FRANK MILLER - GRAPHIC NOVELIST AND NARRATIVE ARTIST

DWIGHT McCARTHY - FRANK MILLER'S SIN CITY

Frank Miller is best known for his grim film-noirish comic book stories using characters like Batman and Daredevil as well as original works like Sin City. For Sin City, Frank Miller's art technique is quite simple in terms of composition and for that reason is so striking. The simple black and white contrast clearly conveys the image and adds much drama and character to the image. The black and white create a main focus on emotion rather than realism. For instance, Frank Miller may exagerate physical characteristics of many of his characters, but that small element of pushing the qualities of the character over the edge highlight the feeling and the factor of realism is outweighed.