Batman: Year 100 No. 3 p. 24 by Paul Pope
Artist: Paul Pope (All)
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DescriptionPaul Pope is another artist that came over to Japan back in the 1990's, but instead of teaching English like Seth Fisher, Takeshi Miyazawa and me, he worked for the manga publisher, Kodansha. He even got published. And while his art does have a manga aesthetic, especially in the way he tells his stories, the art itself has more of an inky expressionistic Milton Caniff quality to it. But like Caniff devotees such as Hugo Pratt and Alex Toth, Pope's style is unmistakably his own.Like many of you, I first came across Pope's work on Batman: Year 100. The idea for the series was that, in a dystopian 2039, 100 years after the Batman first appeared in the Gotham night to solve the "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate," Batman returns from a long absence, like King Arthur returning from Avalon, to battle an oppressive government that keeps tabs on all its citizens (even to the point of knowing the results of your colonoscopy before you do) and that deploys a militarized police force in order to control the populace through state-sponsored violence. The look of Pope's Batman is a mixture of combat realism and superhero fantasy with a smidgen of Nosferatu thrown in for good measure. Character wise, he is a Batman who bleeds and bends but never breaks. Pope's Gotham is the dark and gritty city of Miller and Mazzucchelli mixed with the bright neon elements of Tokyo's night districts. In the page I acquired from Mr. Pope's agent, Felix Lu -- who also provided this scan, Batman has escaped from the Federal Police Corp. building, where he was searching for clues to the mystery he has set out to solve, but, before he can get away, he is confronted by Agent Mercer, a telepath who can be very persuasive. Also, in the bottom panel, the grandson of Commissioner Gordon, who has been beaten up by the feds for sticking his nose into the government's business, reveals to a confidante how, when he was younger, he looked the other way and let the government kill all the criminals in Arkham Asylum. I like the stylistic touches that Pope uses here, including the minimalist, Toth-like fire escape that serves as the setting, the way he creates movement with Batman's cape, the rising steam/smoke and the stylized sound effect in the top panels, and, yes, the closeups of Batman, wearing his Nosferatu teeth and the supreme confidence he gives to his nemesis, Agent Mercer. I'm definitely glad to be able to add this page to my collection. PS I could not make out what exactly the gray marks on the left side of the page were in the small scan on Felix's site, but thought they may be handwritten notes or some such. After receiving the page, I discovered it was, indeed, the dialogue, including some on-the-fly edits. Social/Sharing |
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Aidan (Re-Legion ) Lacy 
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 6/30/2018
The angles used in action shots and the up close gritiness makes this a winner of a page
Aaron N.
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 6/30/2018
Aw man! You got a Pope Batman page! Absolutely great, congrats!
Marc W
Member Since 2014
1 - Posted on 7/1/2018
This page is perfection. And thanks for the precious and interesting background infos.
Dino Mauricio
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 7/1/2018
Fantastic page and really great description...now I want a Pope Batman page too!
Suat Tong Ng
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 7/9/2018
Seems like a particularly good year for the collection - congrats on this one!
artless artmore
Member Since 2013
1 - Posted on 7/25/2018
Pope is marvelous and this is a super example!
Matt Dicke
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 7/25/2018
This is a Particlarly nice page. The fire escape scene is proboably my fav from the book. Nice score. FYI the redish black straight felt tip lines fade, so make sure you have good uv glass and keep it out of any directly light. Even with that the Pope page I have the lines faded.
Nicolaj Borch
Member Since 2012
1 - Posted on 7/25/2018
Congrats with an awesome Year 100 page, those pages are very hard to get to - and i loved reading the description!
Chris K.
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 9/15/2018
Such great panel composition and camera movement on this page - really shows off Pope's skill as a graphic storyteller. What a great addition to your collection!
Sylvain R
Member Since 2014
1 - Posted on 10/1/2018
This is a wonderful a very suggestive “Batman: year 100” page, congrats Timothy!
Fuzzy Dunlop
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 11/26/2020
This page is sublime. Batman's elusive nature here speaks volumes and is a great example of Pope's storytelling. Congrats on this excellent page!
Bill J
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 3/8/2022
Fabulous Paul Pope Batman 100 page! Love seeing the art up close. And I really appreciate the insights about Pope's background and how it informs his work. Thanks for sharing both your art and your thoughts!
Matthew Kaczynski
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 4/13/2025
Love me some Paul Pope BY100! His line is so unique, he tells so much with just a gesture.
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