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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN num: 9781593072940
ISBN number: 1593072945
Label: Dark Horse
Manufacturer: Dark Horse
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 208
Printing Date: March 16, 2005
Publishing house: Dark Horse
Sale Popularity Level: 40451
Studio: Dark Horse
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It's one of those hot nights, dry and windless. The kind that makes people do sweaty, secret things. Dwight's thinking of all the ways he's screwed up and what he'd give for one clear chance to wipe the slate clean, to dig his way out of the numb gray hell that is his life. And he'd give anything. Just to cut loose. Just to feel the fire. One more time. And then Ava calls.
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Because of a shocking ending to the very first Sin City book, many people wondered how successful Frank Miller could be with future tales of his no-holds-barred city noir. Enter Dwight McCarthy, a clean-living photographer who tries to avoid trouble because he knows what he's capable of. His tactics don't do him much good when a girl from his past (who he can't say no to) shows up and professes her love for him. When he finds out she's in way over her head, it looks as though trouble has found him. What's going to happen? You guessed it: people get hurt.
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I didn't have high hopes as the start of the story was not as "hard-boiled" as expected. In classic Miller style, the sinister plot twists just engaged the reader.
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If you don't like noir genre, you shouldn't even be bothering yourself with this thing. To answer what exactly makes noir genre so compelling, would take, and don't be mistaken, it took, many written pages. But very few of them would make you change your mind about this genre. It is the kind of writing what was written from fans to fans. No foreigners allowed.
And where will one start if he doesn't know anything about noir but still, somehow wants to read and see and learn? Naturally, answer would be wikipeda or some kind of compendium like "The rough guide to noir". Eventually, if interest develops itself to love, one will search for more.
In this period of time, we stumble upon Sin City. Sin City is not about vengeance, it's not about crime and senseless shooting, Sin City is hommage for every grey and white gangster movie you ever watched, Sin City is direct slap in the face to all colourfull silver-age superheroes, Sin City is beat poetry, adrenaline packed song of Tom Waits, and "Dame to kill for" is marvelous example of what Sin City can be.
It is pointless to talk about plot here, or Millers technique in drawing or story-telling. You should be warned, if this is your very first trip to Sin City (and I don't see any reason why would you start with issue no. 2 in the series) that Miller's art is something you should grow accustomed to, but somehow it is the exact kind of art that noir story needs.
Those of you who already read very first Sin City story should know that, "Dame to kill for" beautifully puts itself in the created world. It feels like a piece of giant jigsaw puzzle that slid perfectly into its place.
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For a recommended author, this story reads poorly and has little merit beyond the "forme noire," that it illustrates. Miller's Batman is clearly better, although it also misses any amusement to life. I don't know who gets in the mood for these types of graphic novels but I emphasize that it makes me feel sorry for its creator. It seems as if Miller got stuck in a development stage more closely associated with demented teenagers that still needs to evolve to a productive life. It seems like a waste of talent that certainly exists behind the selected illustrations. It puts a new negative twist to an otherwise fine film, 300, that he also helped create.
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This is a great comic book. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys great artistic talent and a great storyline. :)
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Dodgy, deadly dames and manly male meatheads. Well, Dwight is not as dumb as all that, but he pretty much falls hook, line and sinker for the old slinking femme fatale routine. Those damned pheromones and all.
All is not as it seems, except for the hulking psycho bodyguard type. He is exactly what he seems.
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