▁produced . ▁M azz uc ch elli ▁had ▁previously ▁worked ▁on ▁Bat man ▁in ▁a ▁five ▁page ▁backup ▁story ▁in ▁World ' s ▁Fin est ▁Comics ▁# 3 0 2 ▁( A pril ▁ 1 9 8 4 ). ▁ ▁After ▁Bat man : ▁Year ▁One , ▁M azz uc ch elli ▁drew ▁an ▁Angel ▁story ▁in ▁Marvel ▁F an fare ▁# 4 0 ▁( Oct . ▁ 1 9 8 8 ). ▁He ▁then ▁moved ▁on ▁to ▁focus ▁on ▁more ▁personal ▁projects . ▁He ▁published ▁three ▁issues ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁independent ▁anth ology , ▁Rub ber ▁Bl ank et , ▁co - ed ited ▁by ▁his ▁wife , ▁painter ▁Richmond ▁Lewis , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁began ▁finding ▁his ▁voice ▁as ▁a ▁writer ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁expl oring ▁new ▁a ven ues ▁of ▁visual ▁expression . ▁His ▁ev oc ative ▁and ▁ha un ting ▁stories ▁in ▁Rub ber ▁Bl ank et , ▁not ably ▁" N ear ▁Miss ," ▁" D ead ▁Dog ," ▁" Dis cover ing ▁America ," ▁and ▁" Big ▁Man ," ▁set ▁the ▁stage ▁for ▁his ▁work ▁to ▁come . ▁ ▁With ▁writer / art ist ▁Paul ▁Kar as ik , ▁he ▁co - w rote ▁and ▁illustrated ▁an ▁adaptation ▁of ▁Paul ▁Aust er ' s ▁City ▁of ▁G lass , ▁published ▁first ▁by ▁Av on ▁Books ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁then ▁by ▁Pic ador ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁as ▁City ▁of ▁G lass : ▁The ▁Graph ic ▁Nov el . ▁Aust er '