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"I'm a comic book artist. So I think to myself, what do I like to draw? I like to draw hot chicks,
fast cars, and cool guys in trench coats. So that's what I write about." — Frank Miller

Frank Miller entry at Wikipedia

Frank Miller's Books
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publisher Dark Horse Comics

Frank Miller's "Batman" Books

"Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" trade paperback ISBN 1-56389-342-8

"Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again" trade paperback ISBN 1-56389-929-9

"Holy Terror, Batman!" (forthcoming)

"Batman: Year One" written by Frank Miller, art by David Mazzucchelli ISBN 0-930289-33-1

Frank Miller's "Daredevil" Books & Film

"Daredevil: The Man Without Fear" written by Frank Miller, art by John Romita, Jr. ISBN 0-7851-0046-6

"Daredevil" feature film [2003] http://www.IMDb.com/title/tt0287978/
http://www.IMDb.com/ra/us/a/B00005JLXE
http://www.IMDb.com/ra/us/a/B0000959N0
http://www.IMDb.com/ra/us/a/B0002XVQNU
http://www.IMDb.com/ra/us/a/B000084TTD soundtrack
"The Men Without Fear: Creating Daredevil" [2003 video]
http://www.IMDb.com/title/tt0381418/

Frank Miller's "Elektra" Books & Film

"Elektra: Assassin" written by Frank Miller, art by Bill Sienkiewicz trade paperback ISBN 0-87135-309-1

"Elektra Lives Again" ISBN 0-7851-0890-4

"Elektra" feature film [2005] starring Jennifer Garner
http://www.IMDb.com/title/tt0357277/
http://www.IMDb.com/ra/us/a/B000A9QK96
http://www.IMDb.com/ra/us/a/B0007PBWEQ
http://www.IMDb.com/ra/us/a/B0007PBWEG
http://www.IMDb.com/ra/us/a/B0007P0Y7C
http://www.IMDb.com/ra/us/a/B0007P0Y7W
http://www.IMDb.com/ra/us/a/B0006UEVJ0 soundtrack

"Martha Washington" Books
by Frank Miller & Dave Gibbons

"Give Me Liberty" [1990] ISBN 0-440-50446-5)

"Martha Washington Goes To War (1994) ISBN 1-56971-090-2)

"Martha Washington Saves The World" (1997) ISBN 1-56971-384-7)

"Happy Birthday, Martha Washington (1995) (one-shot)
"Martha Washington Stranded In Space" (1995) (one-shot) features The Big Guy
"Martha Washington Dies" (July 2007)

Frank Miller's "Sin City" Books
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	"Frank Miller's Complete Sin City Library" box set [2005] The eighth book is "The Art of Sin City" [2002] {see below} Dark Horse pb [8/2005] 7 books for $75.00 Dark Horse 12½x8 hardcover {11½ lbs!} Vol I [12/2005] out of print/used {orig $94.50} Dark Horse 12½x8 hardcover {11.7 lbs!} Vol II [5/2006] for $94.50
	"Sin City: The Hard Goodbye" [#1=1991} Dark Horse 9x6 2nd edition pb [2/2005] for $11.56 Dark Horse 10x6¼ pb [1/93] out of print/many used Dark Horse 10½x7 hardcover [12/96] out of print/used "Sin City: El Duro Adiós" [2005] Translated by Francisco Perez Navarro Public Square Books 9¼x6 Spanish-language pb [6/2005] for $13.26
	"Sin City: A Dame To Kill For" [#2=1994] Dark Horse 9x6 2nd edition pb [3/2005] for $11.56 Dark Horse 10¼x6½ hardcover [11/94] out of print/used "Sin City 2: Mataría por Ella" [2005] Translated by Francisco Perez Navarro Public Square Books 9¼x6 Spanish-language pb [12/2005] for $17.00
	"Sin City: The Big Fat Kill" [#3=1995] Dark Horse 9x6 2nd edition pb [3/2005] for $11.56 Dark Horse 10&fracx7 hardcover [12/95] out of print/used "Sin City 3: La Gran Masacre" [2005] Translated by Francisco Perez Navarro Public Square Books 9x6 Spanish-language pb [8/2005] for $13.77
	"Sin City: That Yellow Bastard" [#4=1997] Dark Horse 9x6 pb [2/2005] for $12.92 Dark Horse 10½x7 hardcover [4/97] out of print/used "Sin City 4: Ese Cobarde Bastardo" [2005] Translated by F.P. Navarro Public Square Books 9x6 Spanish-language pb [9/2005] for $15.39
	"Sin City: Family Values" [1997] Dark Horse 9x5¾ pb [3/2005] for $9.60 Topeka Bindery 9x6 library hardcover [3/2005] for $17.36 "Sin City 5: Valores Familiares" [2005] Translated by Francisco Perez Navarro Public Square Books 9x6 Spanish-language pb [8/2005] for $12.15
	"Sin City: Booze, Broads, and Bullets" [1998] collects individual comics/stories "The Babe Wore Red (and Other Stories)" [1994], "Silent Night" [1994], "Lost, Lonely, & Lethal" [1996], "Daddy's Little Girl" [1996], "Sex & Violence" [1997], and "Just Another Saturday Night" [1997] Dark Horse 9x6 2nd edition pb [4/2005] for $10.20 Dark Horse 10¼x6½ pb [12/98] for $10.20 Topeka Bindery 9x6 library hardcover [3/2005] out of print/used "Sin City 6: Alcohol, Chicas y Balas" [2005] Translated by F.P. Navarro Public Square Books 9x6 Spanish-language pb [10/2005] for $11.70
	"Sin City: Hell and Back" [1999] Dark Horse 9x6 pb [4/2005] for $18.48 Dark Horse 10¼x6½ pb [2/2001] out of print/used Topeka Bindery 9x6 library hardcover [3/2005] out of print/used "Sin City 7: Ida y Vuelta al Infierno" [2005] Translated by F.P. Navarro Public Square Books 9x6 Spanish-language pb [11/2005] for $19.00
	"The Art of Sin City" [2002] by Frank Miller Dark Horse 12x9¼ hardcover [10/2002] for $26.37

Other Works by Frank Miller

"Ronin" graphic novel [1987] written & drawn by Frank Miller, painted by Lynn Varley A masterless samurai (rônin) in feudal-era Japan wanders for years until he is able to revenge his assassinated master; during the death battle, the hero and the evil lord Agat are both impaled on a magical sword. Then in a dismal future New York City, the rônin reappears in the form of Billy, Agat reappears and takes over the form of Taggart, chief of security for the Aquarius Complex, and a three-cornered battle begins: Aquarius vs. Taggart/Agat vs. the rogue rônin Billy. DC Comics 10x6½ pb [3/95] for $13.59 DC Comics 10¼x7 pb [5/87] out of print/used story entry at Wikipedia

"Ronin" feature film [Warner Bros. release in 2012?]
Warner Bros. bought the film rights mid-2007; producer Gianni Nunnari and director Sylvain White
were at one time attached; movie info at Wikipedia • latest info at IMDb

"Hardboiled" [1993] written by Frank Miller, drawn by Geof Darrow An insurance investigator discovers that he is also a homicidal cyborg tax collector as well as the last hope of an enslaved robot race. Dark Horse 10¾x8¼ pb [5/2000] for $11.53 comics entry at Wikipedia

"Hard-Boiled" feature film [planned for 2011? release] • no longer listed at IMDb

"300" graphic novel [1998] written & drawn by Frank Miller, painted by Lynn Varley A full-color loose dramatization of the historic siege at Thermopylae [481-480 B.C.E.] where 300 Spartan warriors held off the invading armies of King Xerxes of Persia. Dark Horse 9¾x13 hardcover [12/99] for $19.80 story entry at Wikipedia

"The Complete Frank Miller Spider-Man" [2002] Early Miller work, including 5 issues as penciller, one as writer, and 22 comic book covers Marvel Comics 11¼x7¼ pb [3/2002] out of print/used

"Will Eisner: Portrait of A Sequential Artist"
[festival circuit 2007]

Cartoonist Will Eisner [1917-2005] had a sixty-year career, and influenced every aspect of graphic storytelling. Co-produced & written by Jon B. Cooke; directed by Andrew D. Cooke; narrated by Art Spiegelman; featuring interviews with Kurt Vonnegut, Michael Chabon, Jules Feiffer, Jack Kirby, Art Spiegelman, Frank Miller, Stan Lee, Gil Kane & many others Montilla Pictures color Blu-ray [7/2010] out of prodn/used the Blu-ray disk includes the famous "Shop Talk" tapes Montilla Pictures color DVD [7/2010] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • Will Eisner entry at Wikipedia

Movies
Frank Miller credits [1987-2012] at Internet Movie Database
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"Sin City 1" feature film [Dimension/Troublemaker April 2005]

Three connected hardboiled tales, with the highly-stylized look of Miller's graphic novels: an ex-con avenges a murdered hooker, a private eye helps a red light district stay independent from the Mob, and a disgraced cop shields a dancer from a psychotic sadist. Co-written & co-directed by Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez; starring Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Elijah Wood, Bruce Willis, Benicio Del Toro, Jaime King, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Brittany Murphy, Devon Aoki, Rutger Hauer & Alexis Bledel; won Technical Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival Dimension Films (2 version) widescreen color Blu-ray [4/2009] 2 disks for $24.99 Dimension Films Unrated Collector's Edition widescreen color DVD [12/2005] 2 disks for $29.99 Dimension Films widescreen color DVD [8/2005] for $17.49 Dimension Films widescreen color DVD [undated] out of prodn/used Dimension color VHS [8/2005] for $23.99 Varese soundtrack CD [3/2005] for $13.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie website

"Sin City: The Making of The Movie" [2005] by Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez Troublemaker 8¾x11½ hardcover [4/2005] for $19.80

Frank Miller's "300" feature film [Warner Bros. March 2007]
"300" movie posters category at AllPosters.com

A loose dramatization of the historic siege at Thermopylae [481-480 B.C.E.] where 300 Spartan warriors held off the invading armies of King Xerxes of Persia; filmed shot-for-shot from the 1999 graphic novel Co-written & directed by Zack Snyder; co-written by Kurt Johnstad & Michael Gordon, based on the graphic novel; starring Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Rodrigo Santoro, Dominic West, David Wenham, Vincent Regan, Michael Fassbender, Tom Wisdom, Andrew Pleavin & Andrew Tiernan Warner 'Complete Experience' Edition widescreen color Blu-ray [7/2009] for $19.99 Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [7/2007] for $17.99 Warner Home Video Special Edition widescreen color DVD [7/2007] 2 disks for $19.99 Warner Home Video widescreen color DVD [7/2007] for $8.49 Warner Home Video color DVD [7/2007] for $13.99 Warner Bros./W.E.A. Special Edition soundtrack CD & booklet [3/2007] 25 tracks for $21.99 Warner Bros./W.E.A. soundtrack CD [3/2007] 25 tracks for $14.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia

"The Making of 300" documentary short [July 2007]
available on DVDs above; credits at IMDb

"300: The Art of the Film" [2006] Dark Horse 13x10 hardcover [12/2006] for $16.47

"The Spirit" feature film [LionsGate Dec 2008]

A rookie cop returns from the dead with a mission to fight against the corrupt forces of his city. Written & directed by Frank Miller (his first solo directing project), based on the comic book series by Will Eisner; starring Gabriel Macht, Sarah Paulson, Dan Lauria, Eva Mendes, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Paz Vega, Louis Lombardi, Jaime King, Dan Gerrity, Larry Reinhardt-Meyer, Frank Miller & Eric Balfour LionsGate widescreen color Blu-ray/DVD combo [4/2009] 2 disks for $19.49 LionsGate widescreen color DVD [4/2009] 2 disks for $22.49 LionsGate widescreen color DVD [4/2009] for $12.49 24"x36" poster available for $8.99 at AllPosters.com full credits from IMDb • official moviesite • producer's official moviesite

"The Spirit" movie posters category at AllPosters.com

	"The Best of The Spirit" [2005] by Will Eisner 22 stories in full color, beginning with 1940 "The Origin of The Spirit" DC Comics 10x6½ pb [11/2005] for $10.19 Topeka Bindery 10x6½ library hardcover [11/2005] for $27.00
	"The Spirit: The Movie Visual Companion" [2008] by Marc Cotta Vaz Titan Books hardcover [11/2008] for $19.80

"Ronin" feature film [Warner release in 2013?]  
Warner Bros. bought the film rights mid-2007; producer Gianni Nunnari and director Sylvain White
were at one time attached; movie info at Wikipedia • latest info at IMDb

"300: Rise of An Empire"  
feature film project [Warner Bros. for 2013? release]
Formerly called "Xerxes", then "Battle of Artemisium"; Miller's draft of the graphic novel was completed 6/2011; script by Zack Snyder
& Kurt Johnstad, to be directed by Noam Murro; cast includes Eva Green, Sullivan Stapleton & Rodrigo Santoro • latest info at IMDb

"Trouble Is My Business"]  
feature film project [in development 2012]
Based on stories by Raymond Chandler [1888-1959]; rising British actor Clive Owen is attached, with graphic stylist
Frank Miller set to create a graphic novel, then the script, then possibly direct; latest info at IMDb

"Sin City 2: A Dame To Kill For" feature film  
[Quick Draw/Dimension Films release August 2014?]
Production green-lighted in April 2012; co-written & co-directed by Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez; added 10/2012: principal
photography has begun, with cast including Clive Owen, Michael Madsen, Rosario Dawson, Jessica Alba, Mickey Rourke,
Jaime King & Jamie Chung; news 6/2013: film is bumped ten months to August 2014, no reason given • latest info at IMDb

"Sin City 3" feature film [in development]  
Co-written & co-directed by Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez • latest info at IMDb

Frank Miller Posters Gallery

Frank Miller posters category at AllPosters.com
"The Spirit" movie posters category at AllPosters.com
"300" movie posters category at AllPosters.com

That Yellow Bastard 27"x38" poster from AllPosters.com 27"x39" poster from Amazon	To Hell and Back 27"x38" poster from AllPosters.com 27"x39" poster from Amazon	Molly's Escort Service 20"x28" poster from AllPosters.com
Sin City movie Jessica Alba in color 24"x36" poster from Amazon	'The Spirit' movie 24"x36" poster from AllPosters.com for $8.99 24"x36" poster from Amazon for $4.99 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $14.99	'The Spirit' movie red tie 36"x24" poster from AllPosters.com 36"x24" poster from Amazon 11"x17" {vertical} poster from Amazon for $14.99
"300" movie oversize 39"x55" poster from AllPosters.com	"300" movie girl 24"x36" poster from AllPosters.com 24"x36" poster from Amazon	"300" movie Leonidas 24"x36" poster from AllPosters.com

L i n k s

Frank Miller entry at Wikipedia
browse Frank Miller Store at Amazon
browse 'Sin City' series books at Amazon

AS's 'Complete Frank Miller' fansite
unofficial Frank Miller fansite in Sweden
Frank Miller entry at the Comic Book Database

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