Frank Miller's Ronin (DC Black Label Edition)

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The artwork in the comic is done by Frank himself. I really love Frank's artwork and while I don't think that here it's at it's best, I think it's really great. Frank uses a LOT of cross-hatching and while in general, I don't always love it, I think that it works very well here and it makes things look very detailed. Also, the action is very well drawn (and written), which is great, because it makes it very enjoyable. Frank Miller does an amazing job with panel layouts in this comic and also, he does an even better job at "directing" everything within the panels. Frank's great "directing" abilities are really apparent here. Almost all of the panels look very cinematic in such a way that it makes me immediately think how the comic would look if I made it into a film. The coloring in this comic is done by Lynn Varley, who does a great job. Her coloring really elevates the artwork and it's beautiful in every single panel. Another great thing in this comic is the lettering. It's very good, because it really fits perfectly with the style of Frank Miller's artwork. Bernardin, Marc (May 26, 2010). "Where's my goddamn Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot movie?". io9 . Retrieved November 20, 2014. a b c Kit, Borys (April 28, 2022). "Frank Miller Launches Independent Publishing Company, New 'Sin City,' Ronin Comics in the Works (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Los Angeles, CA: MRC Media & Info& Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022 . Retrieved April 29, 2022.

His reenvisioning and reinvigoration of Bruce Wayne through a series of stories and books forever transformed the nature of the caped crusader from a costumed crimefighter into a creature who lurks in the dark, bringing dire justice to a city riven by insanity, crime and uncertainty. Manning, Matthew K. (2010). "1980s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, UK: Dorling Kindersley. p.219. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. It is arguably the best Batman story of all time. Written and drawn by Frank Miller by Frank Miller (with inspired inking by Klaus Janson and beautiful watercolors by Lynn Varley), Batman: The Dark Knight revolutionized the entire [archetype] of the super hero. Finally, that the entire Ronin fantasy turns on a plot hatched by a thinking computer built by people who do not fully understand their own technology speaks to a kind of not-so-benevolent hubris and reframes the architects of Aquarius less as the sort of idealists the complex’s name evokes and more as members of a pampered elite class unable to fully consider the implications of their actions. Inviting readers to wrestle with questions about the value of intention versus concrete outcome, Ronin plumbs the depths of some of the fundamental issues surrounding social and individual ethics, something that even a little reading reveals to be at the forefront of much of Miller’s work. Impact Daredevil: The Man Without Fear was a five issue miniseries published by Marvel Comics in 1993. In this story, Miller and artist John Romita Jr. told Daredevil's origins differently from in the previous comics, and they provided additional detail to his beginnings. [60] Miller also returned to superheroes by writing issue #11 of Todd McFarlane's Spawn, as well as the Spawn/Batman crossover for Image Comics. [61] turns the fantasy upside down by destroying the Agat robot and shaming the Ronin as a failure who needs a woman to fight his enemies for him.

RONIN: Book II

Thomas, Michael. "CBR News: Jim Shooter Interview: Part 1", Comic Book Resources (October 6, 2000). Miller was born in Olney, Maryland, on January 27, 1957, [4] [5] and raised in Montpelier, Vermont, [4] the fifth of seven children of a nurse mother and a carpenter/electrician father. [6] His family was Irish Catholic. [7] Career [ edit ] Bongco, Mila. Reading Comics: Language, Culture, and the Concept of the Superhero in Comic Books. New York: Garland, 2000. Cronin, Brian (November 24, 2015). "The Fascinating Behind-The-Scenes Story of Frank Miller's "Dark Knight" Saga". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved August 21, 2017.

How do you end something like that?! How?! How, how how?! So many things left unanswered! So many things left ambiguous to the point of frustration. It doesn't completely ruin things but it makes me feel like there should have been an epilogue at least. Miller made Batman the old man with the short temper and no patience for those who couldn't keep up with him. He was the solitary, bitter figure, alarmed at the way the world had changed so fast and without any way for him to make it slow down, much less come to a stop. Johnston, Rich (April 12, 2010). "Shakespearean Scholar (And Frank Miller's Girlfriend) Blasts KILL SHAKESPEARE". Bleeding Cool. This was absolutely fantastic, a mindbending, ecelectic mix of a Lone Wolf and Cub style Samurai epic, thrown in with a little bit of 2001: A Space Odyssey, with a pinch of demonic horror, just for good measure. All wrapped up in Frank Miller's first original outing, a story for which I find incredibly hard to believe I went this long without hearing any praise. McMillan, Graeme (July 11, 2015). "Comic-Con: Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Winners Announced". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 28, 2015.Miller used the first issue to catch readers up on the events of Ronin and introduce the basic premise of the follow-up. Now, the writer leans into the high stakes of the story and rolls out the red carpet for all the drama and action to unfold. This issue explores the relationship between bravery and fear. While Casey has faith in Billy's abilities, she is still his mother and worries about the boy's safety. She pushes Billy to unleash his full potential but fights against her natural maternal instincts to keep him away from danger.

Miller's feature film work includes writing the scripts for the 1990s science fiction films RoboCop 2 and RoboCop 3, sharing directing duties with Robert Rodriguez on Sin City and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, producing the film 300, and directing the big screen adaptation of The Spirit. Sin City earned a Palme d'Or nomination. Maslin, Janet (June 22, 1990). "Robocop 2 (1990) Review/Film; New Challenge and Enemy For a Cybernetic Organism". The New York Times . Retrieved November 25, 2011. Manning "2000s" in Dougall, p. 282: "Together with penciller Jim Lee, Miller delivered a series that took place in a reality that began with Miller and David Mazzucchelli's 'Batman: Year One'." After the End: New York is a wasteland. While businessmen from Japan are able to fly over, it's likely the rest of the world isn't better off. Mithra, Kuljit (1997). "Interview With Walt Simonson". ManWithoutFear.com. Archived from the original on March 21, 2013 . Retrieved March 17, 2013. The gist of it is that by the time Marvel was interested in having us work on the story, Frank was off doing Dark Knight and I was off doing X-Factor. So it never happened. Too bad—it was a cool story too.a b Flinn, Tom. "Writer's Spotlight: Frank Miller: Comics' Noir Auteur," ICv2: Guide to Graphic Novels #40 (Q1 2007). That other series could be another of FMP’s brand-new creations, Pandora, whose release date is still undetermined. Miller devised the idea for the science-fiction/fantasy hybrid. “Star Trek: Discovery” writers Anthony Maranville and Chris Silvestri will script that series, with Emma Kubert, daughter of comics superstar (and The Dark Knight III: The Master Race artist) Andy Kubert, being the latest member of her esteemed family to handle the artwork on a Frank Miller project. Mr. Taggart, the founder and owner of the Aquarius complex, is an idealist who hopes to save the world. He is killed and supplanted by Agat (actually Virgo’s robot), who then cultivates much more imperial costumes and attitudes and uses Aquarius technology to hunt the Ronin. Wheeler, Andrew (July 9, 2015). "Andy Kubert and Klaus Janson Join The Master Race (The Comic)". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on August 14, 2015.