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{{creator|wppage=Frank Miller (comics)}}
[[File:goddamnhatman.jpg|frame|The Man Who "[[Took a Level In Badass|Gave]] [[Batman]] [[Darker and Edgier|His Balls Back]]", or at least claimed to.]]
{{quote|"With bloody hands, I say good-bye."
|Frank Miller, ''asked to imitate [[Ernest Hemingway|Hemingway]]''}}
'''Frank Miller''' (born 1957) is a comic book writer and artist, most famous for helping to popularize Batman's return to his dark and gritty roots. He specializes in gritty, over-the-top noir, and usually draws in an immediately recognizable style - replete with stark black-and-whites and often no color at all. Most of his work is narrated in first-person, usually by a macho [[Sociopathic Hero]]. Pretty much all of his work is incredibly violent and bloody, sometimes to the point of [[Refuge in Audacity]]. Could be described as the "Patron Saint of [[Badass]]" - his heroes ''will'' be brutalized to the point of [[Heroic BSOD]], but they will also ultimately prove that a single [[Right Makes Might|Righteous]] Badass is superior (or at least equal) to [[Conservation of Ninjitsu|ANY number of evil mooks.]]
Miller has recently been the center of controversy and has earned the hatred of a very vocal sector of the Internet population, mostly due to his perceived over-representation of prostitutes, sadistic violence (seen as violence for the sake of it), and his libertarian and hawkish political views - though many people like his works [[Tropes Are Not Bad|for the same reasons]]. Claims about the reasons for the decline in the quality of his work are the exaggeration of his signature style to ridiculous levels, too much emphasis on satire and his political views, exploration of particular storylines or premises to the detriment of characters, or just plain laziness as time has gone on. While his work today is generally considered below the level it was at height of his career, his fame is quite justified, as he has won multiple Eisner, Kirby and Harvey Awards, as well as a nomination for the Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for ''[[Sin City]]''.
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* [[Batman]] in general - ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]'' and ''[[Batman: Year One]]'', famously. ''[[All Star DC Comics|All Star Batman and Robin]]'' and ''[[The Dark Knight Strikes Again]]'', infamously. He writes Batman excellently - it's just that [[Weapon of Mass Destruction|WMDs]] should be used to keep him away from non-[[Badass Normal|Badass Normals]].
* [[Daredevil]]- Whatever Frank Miller did for Batman, he did twice over for Daredevil, or so the saying (roughly) goes. Introduced nearly all of the major elements we associate with the character today, apart from the costume and [[Arch Enemy|Bullseye]], though the latter got some defining moments under his run too. In his run, Miller created [[Elektra]], and The Hand, added [[Spider-Man]] nemesis Kingpin as a new [[Arch Enemy]], made Catholicism a fundamental part of the character of Matt Murdock, added a bigger focus on martial arts in the combat and brought a noir sensibility to the storytelling that's stayed with the series ever since. See [[Daredevil: Born Again]] for the magnum opus of the run.
* ''[[Ronin (
* ''[[Sin City]]''
* ''[[Give Me Liberty]]'' and the various ''[[Martha Washington]]'' sequels (with Dave Gibbons)
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Frank Miller is also known for writing ''[[
Not to be confused with fellow comic book author [[Mark Millar]], or with the crook that tries to kill Will Kane in ''[[High Noon]]'' (incidentally one of Miller's favourite films).
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* [[The Adjectival Superhero]]: Created the first DC example.
* [[All Women Are Lustful]]
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* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: "I'm having a date with ''Bruce Wayne''". "Dick Grayson, Age Twelve". In fact about half the dialogue in the All Star Batman and Robin repeatedly consists of people repeating themselves repeatedly.
* [[Determinator]]: [[Sin City|Marv]], [[Martha Washington]], and many others.
* [[Doing It for
* [[Sociopathic Hero|Heroic Sociopath]]: Pretty much all his protagonists, [[Sin City]]'s Marv in particular.
* [[Hollywood Atheist]]: Averted, actually. Despite being himself an atheist, he has [https://web.archive.org/web/20170312054032/http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/comic_book_religion.html#heroes been noted] as generally writing all faiths, or lack thereof, with as much respect as anything else. Some religious heroes ([[Daredevil]]), some villains ([[Sin City]]). Daredevil is notable since Miller was the first writer to portray him as overtly Catholic, and made it a major part of his character.
* [[I Die Free]]: That's pretty much the [[Aesop]] of most of his independent work. Particularly Bad Boy.
* [[Inner Monologue]]
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* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Particularly lately.
* [[Running the Asylum]]: Any [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]] that involves Batman.
* [[Self
** He ripped some of Batman's internal monologue from ASB&R #5 from the first part of Dark Knight Returns. Similarly he ripped dialogue from the last page of Born Again for use in his Spirit movie ('It was a nice piece of work, Kingpin/Saref. You shouldn't have signed it').
** The final version of '''Holy Terror''' still reads like it was part of the Dark Knight-verse.
* [[Shout
** We also see the [[Unfortunate Implications]] of making Batman too much like Travis Bickle in All-Star.
* [[Signature Style]]: Usually [[Black and Grey Morality]] and a [[Bittersweet Ending]] at best. Artistically, he tends towards large expanses of black with just enough white and occasional splashes of color. He's one of the more recognizable comic artists out there.
* [[Super
* [[Take That]]: Some have speculated that ''All Star Batman and Robin'' is a big insult to the people who complained that the Dark Knight Batman was too crazy, as perhaps evidenced by the line "You want nuts?! I'll show you nuts!" A close variant of this line occurs in [[Tim Burton]]'s Batman movie.
** Frank also seems to have little, if any, respect for Superman.
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