Frank Miller's Complete Sin City Library Author: Visit Amazon's Frank Miller Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1593963149 | Format: EPUB
Frank Miller's Complete Sin City Library Description
- Paperback
- Publisher: Dark Horse (August 1, 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1593963149
- ISBN-13: 978-1593963149
- Product Dimensions: 4.8 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 4.9 pounds
Call it "noir meets Kill Bill." Frank Miller stripped comic art to the bone in his "Sin City" series, which takes place in the fictional "Basin City," where corruption is the rule and life is cheap. It's a gritty, dark, edgy series with several interwoven stories, and artwork that give no distraction from the rocky stories.
It opens with "The Hard Goodbye," a bloody revenge tale about a scarred hulk named Marv. He meets a beautiful young blonde who sleeps with him, but she is dead the next morning. Revenge spurs Marv to hunt down and destroy the people who killed Goldie, including a silent cannibal and a corrupt cardinal, no matter what the price.
"A Dame To Kill For" is pure noir, set before the first book of the series. Dwight is a photographer with a shady past; his ex-girlfriend Ava reenters his life, announcing that she's scared of her ultrawealthy husband, Damien Lord, and seeking Dwight as a knight in tarnished armor. But Dwight doesn't know if he can trust her -- is Ava really in danger, or is she manipulating him as a pawn to get back at her husband? The truth just might destroy him...
Elsewhere in Sin City, the streets of Old Town are ruled by the ladies who walk them. And in "The Big Fat Kill," Dwight comes to their aid. A bunch of drunks invaded Old Town and get killed by the prostites... but then they find that one has a badge. Now Dwight must help the prostitutes -- to whom he owes a debt -- defend themselves against the rest of Sin City.
"That Yellow Bastard" introduces us to Hartigan, an ailing cop who receives a distress call from an 11-year-old, Nancy Callahan. He does rescue her, but at a price -- the rapist-murderer who attacked her is the son of a senator. Hartigan ends up in jail.
Though he's been renowned for his revolutionary work on Marvel's Daredevil and his visionary re-imagining of Batman in the Dark Knight Returns, Frank Miller really found his voice with Sin City. In each of the seven volumes collected in this bundle, we are introduced to the crime ridden Basin City (refered by it's inhabitants as, you guessed it, Sin City), and the few who try to make some kind of difference, whether they want to or not. The Hard Goodbye is the beginning of it all; introducing us to scarred tough guy Marv, looking to avenge the death of the only woman to ever show him physical love. What he uncovers is something you'll never see coming, and it's outcome will stay with you long after it's over. A Dame to Kill For is a prequel, introducing us to photographer Dwight McCarthy, drawn into a murderous plot by his ex. Dwight's story continues in the Big Fat Kill, as he returns to Sin City and becomes a reluctant ally of the hookers of Old Town when their shaky truce with the cops comes to a violent end. That Yellow Bastard, the best Sin City story and possibly the best thing Miller has ever written, revolves around old cop John Hartigan and his efforts to save a little girl from a psychopath. Years later, he gets the chance to save her again, no matter what it costs him. Family Values finds Dwight and the deadly Miho teaming up to take on the mob. Booze, Broads, and Bullets is a collection of short stories, featuring many familiar faces. The final book, Hell and Back, is the longest of the series, and revolves around Wallace, an artist with a bloody past who gets in way over his head when he saves a seemingly helpless damsel. What happens after that you'll have to see to believe.
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