He provided pencils to a 10-page short story in Superman 80-Page Giant #1 (Feb. During his six-year run on the Batman character, he drew a few one-shots, two of them being Batman: Holy Terror, the first DC comic book to feature the Elseworlds logo, and Batman: Birth of the Demon, which he hand painted. He drew the Batman for six years (1987–1993), penciling Detective Comics from 1987–1990, then moving to Batman to introduce the new Robin from 1990–1992, and finally starting a new Batman series for DC titled Batman: Shadow of the Bat from 1992-1993 which saw the Grant/Breyfogle team create three new characters, Jeremiah Arkham, Mr. They introduced the Ventriloquist in their first Batman story together and the Ratcatcher in their third. Teamed with writer Alan Grant, Breyfogle worked on Detective Comics. He then drew Whisper for First Comics in 1986–1987, his first monthly book, before landing on Detective Comics starring Batman published by DC Comics.
Following that, Breyfogle wrote, illustrated, and lettered a Captain America story in Marvel Fanfare #29 (Nov. During this time he drew for Tales of Terror, a horror anthology published by Eclipse Comics. This was followed by several issues of First Comics’ American Flagg, penciling a back-up story titled "Bob Violence" in 1985. Breyfogle at this time penciled a six–page story for DC Comics’ New Talent Showcase.
In 1984, Mike Friedrich (President of Star Reach, a talent representative agency) saw Breyfogle's work hanging at the San Diego Comic-Con Art Show and began a professional relationship with him. He worked as a draftsman and later as a technical illustrator designing a Space Shuttle training manual for the United Space Boosters. Shortly after college, Breyfogle moved to California in 1982. In 1980, he illustrated a book titled Bunyan: Lore’s Loggin’ Hero, published by Book Concern. During his time in college, Breyfogle worked as an illustrator for a local magazine and for a graphics company. The Daily Mining Gazette, a newspaper in Houghton, Michigan, profiled him in 1976 as "Norm Breyfogle: Near Master Cartoonist at 16." During his time in high school, he co-plotted, wrote, and illustrated a comic book titled Tech-Team for Michigan Technological University.Īfter high school, Breyfogle attended Northern Michigan University, studying painting and illustration.
Around this time, he won his first award at a town and country art show. When Breyfogle was 12 years old, he began taking private lessons from commercial artist Andrew Benson.
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