No More Frank Miller?
Monday September 22, 2008
Saw this link posted by Comic Mix and thought I'd share it with you as well. We all know that Frank Miller got the movie bug when he co-directed Sin City with Robert Rodriguez, but got it so bad as to quit making comics? It would seem so. Frank Miller's latest project, The Spirit, based on the classic comic character by Will Eisner, comes out this Christmas. His next slated project seems to be Sin City 2, again with Rodriguez. This Italian interview from Bad Taste with Miller has him saying, "I'm not planning to make new comics, because I'm too much in love with making movies." Although he hasn't done a lot with comics lately it would be sad to see him quit comics completely. His latest endeavor, All Star Batman and Robin The Boy Wonder been taken to task for its completely over the top storyline and re-imaging of classic characters, but has sold huge amounts. There is still a market for Miller's work, it just seems we will have to receive it in the occasional comic and comic based movie for now.Related Material:
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Has “All-Star Batman” been selling because of Miller or despite Miller. Personally, I’ve been looking forward more to Jim Lee’s art. The story is a bit all over the place and hard to follow. Some of this could be related to the delays and the amount of time between reading each book.
Very good point Ben. I do enjoy seeing Jim Lee’s art as well and would agree about Miller’s storylines. I wonder how it would do without either Lee or Miller. I don’t know that it would be doing as well without both on board.