Book Log 2020 #14 SIN CITY HELL AND BACK by Frank Miller
14 - SIN CITY 7: HELL AND BACK by Frank Miller
Yeah, Miller’s a git who hasn’t written anything not offensive propaganda since about 2005, but this is from 1999, and from a charity shop anyway, so what the hell. Solid neo-noir in his stark and occasionally confusing but usually striking solid black and white art style.
The plot is pretty simple, with a guy who looks astonishingly like John Wick saving a girl from suicide and then finding himself framed by people/organ traffickers. Hilarity ensues, and really I’m not sure John Wick isn’t actually literally inspired by this one, even if he ends up being Solid Snake. I’m also not sure that one of the villains isn’t meant to be The Cheetah from Wonder Woman, especially since there’s one colour chapter filled with cameos as the main character has been drugged and hallucinates.
So, striking, a fast read despite the size of the trade paperback, not too demanding, would fit nicely in a movie in the franchise.
Yeah, Miller’s a git who hasn’t written anything not offensive propaganda since about 2005, but this is from 1999, and from a charity shop anyway, so what the hell. Solid neo-noir in his stark and occasionally confusing but usually striking solid black and white art style.
The plot is pretty simple, with a guy who looks astonishingly like John Wick saving a girl from suicide and then finding himself framed by people/organ traffickers. Hilarity ensues, and really I’m not sure John Wick isn’t actually literally inspired by this one, even if he ends up being Solid Snake. I’m also not sure that one of the villains isn’t meant to be The Cheetah from Wonder Woman, especially since there’s one colour chapter filled with cameos as the main character has been drugged and hallucinates.
So, striking, a fast read despite the size of the trade paperback, not too demanding, would fit nicely in a movie in the franchise.