Wolverine 1982 is the first solo adventure of xmen breakout character wolverine. Frank miller american writer and artist britannica. With mickey rourke, clive owen, bruce willis, jessica alba. His most notable works include sin city, the dark knight returns, batman year one and 300. I was very much in favor of the more humanized wolverine approach and admire the batman. Miller followed up the series in 1990 with the elektra lives again graphic novel, a true resurrection of the character which he wrote and illustrated. He was penciling issues on daredevil, drawing out roger mckenzies scripts.
A dame to kill for the second film adaptation of the dark horse comics crime noir series serves as a reminder that the works of frank miller still have a hold on pop culture. She is an angel and a bounty hunter, working under the auspices of heaven to oppose spawn. A fourissue miniseries written by chris claremont with layouts by frank miller and pencils by joe rubinstein, it is considered one of wolverines defining stories and features some of the most iconic images of the characters career. May 25, 2017 frank miller is one of the alltime greats when it comes to batman, and he helped redefine the character for a broken and cynical eighties. Directed by frank miller, robert rodriguez, quentin tarantino. Apr 01, 2005 directed by frank miller, robert rodriguez, quentin tarantino. In 1986, dc comics released the dark knight returns. Miller would threaten to walk off the book over his dislike for roger mckenzies scripts, creating an unusual power vacuum within the publisher.
He also directed the film version of the spirit, shared directing duties with robert rodriguez on sin city and produced the film 300. Hes dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that hes a hero the whole time. Frank miller is a beloved man of the comicbook industry. Born again, the dark knight returns, sin city, and 300 he is one of the most widelyrecognized and popular creators in comics, and is one of the most influential comics creators of his generation. The film adaptation the spirit, written and directed by frank miller, was. The grand comics database gcd is a nonprofit, internetbased organization of international volunteers dedicated to building an open database covering all printed comics throughout the world. The comic is a fictional retelling of the battle of thermopylae and the events leading up to it from the perspective of leonidas of sparta. Special edition of the dark knight returns limited. Frank miller is one of the comic industrys most well known writerartists.
Miller explored and refined his approach to sophisticated characterization and plotting combined with an unmatched understanding of the mechanics of comic book storytelling on a number of noteworthy titles throughout the early to mid 1980s, including the wolverine miniseries and elektra. The spirit is a fictional masked crimefighter created by cartoonist will eisner. Frank miller is one of the alltime greats when it comes to batman, and he helped redefine the character for a broken and cynical eighties. He is famous for his gritty, noir style and his revisions on classic heroes like daredevil and batman, as well in his. In it, carl seltz, an insurance investigator, discovers he is also a homicidal. Frank millers new batman comic isnt great, but goes hard as. His sin city film adaption with robert rodriguez was the hit. Born again, the dark knight returns, sin city, and 300. Aug 22, 2014 like many of miller s great works, the hallucinogenic origin story of miller s signature character was a deconstruction of modern comic trends.
Frank miller frank miller is one of the seminal creative talents who sparked todays onslaught of motion pictures featuring comic book characters and concepts. En plus du spirit, on y trouvait des strips comme mr. If you have ever seen 300 or sin city, you have an appreciation for his unique style. Frank miller books list of books by author frank miller. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use to track and manage your comic collection. Frank miller born january 27, 1957 is an american comic book writer, penciller and inker, novelist, screenwriter, film director, and producer best known for his comic book stories and graphic novels such as ronin, daredevil. Frank millers first solo directorial effort, an adaptation of will eisners the spirit, hits theaters on christmas day. Dawn of justice opens march 25, it will draw pun intended heavily on frank millers seminal work the dark knight returns. Using a unique mashup of japanese manga and classic american comic book art, miller has created a gritty noir style that is all his own. The dc comics spirit comicbook series of the late 2000s portrays white as a street kid. Frank millers spirit gets its star millers favorite things the comic book legend behind sin city and 300 shares a few of his favorite things. He is one of the most widelyrecognized and popular creators in comics and is one of the most influential comics creators of his generation.
Up until the turn of the 21 st century, frank miller was a man of distinction only at comic book stores and annual comic conventions. It was published by american company dark horse comics in 19901992. Dia terkenal atas cerita komiknya yang bergaya film noir dan gelap. He first appeared june 2, 1940, as the main feature of a 16page, tabloidsized, newsprint comic book insert distributed in the sunday edition of register and tribune syndicate newspapers. Angela is a fictional superhero created by author neil gaiman and artist todd mcfarlane. The one and only frank miller is this weeks featured writer, as we glimpse at his unique style of crime stories for superhero books. Little did he know that his future in film work was right around the corner, and this time, his baby sin city would be the target. However, with the popularization of comic books as a source for major motion pictures, miller easily.
Each week ill take a look at a different writer and read two different collected editions from within that persons repertoire to help in the examination of their work. Back cover testimonials by joe kubert, archie goodwin, and john byrne, art by frank miller. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertaining gifs, inspiring stories, viral. Known for his intense, hardboiled storytelling and. A groundbreaking artist and writer, miller is credited with breathing new life into both batman and daredevil titles, while creating his own legends like sin city and 300. Year one, another landmark batman graphic noveloften considered one of the top 3 batman graphic novels alongside tdkr and killing joke so 2 of 3 of the best batman graphic novels. He is one of the most widelyrecognized and popular creators in comics, and is one of the most influential comics creators of his generation. Year one, sin city, and 300 he also directed the film version of the spirit, shared directing duties with. Even if you have never read one of his many comic books, its likely your life has been influenced in some way by frank millers work. The comic book industry dates back to the 1930s where it has started as a pastime for the nerd culture. Frank miller described about the spirit, the character has a terrifying side to him.
Frank millers new batman comic isnt great, but goes hard. Frank miller adapts will eisners cult comic, december 22, 2008 the complete frank miller. Frank miller, born january 27, 1957, olney, maryland, u. Dia juga menyutradarai versi film dari the spirit, menyutradarai sin city bersama robert rodriguez, dan memproduseri. Search our free comic book database stash my comics.
Using a unique mashup of japanese manga and classic american comic book. Frank miller and geof darrow won the 1991 eisner award for best writerartist for this series. Frank miller sin city, 300, dark knight returns appears at build studio on wednesday, october 2, 2019 at noon. Frank millers elektra assassin comic books youtube. Frank miller wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas. The rise and fall of frank miller july 4, 2014 william gatevackes featured stories, history comic book film in a multipart series, comic book film editor william gatevackes will be tracing the history of comic book movies from the earliest days of the film serials to todays big blockbusters and beyond. All four issues of the story collected into this hardcover book originally released in 1986. Frank miller cryptographer 18421925, american banker and cryptographer frank miller baseball 18861974, major league baseball player frank miller cellist 19121986, cellist with nbc symphony orchestra frank miller medal of honor 18481903, american civil war soldier and medal of honor recipient frank miller politician 19272000, 19th premier of. Two renowned comic book masters chris claremont and frank miller teamup to create an excellent and influential wolverine story.
Frank miller born january 27, 1957 is an american writer, artist and movie director. Rookie cop denny colt returns from the beyond as the spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces in central city. The series is mostly referred to as frank millers wolverine due to the. Jul 20, 2015 back in the late 1970s, frank miller was just getting his start with marvel comics. Thru the decades and years, it has evolved to become a culture of its own, with more and more people turning into enthusiasts. The film was based on frank millers 1998 miniseries retelling the historic battle of thermopylae from 480 b. During his celebrated and often controversial career, millers work on daredevil for marvel, batman for dc comics and his creatorowned projects at various. When he puts pencil to paper, his work can become iconic and he has helped to shape and influence some of the greatest comic book characters. Comic book theme wall decor and arts for your home. A movie that explores the dark and miserable town, basin city, and tells the story of three different people, all caught up in violent corruption.
Frank miller comics wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Miller began his career in the late 1970s by providing the art for the twilight zone, a comic series published by gold key that was based on the classic television show. Because writer frank miller knows a bit about comic books, his solo directorial debut he codirected sin city with robert rodriguez and quentin tarantino is a. Miller returned to the dark knight with the dk2 comic series, which was created and published during the tragic events of 911 and echoed much of his state of mind at that time. The issues were titled honor, duty, glory, combat and victory.
Search our free comic book database and keep track of your comic book collection online with full comic details, cover images, and current market values. In 2011, ign ranked the spirit 21st in the top 100 comic book heroes of all time. Mar 17, 2017 we wanted to honor some of his earlier work, which is why we came up with the following 15 greatest frank miller comic book covers of all time. His works include batman the dark knight returns, batman. Superman gen j scott campbell variant comic book covers, comic books art. Assassin at marvel, and ronin at dc, but it was his. Frank miller is an american writer, artist and film director best known for his film noirstyle comic book stories. The work was adapted in 2006 to a film of the same name in 2018, dark horse published xerxes. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use to track and manage your. Frank miller 12 is an american comic book writer, penciller and inker, novelist. Frank miller, comic book writer and artist avatar press. Frank millers favorite things the comic book legend behind sin city and 300 shares a few of his favorite things. Hard boiled is a threeissue comic book miniseries written by frank miller and drawn by geof darrow.
Frank miller, newsday, december 21, 2008 spirit comic comes to life on big screen, 20060719 writers, artists describe state of the. Welcome to the official frank miller facebook page. Millers, but it does show the limitations of millers code for one of its intended purposes. We note that the 1899 preliminary war department telegraphic code 25 included codewords for all of. Frank miller comics simple english wikipedia, the free. He best known for his film noirstyle comic book stories including ronin, daredevil. Frank miller lahir 27 januari 1957 adalah komikus dan sutradara amerika serikat. He singlehandedly redefined the presentation of comic book characters and heroic fiction with his granddaddy of graphic novels, the dark knight returns.
Frank miller born january 27, 1957 is an american comic book artist, writer and film director best known for his dark, film noirstyle comic book stories and graphic novels ronin, daredevil. The dark knight returns, revolutionizes the comic book industry alongside watchmen daredevil born again arguably the greatest marvel storyline in history batman. Ronin ends up in the middle of a gang war while casey mckenna leads an aquarius search team to locate him. Frank miller has 694 books on goodreads with 1077057 ratings. He also directed the film version of the spirit, shared directing duties with robert.
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