Over at
Comics Should Be Good!, they are doing an issue-by-issue look at
"Cool Comic Book Moments" from Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli's epic
Daredevil run, "Born Again." Published in 1985 and 1986 in issues #227-233, this is the definitive Daredevil story, the one that uses the character's obsessions and contradictions to their utmost, and the one space where Miler (who can be frustratingly erratic) makes the best use of his talents, merging art, language and narrative into perfect pulp poetry. You should really read the whole thing (which was collected in trade paperback a few years ago, but can also be found in single issues at your local shop), but if you want a taste, check out the website's recaps, which do a good job of boiling the tale down to its essential moments.
Over at Comics Should Be Good!, they are doing an issue-by-issue look at "Cool Comic Book Moments" from Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli's epic Daredevil run, "Born Again." Published in 1985 and 1986 in issues #227-233, this is the definitive Daredevil story, the one that uses the character's obsessions and contradictions to their utmost, and the one space where Miler (who can be frustratingly erratic) makes the best use of his talents, merging art, language and narrative into perfect pulp poetry. You should really read the whole thing (which was collected in trade paperback a few years ago, but can also be found in single issues at your local shop), but if you want a taste, check out the website's recaps, which do a good job of boiling the tale down to its essential moments.
Comments
Yeah, the end is a little over-the-top (a not uncommon thing in Miller's work), but it at least has an optimism that's rare and refreshing for Miller. And the rest of the story, I agree, is fantastic. That moment you cite is so eerie-- Urich is such a great character when he's written well.
Yeah, it's a nice blog, and I like the way those moments really stimulate me to go track down or re-read some of this stuff. It's kind of like that old feature FILM COMMENT used to run, where they asked critics to choose the "moments out of time" from the previous year of cinema that they loved.
I also liked the hit on the nurse in the holding cell, with the photographer snapping away. I don't know a hell of a lot about who should get credit for certain things when it comes to comics, but the panel layouts in that whole comic were about as good as I've seen.
Here it is. The link on my post is to what was the most recent update on the series on Wednesday, but they post a new one every day. Sorry, I should probably update the link.