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by
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Frank
Miller's noir tales of the town without pity begin here.
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Paperback
Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1878574590 |
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$17.00
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| SIN CITY launched
the long-running, critically acclaimed series of comics novels by Frank
Miller. Having worked on some of the most important comic books in the
1980s, including Marvel Comics's Daredevil and the influential Batman graphic
novel The Dark Knight Returns, Miller was already a heavy-weight cartoonist,
but he hit his stride with Sin City. It gave him the freedom that doesn't
come when working on someone else's characters. While the art isn't as
polished as in later books, it is in many ways the quintessential Sin City
story: tough-guy Marv finds the girl of his dreams, an incredible beauty
named Goldie. |
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is murdered on their first night together, Marv scours the bars and back
alleys of Sin City to find her killer in hopes of avenging her death. There's
a big ugly guy and a dame that smells like angels ought to smell, in a
lousy room in a lousy part of a lousy town. But that room becomes heaven
and that dame's the perfect woman. The goddess. Goldie. A guy like Marv,
big and ugly, he doesn't get a whole bunch of chances with dames like Goldie.
So when he wakes up three hours later and someone's killed his goddess,
he figures he'll find that someone and return the favor. But it won't be
quick and quiet, the way it was with Goldie. It'll be loud and nasty.
Here's
what the critics are saying...
“[Sin
City] could well be a textbook on ways to handle dense, complex, heavy-line
art with no shades of gray—a daring experiment, but one Miller’s well-capable
of handling. Classic film fans and experimental comics fans alike will
be eagerly awaiting for him to continue making this kind of magic.”
The
Daily Iowan
“Frank
Miller changed the comix world forever. His stories are told with a style
that locks you into his world. His art is dark and foreboding, overflowing
with passion. If you haven’t read anything by Frank Miller, do yourself
a favor and get lost in Sin City.”
Spazz
Magazine
About the Author
Frank Miller is perhaps
the most highly regarded of cartoonists working today. He has won multiple
Eisner Awards and a Reben Award form the prestigious National Cartoonist’s
Society. After relaunching the Batman franchise with his graphic novel,
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Frank Miller turned his attention to crime
comics. The Sin City series is the result. |
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| A
DAME TO KILL FOR |
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A
TALE FROM SIN CITY |
| by Frank Miller |
Paperback
Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1569710686 |
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$17.00
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The second
of Frank Miller's tales
of the town without pity.
It's one of those hot nights,
dry and windless. The kind that makes people do sweaty, secret things.
Dwight's thinking of all the ways he's screwed up and what he'd give for
one clear chance to wipe the slate clean, to dig his way out of the numb,
gray hell that is his life. And he'd give anything just to cut loose, to
feel the fire one more time. And then Ava calls. |
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Because of a
shocking ending to the first Sin City book, many people wondered how successful
Frank Miller could be with future tales of his no-holds-barred city noir.
Enter Dwight McCarthy, a clean-living photographer who tries to avoid trouble
because he knows what he's capable of. His tactics don't do him much good
when a girl from his past (who he can't say no to) shows up and professes
her love for him. When he finds out she's in way over her head, it looks
as though trouble has found him.
What's going to happen?
You guessed it: people get hurt. |
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| THE
BIG FAT KILL |
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A
TALE FROM SIN CITY |
| by Frank Miller |
Paperback
Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1569711712 |
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$17.00
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With THE BIG
FAT KILL, Frank Miller is at it again with another comics packed with guns,
lovers, losers, and surprises. In Sin City's Old Town, the prostitutes
run the show.
"The cops stay out. That
leaves the girls free to keep the pimps and the mob out."
Sounds like an OK place,
right? It is until a pushy, loud-mouthed guy who has had one too many drinks
comes into Old Town and gets himself killed by the ladies. When they find
out who he is, they realize that "it'll be war. The streets will run red
with blood. Women's blood." |
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| THAT
YELLOW BASTARD |
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| by Frank Miller |
Paperback: 240 pages
Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1569712255 |
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$17.00
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| “re-invented
his entire genre”
—SOMA,
the magazine of Left Coast Culture
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With only one hour left
before his shield is finally put to rest, Hartigan begins to dream of lazy
days and relaxation, but when he is told by his supervisor that one final
case is still pending, Hartigan knows that his last hour will not be an
easy one. |
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| In a Sin City
short story, "The Babe Wore Red," Frank Miller deviated from his stark
black-and-white artwork by adding tiny bits of color throughout the story.
The girl's dress was red, her lips were red--you get the picture. In THAT
YELLOW BASTARD, the fourth Sin City graphic novel, Miller's experiment
with yellow ink is also a tremendous success. The setup is simple. On the
last day before he retires, Hartigan, an old cop, gets a call about an
11-year-old girl who has been kidnapped by a lunatic. Hartigan has got
just one more thing to do before he retires: save the girl. Saving her
is the easy part, because Hartigan has uncovered something really bad that
is not going to stop until it catches up with him. THAT YELLOW BASTARD
is nerve-racking to the very end. |
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| Family
Values |
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A
Sin City Yarn |
| by Frank Miller |
Paperback: 128 pages
Dark Horse Comics, Inc.
ISBN: 1569713138 |
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$17.00
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| A
tale of over-the-top violence: The family that slays together stays together.
“In
stark pages of black and white, Frank Miller is again re-defining what
the medium is capable of, and, more importantly, breathing new life into
a genre long thought dormant.”
Carpe
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| Booze,
Broads, and Bullets |
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Eleven
Sin City Yarns |
| by Frank Miller |
Paperback: 160 pages
Dark Horse Comics, Inc.
ISBN: 1569713669 |
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| Dark Horse proudly
releases the latest SIN CITY collection from the master of illustrated
crime fiction, Frank Miller. This new book features never-before-collected
stoies in Miller's harsh, dramatic black-and-white style, with some highlighted
in a special color. This volume also features new art by Miller created
specially for this collection. BOOZE, BROADS, AND BULLETS collects both
classic favorites and hard-to-find SIN CITY yarns, including THE BABE WORE
RED; SILENT NIGHT; LOST, LONELY & LETHAL; SEX & VIOLENCE; JUST
ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT; and more. |
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| HELL
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A
Sin City Love Story |
| by Frank Miller & Lynn Varley |
Paperback: 312 pages
Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1569714819 |
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$25.00
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| In the Town
Without Pity, good men are hard to find. Enter Wallace, a man of mystery.
He`s a nice guy who`s very good at killing people. Out for an evening drive
along the beach, he meets the woman of his dreams -- and she`s trying to
kill herself. Why? And who are the shadowy cabal of power brokers who wrench
her from his arms? When will all hell break loose? Comics legend Frank
Miller, creator of the groundbreaking Batman: The Dark Knight Returns,
pounds out his longest Sin City graphic novel to date, a bare-knuckle barrage
of brutal action, dark secrets, and heroic sacrifice. |
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| What the hell
-- it`s a love story! Includes color sections and pinups by a who`s who
of comics luminaries, including Lynn Varley`s first actual comics illustration.
Amazon.com
Can anything be darker than
noir? Try Frank Miller's Sin City series. The tasty Hell and Back features
Wallace, a brooding artist with a decided talent for hurting people, and
Esther, a stunningly beautiful actress accidentally mixed up in a slavery
ring that extends far and deep enough to transcend the word conspiracy.
The tale twists, turns, and backtracks, teasing the reader with hints of
terror to come--until the explosive climax. Miller's art is exactly right
for his words; he uses more black than white, and color only when appropriate.
The chapter dealing with Wallace's drug hallucinations is beautiful, heartbreaking,
and terrifying in turn. Readers interested in the human dark side should
find out what fans of Sin City already know: Frank Miller has seen it and
wants to share.
--Rob Lightner
From Publishers Weekly
Wallace is a complicated
guy. He's a shaggy, unshaven artist with a cool car and artistic integrity
that makes it difficult for him to make a living as a commercial artist.
He's also an ex-marine with a Congressional Medal of Honor for service
in Vietnam. When he saves the mysterious, beautiful Esther from committing
suicide, it looks like the stage is set for a great romance. But there
are mysterious forces with warped plans for Esther. This is a typical Frank
Miller story, crammed with operatic drama, passion and stark violence and
clearly influenced by classic crime fiction masters like Raymond Chandler.
And while the cars and architecture are straight out of the '50s, Wallace's
slacker wardrobe (Converse high-tops, long hair, trench coat) and high-powered
weaponry all have a distinctly contemporary flavor. Those looking for sensitive
investigations of love and character won't find them here: Miller's stories
are over-the-top, high-tension pulp fiction, racheted up to farcical levels
of frenzied violence and action. His drawings are spectacularly graphic
and Varley's strategically placed color, amid Miller's rich black-and-white
drawings, accents the book's stylish atmosphere of dread. All told, this
is an important addition to the ultra-hard-boiled crime fiction genre.
Copyright
2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Frank Miller is among the
world's most popular comics creators. His work on the original series Sin
City has garnered numerous awards, including two Harvey awards for Best
Graphic Album of Original Work (1998) and Best Continuing Series (1996),
and the series has earned Miller six Eisner Awards, including those for
Best Writer/Artist, Best Graphic Novel Reprint, Best Cartoonist, Best Cover
Artist, Best Limited Series, and Best Short Story. Similarly, books in
his Martha Washington series have won Eisners for Best Finite Series, Best
Coloring, and Best Penciller/Inker. This year, Sin City: Hell and Back
won the British Eagle Award for Best Black-and-white comic book. |
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