Additionally, some plotlines overlap or weave together in subtle ways ( The Hard Goodbye and A Dame to Kill For are both mostly set on the same night, with the protagonists driving past one another in a single scene in both comics). Miller plays heavily with silhouettes, high-contrast images and negative space to create a series of visually striking images that look like no other comic on the market.īecause it is almost exclusively set in and around Basin City's criminal underworld, Sin City has a number of recurring characters, although the protagonists vary from story to story. The series' other defining attribute is its artwork, which is largely black and white, with occasional spot colouring for certain important characters. Infamous for its absurdly macho writing, Sin City reads like an Affectionate Parody of Film Noir turned up a notch: every hero is a mentally and/or physically scarred bruiser and every woman is a beautiful dame with a heaving bosom. It is probably writer/artist Frank Miller's best known work (other than Batman: The Dark Knight Returns). Sin City is an irregular comic book series about the venal Basin City (known as "Sin City" to the people who live there) and the seedy inhabitants who lurk in its alleys and doorways.
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