Frank Miller: Difference between revisions

* [[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.

* ''[[Sin City]]''

* ''[[Give Me Liberty]]'' and the various ''[[Martha Washington]]'' sequels (with Dave Gibbons)

 

 

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).

* [[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.

* [[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 [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.

** 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.

** 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.