Happy Birthday, Frank Miller: The Man Who Revolutionized Batman

Friday, 27th January 2012
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Tags: batman, Batman: Year One, comic, Dark Knight Returns, Frank Miller, happy Birthday, January 27, Nolan

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There are times when even one of the greatest and most influential artists in a particular medium can say stupid sh*t — and Frank Miller has arguably been no exception. Yet it’s worth noting that Frank Miller is arguably the biggest force outside Alan Moore to revolutionize Batman, particularly since Christopher Nolan’s soon-to-be-completed/and much lauded Dark Knight Trilogy wouldn’t even exist without them.

‘Twas only yesterday that Christian Bale himself came out and admitted that it was Miller’s Year One that inspired his performance in The Dark Knight Rises, and was also the only comic book he pretty much ever gave a damn about: Continue reading “Happy Birthday, Frank Miller: The Man Who Revolutionized Batman” »

Actors Make The Anime: “Batman: Year One” and “The X-Men”

Thursday, 13th October 2011
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Tags: Anime, Batman: Year One, Breaking bad, Bryan Cranston, Scott Porter, X-Men, X-Men anime

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It’s now pretty standard for even A-List actors to lend their voices in the off-season to animated films, kind of the way they did in the 1990s for bad CD-ROM games. Fresh off his fourth season as Walter White, the meth-dealing/chemistry teacher of

Breaking Bad (as well as a terrific character part in Nicolas-Winding Refn’s Drive) Bryan Cranston is earning a great deal of praise for his speaking role as Detective James Gordon in the animated adaptation of Frank Miller’s Batman: Year One. In a recent interview with MTV, Cranston admits to initially turning down Continue reading “Actors Make The Anime: “Batman: Year One” and “The X-Men”” »