Itty Bitty Mask

Itty Bitty Mask (also known as Itty Bitty Comics: The Mask) is an American dark comedy supervillain comic book limited series written by Art Baltazar and illustrated by Baltazar with Franco Aureliani. Published by Dark Horse Comics as the second installment of the anthology series Itty Bitty, the series is a spin-off of The Mask comics and franchise,^[1] chronicling the events that follow mild-mannered zookeeper Herman Shazbert buying his wife the titular strange mask, which his entire family then becomes obsessed with.^[2]

Itty Bitty Mask
Publication information
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Limited series
Publication date	November 2014 – February 2015
No. of issues	4
Main character	Herman Shazbert
Creative team
Created by	Mike Richardson
Written by	Art Baltazar
Artist(s)	Art Baltazar Franco Aureliani
Editor	Brendan Wright

Critical reception

The series received a positive critical reception.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

Publication history

In August 2014, The Mask creator Mike Richardson announced that the comic book series would be revived with the limited series Itty Bitty Mask, written and illustrated by Art Baltazar with Franco Aureliani as a follow-up to Itty Bitty Hellboy, stating that "we're planning a whole line. We've been talking about reviving The Mask [and this is] the perfect vehicle to bring the character back", taking influence from Teen Titans Go!.^[12][13] The series was published by Dark Horse Comics across four issues from November 12, 2014, to February 11, 2015, and collected as an omnibus edition on June 25, 2015.^[2]