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Frank Miller’s Sin City series is one of the most recognizable comic book series of all time. It not only inspired other crime fiction but its imagery is instantly memorable and indelible. It’s a classic series and this first graphic novel is one of its most popular installments. The story is of a brute named Marv who has one lovely night with a prostitute named Goldie ( “She smells like angels ought to smell…�� ) and, after waking up next to her dead, murdered body, sets out to avenge her when no one else will.



It’s a mean, sad piece of noir that feels like it would have been created by David Goodis if he knew how to draw. And then there’s the art. What can I say that hasn’t been said already? It puts the “hard�� in hard-boiled and looks like it was drawn on chipped steel instead of paper.

"And when his eyes go dead, the hell I send him to will seem like Heaven after what I’ve done to him.��