Frank Miller

Frank Miller (born 27 January 1957) comic book writer and artist.

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• "American comics are so constipated."
• "My SIN CITY heroes are knights in dirty, blood-caked armor. They bring justice to a world that gives them no medals, no praise, no reward. That world, that CITY, often kills them for their brave service."
• "Let's finally talk about the enemy. Somebody--for some reason, nobody seems to be talking about who we're up against, uh, and the sixth-century barbarism they actually represent. These people saw peoples' heads off. They enslave women, they genetically mutilate their daughters. Um, they, they, they do not behave by any cultural norms that are sensible to us. Um, I'm speaking into a microphone that never could've been a product of their culture. And I'm living in a city where 3,000 of my neighbors were killed by, uh, thieves of airplanes they never could've built."
• "I think it's quite enough to simply be sarcastic about something. I like to do that quite a lot, and it's one of my favorite things to look at. That's why I think there's a thin line between melodrama and satire, and I like to dance across that line sometimes. I like the story to take a very funny turn or have a character who is much more of a cartoon." (95)
• "If ever there was a theme song for the business end of the [comics] industry, it's: "We can't do that; we didn't do that yesterday.'" (111)
• "In the world of comic books, 'troublemaker' means someone who has some sense of dignity." (198)
• On the virtues of the comics medium: "...it's not movies and it's not 'fine art.' The beauty of a comic is that it's clear, direct communication. My work is getting simpler and more cartoony because I'm much more interested in communication now than in any illustrative value." (276)

-- Charles Brownstein et al. Eisner/Miller, Dark Horse Books, 2005 (ISBN 1569717559).

• On whether he believes in God: "No. Well, let's put it this way. This month [not long after Sept. 11, 2001], I don't think so. It's been a long couple of months." -- [1]

• "He's a dick!" -- referring to Batman's character in Dark Knight Strikes Again, Wondercon San Francisco, Feb 12, 2006.

• "It is, not to put too fine a point on it, a piece of propaganda... Superman punched out Hitler. So did Captain America. That's one of the things they're there for." -- midway through the writing of Holy Terror, which sees Batman defending Gotham City from terrorist attack, BBC News, Feb 15, 2006. [2]

Attributed

• I figured Daredevil must be Catholic because only a Catholic could be both an attorney and a vigilante.