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March 18th, 2009
08:38 am - FRANK MILLER
As you may know, Frank Miller's "The Spirit" movie debuted and crash landed to the glee of most comic book pundits. In celebration of Miller's longtime flirtation with Hollywood, though, I have put this post together consisting of a few of his odds and ends that have nothing to do with Hollywood. They're essentially bits and pieces that I've always liked.
The Dark Knight Returns was my first Miller experience and is arguably his crowning achievement. I regard it so highly that I'll keep this short: A Comics Interview cover, a preliminary sketch of the dynamic duo, and one of the best Comics Journal covers ever.
Although this particular scan is from the Batman Gallery pin-up book (1992), the image originally appeared as the cover for World's Finest #284, Nov. 1982, which was Miller's first cover art for a DC comic.
In March 1984, the New Adventures of Superboy #51 sported a Miller cover, again in his "Ronin" style, which at this point he was halfway through that series.
About a year later, he drew all four covers for Superman: the Secret Years. What's weird about these covers is not only the fact that they were pin-up type of iconic covers (very unusual back then when covers usually showed plot points or dramatic story scenes), but that they are all drawn in different style... even colored differently. I'm not sure if this was a conscious decision on Miller's part or if it was just a batch of inventory art, but it's rare enough to see a Miller Superman.
One of my favorites, this pin up was in the back of Superman Special #1, 1992 (by Walt Simonson).
Below is the back cover of Superman #400, October 1984. In that same issue, Miller drew a 4 page story (again in his "Ronin" style) written by Elliot S. Maggin!, colored by Lynn Varley.
Above, two Daredevil images from both sides of the Miller spectrum. The first is the back cover of marvel Fanfare #1, 1982. The other, a Marvel Age cover in August 1993 the era when Miller rarely did any work for the Big Two... except for She Hulk #50, April 1993, where Miller spoofed his Sin City work (below), further proving that he actually has a sense of humor despite what his detractors may have thought.
Marvel Comics used to publish many black and white magazines back in the 70s and 80s. Bizarre Adventures was one of them and it was probably the best one in terms of diversity and top name talents. For their 31st issue, April 1982, Denny O'Neil and Frank Miller collaborated on "The Philistine:, an 8 page story on violence, which was the theme for the entire issue. Rarely seen or talked about, here is "The Philistine".
xoxo Michel Fiffe
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Thank you. I'm a big Miller fan I really enjoyed that and hadn't seen some of this before, such as the She-Hulk piece. by the way, I love THE SPIRIT movie.
Amazing post. I was thinking about the Philistine the other day. And here it is, thank you. Now if you would post that Electra story that he did that would make my week.
Edited at 2009-11-04 05:34 am (UTC)
Yeah, I had discovered that story only a couple of years ago. That b&w Elektra story is pretty neat, as well. May post it..
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tormentedartist led me here. thanks, TA...
this is a great miller collection.
glad ta meetcha.
Thanks for stopping by! I'm sort of amassing a new Miller post slowly. Glad you like 'em! |
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