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Frank Miller is a renowned American writer and comic book artist, born on January 27, 1957. He is known for his unique narrative style and profound interpretations of superhero themes. His works include classics such as 'The Dark Knight Returns' and 'Batman: Arkham'.

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“Marv's a guy you've got to be careful around. He doesn't mean any harm, but he causes plenty.”

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Book:Sin City, Vol. 2: A Dame to Kill For

Source: Sin City, Vol. 2: A Dame to Kill For

“I grew up on the crime stuff. Spillane, Chandler, Jim Thompson, and noir movies like Fuller, Orson Welles, Fritz Lang. When I first showed up in New York to write comics back in the late 1970s, I came with a bunch of crime stories but everybody just wanted men in tights.”

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“I moved to New York and was told, "Go back home. We don't need you. Go pump gas. You're from Vermont. We've got no use for you. You're not drawing guys in tights." So, I learned how to draw guys in tights, and I put them in as many crime situations as I could.”

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“The comics I read as a kid were all about guys in tights. But here was a guy who wore a fedora. He fought crime like they did in Marvel and DC, but he did it in the real world. I had just turned 12 when I met the Spirit and it was a strange coincidence. At the same time I discovered girls I fell out of love with guys in tights.”

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“I thought Daredevil was kind of cool because he couldn't do anything. I mean, he's blind. It wasn't that he could fly. His major power was an impediment. So I was intrigued. When I took over he was kind of like Spider-Man-lite, but I was able to project a lot of my Catholic imagery onto it. And I'd always wanted to do a crime comic.”

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“We live in the shadow of crime with the unspoken understanding that we are victims.. of fear, of violence, of social impotence. A man has risen to show us that the power is, ans always has been, in our hands. We are under siege. He's showing us that we can resist.”

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“My feeling is that the hero has now been defined by phrases like the odious one that we were all raised with - crimes does not pay. Of course it pays, you schmuck. That's not why we don't do it. We don't do it because it is wrong.”

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Author:Frank Miller

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Born: January 27, 1957
Known for: Writer
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Sin City, Vol. 2: A Dame to Kill ForRelated source material

Sin City, Vol. 3: The Big Fat KillRelated source material

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