers that the man wanted for the murder shouldn't even exist; after all, surely the Batman is dead! From the febrile, visionary mind of writer/artist Paul Pope (THB, 100 per cent), with colour assists by Jose Villarubia (Promethea), comes an action-packed mystery...one hundred years in the making!
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Paul Pope is one of the comics industry's finest creative talents. Beginning his career with the groundbreaking series THB, he exploded into DC's Vertigo imprint with the sci-fi series Heavy Liquid and 100 per cent. Highly sought-after by the fashion and advertising industries, Pope's hyper-kinetic art-style and drop-dead cool linework have graced many high-profile campaigns. Batman: Year 100 is his most recent comics project.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Batman has represented dozens of things over his various incarnations, and this take, which presents him as the last unknown entity in a world where nothing is private, will (I strongly doubt) ever be considered the definitive interpretation but it sure is a hell of a lot of fun.
Characterisation is light, we know who the characters are and it allows the story to hit the ground running. A pace which the comic maintains as the authorities become delightfully frustrated and batman becomes beaten, bloodied, and exhauseted but just keeps going.
Not only does Paul Pope maintain the grit and grime of his black and white artwork but also the character and presence, there isn't a panel that could be mistaken for another artist, it's lush, dark and dynamic. I'd also venture there's something from hong kong action and gangster flims mixed in, but the author makes every influence into something that's so much his own that it's hard to tell.
In summary, this is a brilliant realisation of the character and after DKR/Batman Gothic probably my favourtie Batman TPB.
There's even the Berlin Batman story included as an extra!
Characterisation is light, we know who the characters are and it allows the story to hit the ground running. A pace which the comic maintains as the authorities become delightfully frustrated and batman becomes beaten, bloodied, and exhauseted but just keeps going.
Not only does Paul Pope maintain the grit and grime of his black and white artwork but also the character and presence, there isn't a panel that could be mistaken for another artist, it's lush, dark and dynamic. I'd also venture there's something from hong kong action and gangster flims mixed in, but the author makes every influence into something that's so much his own that it's hard to tell.
In summary, this is a brilliant realisation of the character and after DKR/Batman Gothic probably my favourtie Batman TPB.
There's even the Berlin Batman story included as an extra!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is one of the best Batman stories that I've read. Everything from the art's individualistic style to the dystopian setting is pitch perfect in my view. Pope as writer and artist is wonderful, even from the opening six wordless pages I knew I was in good hands.
Personally, I loved the art. Some people will not enjoy this style however (the cover is a pretty good representation of what the next 190 pages are going to be like), but I'd rather have a new and interesting take on Batman than see the same old ones again. While the framing of action and composition on Pope's part is immaculate.
The story is an interesting one, the product description handles it well. While the writing kept this fresh, as it didn't fall into the cliches that can plague Batman stories (the almost inevitable retelling of the origin story). Added to that, this Batman felt like a great representation, he's got his back against the wall the whole way through and is a true outsider in this future world with a great mystery surrounding him. I don't say this lightly, but given the parallels between the two stories, I think this may be a challenge to Dark Knight Returns as a landmark Batman story.
This edition contains a great dose of extras, eight pages of police reports and press clippings from the story, five pages of Pope's development sketches with commentary by Pope himself, an additional story (the first Batman Pope ever did) called Berlin Batman. This story has an introduction from Pope, and the story is a nice extra and a fun story in it's own right, it has Batman set as a Jewish artist in Berlin of 1939. The edition then concludes with the four covers, all of which are impressive glory shots.
Personally, I loved the art. Some people will not enjoy this style however (the cover is a pretty good representation of what the next 190 pages are going to be like), but I'd rather have a new and interesting take on Batman than see the same old ones again. While the framing of action and composition on Pope's part is immaculate.
The story is an interesting one, the product description handles it well. While the writing kept this fresh, as it didn't fall into the cliches that can plague Batman stories (the almost inevitable retelling of the origin story). Added to that, this Batman felt like a great representation, he's got his back against the wall the whole way through and is a true outsider in this future world with a great mystery surrounding him. I don't say this lightly, but given the parallels between the two stories, I think this may be a challenge to Dark Knight Returns as a landmark Batman story.
This edition contains a great dose of extras, eight pages of police reports and press clippings from the story, five pages of Pope's development sketches with commentary by Pope himself, an additional story (the first Batman Pope ever did) called Berlin Batman. This story has an introduction from Pope, and the story is a nice extra and a fun story in it's own right, it has Batman set as a Jewish artist in Berlin of 1939. The edition then concludes with the four covers, all of which are impressive glory shots.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Firstly i just want to point out i only occasionly buy and read graphic novels...
I found this to be a thrilling and inventive take the Batman legend, putting the caped crusader into a future dystopian Gotham. The artwork is loose but flows in a way that gives the action scenes great vitality and each page is packed with interesting ideas, robot dogs, telepathic fbi agents, and a batman without the hightech gadgets.
What i liked the most is you dont really find out who or what this batman is, at first anyway, so he is creepy and allusive.
A great read worthy of second visits
I found this to be a thrilling and inventive take the Batman legend, putting the caped crusader into a future dystopian Gotham. The artwork is loose but flows in a way that gives the action scenes great vitality and each page is packed with interesting ideas, robot dogs, telepathic fbi agents, and a batman without the hightech gadgets.
What i liked the most is you dont really find out who or what this batman is, at first anyway, so he is creepy and allusive.
A great read worthy of second visits
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This has got to be the UGLIEST Batman book I'd ever read.
Don't get me wrong, the storyline is really well put together, featuring an almost Orwellian future Batman. Read more
Don't get me wrong, the storyline is really well put together, featuring an almost Orwellian future Batman. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. A. McMullan
Dark, action-packed and genuinely exciting.
I have been a fan of the dark knight since i was a kid and have read many incarnations of the character over the years - i think this is one of the best. Read more
Published on 18 Dec 2009 by Yossarian
Ugly art.....but good story
Year 100 is a recent addition to the Elseworld series of Batman tales. It is set in 2039 (100 years after Batman first appeared) and features Batman re-appearing long after the... Read more
Published on 18 Sep 2008 by BatDan
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