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  • Frank Miller’s Sin City Graphic Novels Part -VII, Concluded

    Frank Miller’s Sin City Graphic Novels Part -VII, Concluded

    It is time to bring the curtains down on the Sin City Graphic novel series. In this post, we will look at the last volume of the series, Hell an Back. It is also the largest volume in the series and features only one yarn . The plot of this yarn, is a romantic, violent… Read more

  • Frank Miller’s Sin City Graphic Novels Part -VI

    Frank Miller’s Sin City Graphic Novels Part -VI

    It is time to take a look at the penultimate volume of Frank Miller’s Neo-Noir graphic novel series. Set in a brutal universe, in the lawless, fictitious Basin City (Sin City for short), it is a place that few would want to even step into. However, there are fans like yours truly who cannot get… Read more

  • Frank Miller’s Sin City Graphic Novels Part -III

    Frank Miller’s Sin City Graphic Novels Part -III

    It is time to look at the third installment from the Sin City Graphic series. Dwight McCarthy, Basin City’s most popular ladies’ man and ‘patsy,’ returns in this yarn, and through a series of missteps, will trigger a Sin City-style turf war between two of its most dangerous factions. The Big Fat Kill Many familiar… Read more

  • Frank Miller’s Sin City Graphic Novels – Part II

    Frank Miller’s Sin City Graphic Novels – Part II

    Continuing our discussion of Sin City Graphic Novels, let’s delve into the second book in the series, ‘A Dame to Kill For’. A Dame to Kill For Similar to ‘The Hard Goodbye’, which we discussed earlier, this graphic novel, ‘A Dame to Kill For’, revolves around a single story. It’s a classic film noir tale… Read more

  • Frank Miller’s Sin City Graphic Novels – Part I

    Frank Miller’s Sin City Graphic Novels – Part I

    Having delved deeply into several aspects of Film Noir, I feel I am in a much better place to review Frank Miller’s graphic novels. The obvious question here is: What do a set of comic books have to do with Film Noir? Frank Miller, along with Alan Moore and a handful of other authors, has… Read more

  • Graphic Novel Review: Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes

    Graphic Novel Review: Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes

    Many of us turn to comics or Graphic novels as they are now called, as a form of stress relief and to escape into some ‘light reading’. Though I hate admitting it, reading a graphic novel can be intense and harder than just settling down with a paperback. With novels, our eyes move linearly, through… Read more