Found this up on comics alliance: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/05/david-mazzucchelli-batman-year-one-reprint/
According to Mazzucchelli, the artist on year one, they've stripped all of the work that he and Dale Crain did for a previous printing and recolored it. Full quote bellow:
DC just sent me this book last week, and I really hope people don't buy it. I didn't even know they were making it, and I don't understand why they thought it was necessary - several years ago, DC asked me if I'd help put together a deluxe edition ofBatman: Year One, and Dale Crain and I worked for months to try to make a definitive version. Now whoever's in charge has thrown all that work in the garbage. First, they redesigned the cover, and recolored my artwork - probably to look more like their little DVD that came out last year; second, they printed the book on shiny paper, which was never a part of the original design, all the way back to the first hardcover in 1988; third - and worst - they printed the color from corrupted, out-of-focus digital files, completely obscuring all of Richmond's hand-painted work. Anybody who's already paid for this should send it back to DC and demand a refund.
Personally I thought the coloring done for Year One was amazing, especially considering the limitations that are detailed in the previous edition mentioned by Mazzucchelli.
What's your opinion?
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