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Frank Miller is an Irish American comic book writer, artist and film director. He was born in Olney, Maryland on January
27, 1957. Miller was the fifth child out of seven to his mother a nurse and his father an electrician. He grew up in Montpelier,
Vermont where he first discovered the comic book culture. He immensely enjoyed movies, thriller books and Eastern art and
literature, all major influences in his future work. He moved to New York when he was nineteen and within a week got a job as a
comic book artist. The beginning of his career involved sporadic work. His first work was as an artist for The Twilight Zone for
Gold Key Comics, which presented Miller with other job opportunities. He was offered several jobs with DC Comics and
Marvel Comics. With Marvel, he became a regular fill-in and cover artist. At the time, character Daredevil was a poorly selling
title. Miller asks to work on Daredevil and becomes the penciller for the character.

He worked alongside writer Roger McKenzie on Daredevil throughout the 1980s. Through Miller, Daredevil became so
successful it was upgraded from a bi-monthly comic to a monthly. Eventually he took over full duty as writer and artist. During
this time he created the character Elektra. He kills off Elektra, intending her to stay dead but eventually reviving her in his
comic Elektra Lives Again.

After Daredevil became one of Marvels best selling characters, Miller moves on to work on the miniseries Wolverine
with Chris Claremont. Then he created the series Ronin, a great showcase of his evolving style in storytelling and art.
One of Millers most influential works was his Batman miniseries The Dark Knight Returns. Overtime DKR would become one of
the biggest selling trade paperbacks. It also showcases Millers great talent in revision of character, making Batman a dark more
foreboding character than his previous 60s version.

Miller goes back to work on more drawings for Daredevil. In 1987 he writes Batman: Year One. He then leaves DC Comics
to work for Dark Horse Comics. On the side he writes and draws Elektras rebirth for Epic Comics in Elektra Lives Again. This
is the first time he uses his iconic style later seen in his Sin City stories.
Frank Miller equally skilled as a writer and drawer, also became involved in script writing for movies. His first scripts were for
RoboCop2 and RoboCop3.

In 1991 he began work on Sin City for Dark Horse Comics. Sin City became of the most read titles. In 1998 Miller released
his miniseries, 300.

Since the 90s he has been involved in movie adaptations of comics. In 2005, the comics of Sin City became adapted into a
film. As an actor, author, director, producer and screenwriter of Sin City, Miller was extremely successful in portraying the grim,
film noire-like world. As executive producer and book author, he also does a film version of his comic 300 in 2007. In 2008 he
directed the comic movie adaptation of Will Eisners The Spirit. In 2014 he produced the sequel to 300, 300: Rise of an Empire.
Right now he is working on the sequel to Sin City which will come out later in 2014- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.

Frank Miller has received numerous Harvey and Eisner awards, which is the highest honour in the comic field.
comics

Frank Miller is skilled in both
drawing and writing comics. Much of
his work was in the 80s and 90s.

He wrote and drew several extended stories and comic series including Sin City (The Big Fat Kill, The
Babe Word Red, That Yellow Bastard,
Silent Night, Just Another Saturday
Night, Hell and Back, Family Values,
A Dame to Kill For, Booze Broads
and Bullets), 300, Batman: The Dark
Knight Returns, Daredevil, DK2: The
Dark Knight Strikes Again, Elektra
Lives Again and Ronin.

He is known for his grim and
gritty comics. His work has influenced the comic field. He is known
for his revision of heroes such as
Batman and Daredevil. He also created iconic characters like Ronin and
Elektra.

His distinctive style is most
evident in his 1990s comic, Sin City.

More recently Miller has been
involved in the adaptations of his
comics into motion pictures.
daredevil
Sin city
elektra
300
ronin
batman
movies

Millers first script writing for film began
with RoboCop 2 in 1990 and RoboCop 3 in 1991.
Although the movies were received poorly, he sold
his original movie script to be made into a graphic
novel, Frank Millers RoboCop.

Perhaps one of Millers greatest film work
was his 2005 movie adaptation of Sin City. Miller
was not only the co-director of this movie, he was
the producer, screenwriter, book author and also
made an appearance as an actor.

Millers next big cinematic impression came
with the movie 300 in 2007. It was based on his
comic 300 and he was the executive producer.

Recently Miller has been continuing his
successful run of comic movie adaptations. This
year he released 300: Rise of an Empire. It was the
sequel to the first 300. Later this year the sequel to
Sin City will come out in theatres- Sin City: A Dame
to Kill For.
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contributions

As a talented writer and artist, Frank Miller collaborated on many works.
He worked on stories with artists as a writer and also with writers as an artist.

As a writer, he is best known for his work with artist David Mazzucchelli,
whom he worked on Batman: Year One. Batman: Year One was released in 1987
during a time when DC was trying to streamline and modernize several of
its super heroes. The comic featured Bruce Wayne embracing his will to save
Gotham but just discovering the way. The comic also pays a good amount attention to Lt. James Gorden who also experiences his first troubled year in Gotham.

He also wrote Martha Washington alongside Dave Gibbons art. The
series was released in 1990 and was about a 21st century freedom fighter who
shares the name of a First Lady. This writing style was humorous and satirical,
not what people usually associate with Millers style of work.

Other comics he only wrote include Daredevil: The Man Without Fear,
Elektra Assassin: The Last Years, Frank Miller Robocop and All Star Batman and
Robin the Boy Wonder.

He also did solely the drawing for some comics. Notably he did the artwork in the 1982 release of Wolverine with writer Chris Claremont. Wolverine
was originally a part of X-Men. Miller worked on the first book where Wolverine
is solo. This mini series takes place in Japan. In it Wolverine is a failed samurai
and deals with his rivalry with Shingen.
Other comics he only drew include Daredevil, Marvel Two in One, Peter Parker
the Spectacular Spider Man, The Avengers, and Amazing Spiderman.

He contributed pages and did the covers for many comics. Some of his
page contributions include The Spirit, Superman, Star Wars, Heroes, Mad Magazine, Spawn, The American and Fantastic Four. He did the covers for comics:
Amazing Spiderman, The Avengers, Captain America, The Incredible Hulk,
Lone Wolf and Cub, GI Joe, Wonder Woman, X-Men and Star Trek. He worked on
a large range of comics, clearly revered for his signature style as an artist.
Design
language

Frank Miller is best identified for specific

trademarks through his artistic style and characters.

The major influences in his drawing and
writing include film noire, eastern art and storytelling and conservative politics.

Growing up Miller read a lot of thriller
novels and watched a lot of movies. His influence by film noire can be seen greatly in his
comics. The grim elements and focuses on light
and shadows are key to Millers style. This is seen
especially in Sin City, Batman and Daredevil.
Film noire also shows up in Millers version of
storytelling. He is influenced by noire writers
such as Mickey Spillane, Raymond Chandler
and Dashiell Hammett. His greatest film noire
influence is the work of Will Eisner.

Ayn Rands novel The Romantic Manifestoalso effects Miller. Many of the ideas in
Rands work are evident in Millers themes. He is
also known to be somewhat conservative politically, like Rand.

Goseki Kojima & Kazuo Koikes comic
The Lone Wolf and Cub also influence Millers
work. He uses a similar pacing in his storytelling. The eastern culture, including samurais and
ninjas show up in his work. His comic Ronin is
most similar to The Lone Wolf.
Film noire
ayn rand
the lone wolf
See how Franks Millers influences (Film Noire, The Lone Wolf and
Ayn Rand) affect his trademarks in characterisation and artisitic style.
characters
Artistic style
quotes
You cant have virtue without sin. What Im after is having my characters virtues defined by how
they operate in a very sinful environment. Thats how you test people
I realized that I was about to turn 30, and Batman was permanently 29. And I was going to be
damned if I was older than Batman
I like to draw hot chicks, fast cars, and cool guys in trench coats. So thats what I write about
[on Batman Begins (2005)] I totally thought they did a damned good job. It was the first Batman movie Ive genuinely liked. I sat there, I watched it, and I came out of there going, Well
done, man. Sure, they used my stuff - they used everybodys stuff, but they used my stuff a lot but they did it well, and thats all I care about. It was Batman. What I mean by that is, I thought
the character was true. You understand, when I work on a character, I have a very, very hard time
seeing anybody elses interpretation. I get very possessive. But when I went out to see this thing, I
said, This is a pretty cool Batman. I wasnt sitting there going, This is a merchandising tool. I felt
like it really had heart and substance, and Christian Bale with no doubt performed the best
Batman I have ever seen.
My work

To capture Frank Millers
design style, Ive decided to
draw ink drawing, making Lord
of the Ring characters much like
Millers characters in Sin City. I
focused on facial ticks, high contrast, use of negative space, black
and white. His style is somewhat
minimalistic getting its dramatic
effect from the strong contrast.
I tried to limit my use of greys
and use the shapes of shadows to
design my characters.
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Sin
city
Sin City, which began with the 1991
release Sin City: The Hard Goodbye
(Dark Horse Presents), showcases Millers distinctive style. He uses little color
and focuses on light and shadow in a
film noire style of story telling. Sin City
takes place in Basin City, a dark shadowy cesspool of crime and corruption.
In it protagonist, Marv seeks to avenge
the murder of Goldie, a prostitute who
represents kindness and humanity.
300

He is also well known for his comic 300
which was released in 1998. The story, created
as a double page spread, is a fictional version of
historical Greece. It features the Battle of Thermopylae in which King Leonidas and his army of
Spartans fight against the Persians. He did this in
a double page spread.
batman

One of Millers most prominent comics was his 1986
reinvention of Batman in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
The grim and gritty style is quite different than the previous
versions of Batman. In Millers version Batman becomes dark
and brooding. Bruce Wayne in the story is an aging recluse
living in a place where most heroes have gone. He goes
back into action to save Gotham once again.
daredevil

Frank Millers
1986 version of
Daredevil,
Daredevil: Born Again
is framed as a final
Daredevil story. He
works again with artist
David Mazzucchelli to
show how the
character rose from
the gutter and rises
from darkness.
elektra

Miller is quite known for his work on Daredevil. He began by working
on the artwork of the comic but eventually took over as both writer and artist.
In Daredevil he creates the iconic character Elektra. Daredevil goes through a
romance with Elektra. She is killed off in Daredevil but Miller later writes and
draws Elektra Lives Again where she comes back to life.
Ronin

Millers own creation,
Ronin (1983-84), shows his
clear influence by The Lone
Wolf & Cub. As his first major
work for DC, Ronin also had
his first collaboration with his
colorist and future wife, Lynn
Varley. The story takes place
in feudal Japan. Main character, Ronin kills himself and his
nemesis, the demonic Agat.
Born characters are reborn in
a dystopian 21st century New
York City.
characters

Throughout Frank Millers comics there are several themes and tendencies
involving his characters. The types of characters Miller uses in his stories all share
his trademark.

Many of his characters, heroes and villans have a physical or mental affliction. In Sin Citym Mho and Kevin are mute. Also some of his characters are blind
such as in Sin City, Marvs mom and Daredevil. Hartigan has heart problems, as
well as Bruce Wayne in the Dark Knight Returns.

His stories include characters who are killed, disfigured, mortally wounded
or even die. In his stories these characters are often rebuilt stronger and deadlier.
This shows up with characters RoboCop, Dwight, Batman and Elektra.

Millers heroes are extremely moral individuals surviving in a contrasting
cruel environment. Miller once said refering to Sin City. you cant have sin without
virtue.

He also uses the fedora hat often
Fedora hat
Physical/ mental problem (i.e. blindness)
wounded
Cruel environment
Become stronger once rebuilt
Artistic style

Frank Millers artistic style is very distinct. It focuses on shadows
and high contrast. It sometimes uses selective coloring like in 300 (he uses
basic color palettes) but also can be in black and white such as in Sin City.

He is known for his technique of facial ticks on his characters faces.
He also uses white lines to break up his backgrounds. He is very skilled at
using negative space.

His style is clearly influenced by the dramatic lighting of film noire.
One of his biggest artistic influences is Will Eisner.

Sin City is probably one of his most iconic works. It shows his distinctive style. One cannot read Sin City without realizing it is Millers work.

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