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Nothing scares Neil Gaiman, except renown
Original at Toronto Star
• Fri, Jun 5
I got to be big in comics, but I never got to be Frank Miller big, but I got to be Neil Gaiman big." The Graveyard Book, the work he'll share with fans at ... and more »
Chris Claremont: The real genius behind 'X-Men' and 'Wolverine'
Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com
• Fri, May 1
• 5 related articles
By 1982, Wolverine had his own miniseries, drawn by "Sin City's" Frank Miller. But the real driving force behind the continuing success of X-Men, Hendrix explains, was Chris Claremont, who authored X-Men for 16 years, from the mid-1970s to 1991. ...
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9 Wolverine Books You Must Read Before The Movie
Original at io9
• Sun, Apr 26
USA Today CA Just reissued in time for the movie, Wolvie's first solo series brought X-Men writer Chris Claremont together with soon-to-be superstar Frank Miller in a story that played to Miller's interests, and forever changed the character. ...
9 Wolverine Books You Must Read Before The Movie
Original at io9
• Sun, Apr 26
By Graeme McMillan Just reissued in time for the movie, Wolvie's first solo series brought X-Men writer Chris Claremont together with soon-to-be superstar Frank Miller in a story that played to Miller's interests, and forever changed the character. By building on Wolverine's already-established myst...
MadWorld Is Black and White and Awesome All Over
Original at Wired News
• Sun, Apr 5
Edge A Frank Miller comic book, to be precise: The designers have talked about Miller's influence on their game, which is obvious from the moment you meet the gruff, chain-smoking and chainsaw-wielding killer, who embodies a lot of Marv from Sin City . ...
The right back alley (best of film nudity)
Original at Examiner.com
• Sun, Mar 22
It’s Sin City, after all. Frank Miller’s graphic novel turned film (courtesy of Robert Rodriguez) takes the concept of noir and makes it even grittier. In everyday noir we expect hard hitting, fast talking, above-the-law vigilantes and detectives to be ...
I understand that Watchmen is a film that wants to beat you up and rape you. So go see it...twice.
Original at Every Day Is Like Wednesday
• Fri, Mar 13
By Caleb(noreply@blogger.com) Never another Zack Snyder movie, meaning someone else will have to remake old zombie movies, adapt Frank Miller graphic novels in the style of other directors’ Frank Miller graphic novel adaptations, and use graphic novels as storyboards?
X-Men Animated Series Explodes to DVD April 28,2009
Original at Comicnewsinfo (Feedburner)
• Tue, Mar 10
By Press Release Experience the classic Marvel® legacy as the X-Men animated series finally explodes onto DVD for the first time. Featuring stories adapted directly from the original comic books, this collection is a piece of Marvel history and a must-have for every X-Men fan.
WATCHMEN : It’sa different world out there, somewhat…
Original at Manila Standard Today
• Mon, Mar 9
Philippines One title, Maus, by Art Spigelman even won a Pulitzer Prize and later in the year, The Dark Knight—a very dark re-fashioning of the Batman mythos, by Frank Miller, was published. And then a year later came Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark The ...
Ho Che Anderson: I never actually said 'hey mom, this is my sex book'
Original at cafebabel.com
• Wed, Feb 4
France His favourite comics included American Flagg! by Howard Chaykin and Love & Rockets by the Hernandez brothers. But he cites Ronin by Frank Miller, creator of the original comics now known as successful Hollywood films Sin City and 300 as one of the ...
Comics' Own Groundhog Day: Things We See Over and Over
Original at Newsarama
• Mon, Feb 2
NJ Going back to Batman, Frank Miller went to this well in The Dark Knight Strikes Again by revealing that the big antagonist was a crazy Dick Grayson. That’s part of another pair of trope subcategories, “Fan Outrage” and “What the Hell Is Frank Miller ...
'The Shadow' Might Not Go Solo
Original at Cinematical
• Fri, Jan 23
CA - The first Batman film took me 10 years to get made." * And is it just me -- or does that illustration of the Shadow look like every photo of Frank Miller ...
Photo Flash: New Promo Pic Released for WOLVERINE Starring Hugh ...
Original at Broadway World
• Sun, Jan 18
NY - With a screenplay by David Benioff, Wolverine will be based on the Marvel comics as well as more recent work by Frank Miller and Barry Windsor-Smith, ...
A Look Back At….Arkham Asylum
Original at Comicnewsinfo (Feedburner)
• Thu, Jan 1
By Steven Surman “Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth” hit the shelves in 1989, written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Dave McKean. Not since Frank Miller’s “The Dark Knight Returns” (which appeared in four issues during 1986) has a creative force been so willing and so successful in the...
Miller wants to Directs his "Hard Boiled" Series.
Original at Comic Book Movie
• Wed, Dec 24
UT - And they're all the same psychotic entity" -mycomicshop.com The Hard Boiled series was written by Frank Miller with art by Geof Darrow. ...
Snow and Sexy Starlets: Hollywood Perfection at "The Spirit" Premiere
Original at news.yahoo.com
• Thu, Dec 18
A bevy of beautiful leading ladies didn't seem to mind the inclement weather that fell on the red carpet of "The Spirit" premiere on Wednesday night in Hollywood. It was actually cold and raining outside as director Frank Miller flaunted his gorgeous gals inside a plastic tent in front of G...
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Trailer
Original at Movie Trailer Talk
• Mon, Dec 15
By DangeloGreen Using several resources that include the Marvel Comics lore, along with the more recent Weapon X graphic novels by Frank Miller, “Wolverine” mixes action with an origin story about how Logan emerged from a barbaric experiment as an indestructible mutant with retractable razor-sharp...
Top Five: All Time Favorite Comics
Original at Newsarama
• Sat, Dec 13
By Michael C. Lorah Picking five was hard. Damn hard. From Hell. Bone. Maus. Lee and Ditko’s Amazing Spider-Man. Robinson’s Starman. JLI. Bryan Talbot’s astonishing Alice in Sunderland. The Spirit. Even Watchmen. Great comics, perhaps better on some levels than my choices and certainly more “important” than one or...
Retro Thursday: 2002’s hot comics
Original at NewsOK.com
• Thu, Dec 11
OK - Dec 11, 2008 The return of Frank Miller (”Sin City”) to Batman in “The Dark Knight Strikes Again” also was a hot title in early 2002. The motion picture “Spider-Man” ...
So Just How Bad Is “The Spirit”?
Original at Paste Magazine
• Thu, Dec 11
GA - Dec 11, 2008 I’ve been saying for quite a while that I think the new Frank Miller film “The Spirit” looks just ass awful. Well… in the last two days I’ve had a chance to ...
Punisher War Journal (why did you not see it)
Original at Seattle Post Intelligencer
• Mon, Dec 8
By Peter Whitney Punisher War Journal opened this past weekend... Making 4 million dollars. Yes, 4 mil opening weekend. It kind of scares me to think of what will happen with The Spirit. A comic movie based on a character not known out of the comic community and even in the community... I'd say half the comic readers do...
Weekly Haul: December 4th (Now featuring 100% more Secret Invasion spoilers)
Original at Every Day Is Like Wednesday
• Thu, Dec 4
By noreply@blogger.com (Caleb) Batman #682 (DC Comics) I’m beginning to think that maybe Grant Morrison really believes the world is going to end in 2012, as he seems to have kinda just quit giving a fuck about the comics he makes. Secret Invasion #8 (Marvel Comics) God, where do I even start?
What's Next For Wolverine?
Original at Cinematical
• Tue, Nov 25
By Elisabeth Rappe To me and [Hugh] Jackman, our mantra for Wolverine has really been one term: 'bad-ass.' As long as Wolverine is consistently bad-ass, people are generally going to go with you. That's what they want from that character. Iron Man comes out and it does a tremendous business, Batman comes out an...
Celebrate the Holidays with 'The Spirit' - Get The Big Picture -
Original at Get The Big Picture
• Tue, Nov 25
Granted, it helps that there's a lot less dialogue here than in the trailers (and I'm convinced that if the movie's bad, it will be that, not the look of it, that will trip up director Frank Miller). The quick editing, a requirement ...
Top 100 Crime Movies of All Time | Masters in Criminal Justice
Original at Masters in Criminal Justice
• Mon, Nov 24
Sin City: Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez’s dark look at the decaying lives of the residents of Basin City is based on a graphic novel and stars big name actors like Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Elijah Wood, Rosario Dawson, ...
Photos show the people behind the cartoons
Original at Las Vegas Sun
• Fri, Nov 21
NV - Nov 21, 2008 Preston's portrait of "Sin City" creator Frank Miller has a touch of the noir. A soft light filters in through a milk-glass window, which illuminates ...
Topless Robot - Mr. Spirit, Male Prostitute
Original at Topless Robot
• Thu, Nov 20
For instance, director Frank Miller didn't change the ending to Will Eisner's The Spirit, so much as he changed the outfit, look, style and personality of the main characters, and then surrounded him with Hollywood's top-heaviest ...
Great Caesar's Post!: The Pull List (11-19-08): Eisner's Spirit ...
Original at Great Caesar's Post!
• Tue, Nov 18
By Maxo A happy surprise is The Spirit Special #1. This is supposed to be DC's way of whipping up interest in the Frank Miller-directed movie, but it seems like a dicey gamble to me. The special is a reprint of four Will Eisner stories — "Sign ...
Find Out All About the Women of The Spirit!
Original at MovieWeb
• Mon, Nov 17
- Nov 17, 2008 Hosted by Frank Miller, comic book icon and director of the film, the featurette focuses on the women who make The Spirit's life so very interesting, ...
Scarlett Johansson's sexy new role
Original at Metro Cafe
• Fri, Nov 14
UK - Nov 14, 2008 sidekick Silken Floss in the film adaptation of comic book The Spirit - a role which director Frank Miller included in the film just for Scarlett. ...
Books I’ve read, week forty-four
Original at blog.hemisphire.com
• Thu, Nov 6
By hemisphire 68. The Life and Times of Martha Washington in the Twenty-First Century Writer: Frank Miller Artist: Dave Gibbons The writer of 300 and The Dark Knight Returns and the artist of Watchmen combine to bring to life the story of a female ...
New Batch of Photos from Frank Miller's The Spirit
Original at First Showing
• Wed, Nov 5
New Batch of Photos from Frank Miller's The Spirit CO - Nov 5, 2008 The Spirit is both written and directed by legendary comic book author Frank Miller, who previously worked with Robert Rodriguez to direct segments of Sin ...
A Slew of Fresh Photos From 'The Spirit' Unraveled
Original at Celebrifi.com
• Tue, Nov 4
While Frank Miller opens up about his latest work in recent interview, 'The Spirit', twenty brand new stills from the adaptat...
A Slew of Fresh Photos From 'The Spirit' Unraveled
Original at Aceshowbiz.com
• Tue, Nov 4
By AceShowbiz.com While Frank Miller opens up about his latest work in recent interview, 'The Spirit', twenty brand new stills from the adaptation movie have been making its way for the fans' enjoyment.
Grant Morrison explains his Man of Steel
Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com
• Sat, Nov 1
By Geoff Boucher I didn’t collect Superman comics until the ‘70s and I’m not interested enough in pastiche or nostalgia to spend 6 years of my life playing post-modern games with Superman. 'All Star' isn’t written, drawn or colored to look or read like a Silver Age comic book. 'All Star Superman' is not inte...
Ten comics to read in your lifetime
Original at Livemint
• Fri, Oct 31
India - Sin City (Frank Miller), because noir never goes out of fashion. 6.The Druuna books (Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri) because sex never goes out of fashion. 7. ...
Ten comics to read in your lifetime - Books - livemint.com
Original at Livemint
• Thu, Oct 30
Sin City (Frank Miller), because noir never goes out of fashion. 6.The Druuna books (Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri) because sex never goes out of fashion. 7. The Lost Girls (Alan Moore) because of the reason given above and because people ...
Eva Mendes hangs upside down to keep her looking sexy
Original at Daily Telegraph
• Thu, Oct 30
Australia - Oct 30, 2008 The 34-year-old, who will next be on our screens in the Frank Miller-directed film The Spirit due for release in December, is proud of her sexy body and ...
Frank Miller Going to Space with Buck Rogers - Get The Big Picture -
Original at Get The Big Picture
• Sat, Oct 25
By Colin Boyd A while back, it looked like comic book guru turned movie director Frank Miller had his eye on Buck Rogers, and then there was a lot of silence on the line. Miller has been working on The Spirit, and there's constant talk of Sin City ...
COMING WEDNESDAY - JUST THE PICTURES
Original at ANIMATION ROAD SHOW
• Fri, Oct 17
By The Labyrinth Frank Miller Elektra Omnibus. If you already have the Daredevil omnibus, or even if you don't - Elektra is one of Miller's coolest creations and now she comes in a deluxe omnibus of her own. Y the last Man Deluxe Hardcover volume 1. ...
Opening This Weekend: Max Payne, Sex Drive, Bees, and Some Movie About the Prez
Original at New York Observer
• Fri, Oct 17
By Christopher Rosen What's the story: Mark Wahlberg (and his dickhead attitude) stars as the titular cop who tries to avenge the death of his family by killing a bunch of people in slow motion. The beautiful Mila Kunis co-stars in a film that looks like a combination of The Matrix sequels, Constantine and a Fran...
I’m Going to Kill You All Kinds of Dead
Original at This Blog Is Not Yet Rated
• Fri, Sep 26
By Trevor Pics: Frank Miller’s The Spirit; New Pics: Behind the Scenes with Frank Miller’s The Spirit; The Spirit: Teaser Premiere! Rumor: Jason Statham to Star in Frank Miller Daredevil Reboot; Leaked Wolverine Footage from Comic-Con 2008.
Frank Miller’s The Spirit photos
Original at New Film Dimension
• Fri, Sep 19
By Phil Chief Editor The Spirit coming from Frank Miller doesn’t look that good at all, to put it simply. If you haven’t seen the trailer yet, you can take a look at it HERE! The film itself might not look at that impressive or good but looking at photos is ...
More Photos from Frank Miller's The Spirit - Still Excited ...
Original at First Showing
• Wed, Sep 17
By Alex Billington The Spirit is both written and directed by legendary comic book author Frank Miller, who only previously worked with Robert Rodriguez to direct segments of Sin City. The film is based Will Eisner's newspaper comic strip of the same name ...
New Photos: <b>Frank Miller</b>’s <b>The Spirit</b> | /Film
Original at /FILM
• Wed, Sep 17
By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) Haha! You know, at my artschool we make better pictures than that and we only have training for photography for like 6 months. Embarrassing. Nothing works in these pictures. All i can think of is Batman Forever. Frank Miller please stop ...
The Spirit's Sexy Femme Fatales Finally Speak!
Original at First Showing
• Sat, Jun 21
• 6 related articles
By Alex Billington The Spirit is both written and directed by legendary comic book author Frank Miller, who previously worked with Robert Rodriguez to direct segments of Sin City. The film is based Will Eisner's newspaper comic strip of the same name that originally debuted in 1940. The Spirit will hit theat...
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Marc Bernardin: My Three Best Celebrity Encounters
Original at Newsarama
• Tue, Jun 10
By JK Parkin Editor’s note: Our buddy, comics writer and Entertainment Weekly editor Marc Bernardin joins us today to kick off a week of guest blogging. If you aren’t familiar with his work, read on … by Marc Bernardin Buenos dias, everyone. In case the name Marc Bernardin doesn’t ring a bell, here’s wha...
Kim Morgan: I Heart 300
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Mar 26
By Kim Morgan The negative reviews regarding 300's bloody pro battle ethos have more to do with the director Zach Snyder and graphic novelist Frank Miller than my apparent lizard brain ingesting all of this mayhem and so called Fascist propaganda. According to some of these writers, I'm probably not r...
Fact or Fiction? 300 Gets the Big Ideas Right.
Original at Say Anything
• Thu, Mar 22
Crowds are flocking to see the film 300 about the ancient Spartans’ last stand at the pass at Thermopylae against an invading Persian army. Yet many critics, in panning 300, have alleged that the film is essentially historically inaccurate. Are they right?
Frank Miller's Change of Heart
Original at The Ledger
• Fri, Mar 16
Frank Miller swore off Hollywood. Now, because of the movies, he's known outside the circle of comics readers who have followed his work for three decades.