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by: Frank Miller  
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 741.5973 EAN: 9781593072933 Edition: 2 ISBN: 1593072937 Label: Dark Horse Manufacturer: Dark Horse Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: February 23, 2005 Publisher: Dark Horse Studio: Dark Horse Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: 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. But when Goldie 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. Product Description: Legendary artist Frank Miller opened a noir opus in Sin City. This critically-acclaimed triumph-honored by both an Eisner Award and the prestigious National Cartoonists' Award-combines the pulp intensity of writers like Spillane and Cain with the gritty graphic storytelling that only Miller can deliver. Sin City is the place-tough as leather and dry as tinder. Love is the fuel, and the now-infamous character Marv has the match ... not to mention a "condition." He's gunning after Goldie's killer, so it's time to watch this town burn! Frank Miller is one of modern comic's first talents to publish a comic book that he created, crafted, and owned. That book is Sin City, which grew from the wellspring of Miller's passionate desire to create a comic book with two distinct qualities - it wouldn't be a superhero comic, and it had to be a crime comic. Enter Marv and Goldie. And a psychotic killer. And a crime-drenched town. And a corrupted diocese. Sin City is a town like no other, but most places resemble it in one way or another. In real life, thugs live everywhere and women sell their bodies all the time, but if everyday life is a storm, Sin City exists in the eye of a hurricane. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The best masterpiece ever writtenThis is one of the only books i have ever enjoyed. I usualy hate novels, but this book was so awesome I read it in one day. From the start to the end this is truly the best book ever. It will keep you at the edge of your reading seat until it is over and then when it is over you will read it again and again, possibly until you die. I highly recommend this book for all who can handle the awesomeness. Rating: - If you liked the movie, this book just adds more depthI am a huge fan of the Sin City film and since this complete book came with my Collector's Edition DVD set, I finally got around to reading it. It really shows you how much effort was put into making the movie as close as possible to this amazing story. Frank Miller really creates a world that you can fully immerse yourself in. You will feel the grime of Sin City just by looking at the pictures and reading the harsh dialogue. Marv is my favorite character in the movie and we learn a little more about ... Read More Rating:  - Much more depth than the filmI come from the point of view of viewing the film first, then reading the series. From this point of view I have seen the bits and pieces that were left out of the film, and it saddens me. There's so much great material that Rodriguez his team left out of the film. Theres so much more to Marv, but I guess everything can't be adapted. I would have wished to see Frank Miller's Sin City in theaters word for word, but they couldn't make that happen for me and I understand. That's what brings us to the ... Read More Rating: - A Hard book to Put downIt is phisically impossible once you get started reading this Graphic Novel to put it down... You will continue to want to read further and further, Time will fall away and the world will Blur around you. One of the best reads that I have ever had the chance to get lost in. Burned through the pages in one evening (and it was due to this graphic novel that I was almost late for the last trolley back to Base!). Dynamic Characters, Illustrated in a style that is one of a kind and all good, with a storyline ... Read More Rating: - go get 'em MarvFrank Miller is, quite frankly, the greatest comic book writer/arist ever. Hands down. He redefined Batman. He rescued Daredevil. And he is constantly making comic book history. See Sin City. First, the story is great, Marv is trying to... redeem himself in a sort of way by avenging the one person who ever showed him kindness (though I'd have to say, his parole officer also is 'on his side'). It's some sort of cross between the real world and the comic book universe. Some elements of both. And the artwork, ... Read More 
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