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Summary: This time art isn't enough.
Review: Dwight, from A Dame to Kill For, returns and death follows. Along with psychotic episodes, visions of dinosaurs, and a number of other events that are too silly to mention. This time the Miller art can't compensate for the story. This one is purely style over substance.
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Summary: A Pedestrian Sin City Tale from Frank Miller
Review: Frank Miller has apparently discovered Quentin Tarantino. "The Big Fat Kill" echoes much of Tarantino's work in tone and gruesomeness, to its detriment. The story this time features the shaky truce between Old Town prostitutes and the Sin City police. When a cop is killed in Old Town, the protagonist takes great pains to cover up the death and protect the women from the repercussions. Mayhem ensues. When "Sin City" first appeared, it was a revelation. The use of negative space, the noir elements, the over-the-top scripting, all served to separate it from that which had come before. With "The Big Fat Kill", Miller's enthusiasm for the series seems to be on the wane. Essential for Sin City completists only.
Rating:
Summary: A Pedestrian Sin City Tale from Frank Miller
Review: Frank Miller has apparently discovered Quentin Tarantino. "The Big Fat Kill" echoes much of Tarantino's work in tone and gruesomeness, to its detriment. The story this time features the shaky truce between Old Town prostitutes and the Sin City police. When a cop is killed in Old Town, the protagonist takes great pains to cover up the death and protect the women from the repercussions. Mayhem ensues. When "Sin City" first appeared, it was a revelation. The use of negative space, the noir elements, the over-the-top scripting, all served to separate it from that which had come before. With "The Big Fat Kill", Miller's enthusiasm for the series seems to be on the wane. Essential for Sin City completists only.
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Summary: Big Fat Surprise
Review: Frank Miller is at it again. The man who made the public take comics seriously with "The Dark Knight Returns" is now at work with the Sin City series, making his name as the Quentin Tarantino of the comic book. His work sizzles like a hot California night and there are times when you can smell the gunpowder on his pages. For this particular entry, a nasty customer winds up starting more trouble in Sin City then he's prepared to handle. It's only after the poor lug gets what he has coming to him that the clean up begins, and Miller's protagonist, tough guy Dwight, has to help the girls protect the City they call their own. While not quite as stirring as the Batman or Daredevil works, this Sin City series is Miller to the max, and that makes it worth the read.
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Summary: Not That Great
Review: I give it 3 stars only because it was entertaining to some degree but I have to say I was pretty disappointed. I just finished reading "A Dame To Kill For" before reading this one and that book is far superior. The story here is weaker and a lot less beleivable and even the art seems rushed. There was something great about Miller's art in "A Dame To Kill For"- it was minimal, moody and atmospheric...but in this one it just looks overly crude and rushed.
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Summary: Better than these guys say
Review: I've never written one of these reviews before, but I had to put in my two cents and say that yeah, "Big Fat Kill" is kind of slim in terms of a plot, but it's slim like a sharp-ass ninja sword - it sticks right through ya. I can't look at a single page of this book without starting over and reading it all the way through (and there's something excellent about the fact that it takes maybe half-an-hour to do that). Don't let these chuckleheads fool you - this book has the simplicity and power of fairy tales, dirty jokes, and (gasp!) crime stories and comic books. It's a bracing reminder that not every graphic novel needs to be freakin' "Watchmen"!
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Summary: Better than these guys say
Review: I've never written one of these reviews before, but I had to put in my two cents and say that yeah, "Big Fat Kill" is kind of slim in terms of a plot, but it's slim like a sharp-ass ninja sword - it sticks right through ya. I can't look at a single page of this book without starting over and reading it all the way through (and there's something excellent about the fact that it takes maybe half-an-hour to do that). Don't let these chuckleheads fool you - this book has the simplicity and power of fairy tales, dirty jokes, and (gasp!) crime stories and comic books. It's a bracing reminder that not every graphic novel needs to be freakin' "Watchmen"!
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Summary: Excellent Story-telling
Review: Like I said in my Sin City review, if you're buying this book this late in the Sin City game, it's probably because you've been intrigued by the terrific trailer of the Robert Rodriguez directed film. Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller have made what appears to be the most successfully adapted comic book movie of all time. If you buy this book, you will see DOZENS of scenes from the preview within the pages of "The Big Fat Kill" because Rodriguez and Miller stayed 100% true to the comic story. So with that said,congratulations! You've just stumbled across one of the best comic stories ever told.
Frank Miller tells a story unlike any other comic artist in the history of comics. The Big Fat Kill takes the story of Basin (Sin) City's prostitues and their power they have over Sin City's "old town" to a whole new level. Miller and the girls of his story make the reader care about filthy immoral prostitutes, murderers, mobsters, and dishonest police officers to a degree that they dnever thought possible. Miller's drawings, while vague, match the storytelling to a degree that is all too rare in comics today.
THe Big Fat Kill is a very well told story that is well worth the read to Sin CIty fans both new and old.
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Summary: Grim and exciting
Review: Return with Frank Miller once again to Sin City, the raunchiest town in comic book history. And while you're there, visit Old Town, where the girl of your dreams becomes reality, for a price. Dwight McCarthy is back, still getting used to his new face, still paying off his debt to the girls of Old Town who saved his life, and still keeping a low profile in order to avoid any implications in the mysterious murders of entrepeneur Damien Lord and his wife, Ava. But Old Town's got problems tonight. A cop has just been killed, and somebody has to pay. The Big Fat Kill all takes place over the course of a single night, chronicling Dwight's desperate efforts to keep his friends in Old Town out of serious trouble for the murder of a hero policeman. Frank Miller keeps the pace brisk and the dialogue snappy. Dwight is still charismatic, his pals Gail and Miho are still exotic, and Sin City is still the last place on Earth you will ever want to be if you find yourself out of luck. The Big Fat Kill, though exciting, still fails to exceed the original Sin City story, but remains a good read and a necessity for the fans.
Rating:
Summary: Grim and exciting
Review: Return with Frank Miller once again to Sin City, the raunchiest town in comic book history. And while you're there, visit Old Town, where the girl of your dreams becomes reality, for a price. Dwight McCarthy is back, still getting used to his new face, still paying off his debt to the girls of Old Town who saved his life, and still keeping a low profile in order to avoid any implications in the mysterious murders of entrepeneur Damien Lord and his wife, Ava. But Old Town's got problems tonight. A cop has just been killed, and somebody has to pay. The Big Fat Kill all takes place over the course of a single night, chronicling Dwight's desperate efforts to keep his friends in Old Town out of serious trouble for the murder of a hero policeman. Frank Miller keeps the pace brisk and the dialogue snappy. Dwight is still charismatic, his pals Gail and Miho are still exotic, and Sin City is still the last place on Earth you will ever want to be if you find yourself out of luck. The Big Fat Kill, though exciting, still fails to exceed the original Sin City story, but remains a good read and a necessity for the fans.
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