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There's a deadly menace somewhere in Empire City, and The Fixer only has until dawn to save his town - and civilization as we know it! Legendary Comics presents an all-out, head-busting, bone-breaking, neck-snapping brawl of a tale from Frank Miller, one of the most celebrated storytellers of the medium. Years in the making, HOLY TERROR features the desperate and brutal quest of a hero as he is forced to run down an army of murderous zealots in order to stop a crime against humanity.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a very disappointing book which unfortunately does exactly what it says on the tin. Frank Miller promised a piece of propaganda and that's what you get: a one dimensional blast at the forces of evil that dared attack the USA.
The story reads like a precocious eleven year olds response to 9/11. The heroic superhero leaps over buildings and lands guns blazing to shoot, torture and kill the faceless suicidal drones of Islam. His girl friend fights by him cooing at his bloodlust-`Lets get some killing done'-only disagreeing when he refuses to let her satisfy her own.
Miller's eye for a innovative panel lay out appears in flashes. But the overall design of the book is confused. Standard comic book pages seem to have been shoe horned into the 300 book format. The art has its moments though: there are some line portraits and figure drawings that recall David Stone Martin and some of the early Andy Warhol jazz LP covers.
Miller hates censorship but this stance seems to have extended over the years to include editing of any kind or even self evaluation of his drawings (apparently he believes, `There are no mistakes only instincts'). Which means there are several double page spreads some of which recall earlier Miller compositions others that are eligible? The pages are often painted with broad black brush marks that Miller must consider `expressionist' but just look like broad black brush marks. For some reason it is vital to the look of the book and the flow of the story that the cat burglar's shoes are bright red.
This is a long self indulgent work made worse by the bits that recall the best of Frank Miller's earlier works.
Damn! I paid for this when I could have bought Darwyn Cooke's `The Hunter'?
The story reads like a precocious eleven year olds response to 9/11. The heroic superhero leaps over buildings and lands guns blazing to shoot, torture and kill the faceless suicidal drones of Islam. His girl friend fights by him cooing at his bloodlust-`Lets get some killing done'-only disagreeing when he refuses to let her satisfy her own.
Miller's eye for a innovative panel lay out appears in flashes. But the overall design of the book is confused. Standard comic book pages seem to have been shoe horned into the 300 book format. The art has its moments though: there are some line portraits and figure drawings that recall David Stone Martin and some of the early Andy Warhol jazz LP covers.
Miller hates censorship but this stance seems to have extended over the years to include editing of any kind or even self evaluation of his drawings (apparently he believes, `There are no mistakes only instincts'). Which means there are several double page spreads some of which recall earlier Miller compositions others that are eligible? The pages are often painted with broad black brush marks that Miller must consider `expressionist' but just look like broad black brush marks. For some reason it is vital to the look of the book and the flow of the story that the cat burglar's shoes are bright red.
This is a long self indulgent work made worse by the bits that recall the best of Frank Miller's earlier works.
Damn! I paid for this when I could have bought Darwyn Cooke's `The Hunter'?
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I guess it not always true that speech is silver, and silence is golden, but in this case, Frank Miller would have done us all a favour to let his pen rest. It forces me to rethink all his work I've been enjoying since he re-did Daredevil almost 30 years ago - what a waste of talent Frank, and what a lousy editor you've got who didn't stop you from making a fool of yourself.
Good luck in the future,
Haakon
Good luck in the future,
Haakon
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is dated rubbish by a confused and scared old man, it has no basis in the real world.
Miller has lost it, he's too old and outside the confines of edited and reviewed work s he is now, there don't seem to be many people telling him this. Its a shame, he used to do grim and gritty well, never an amazing writer he was great at capturing an atmosphere, even that has now gone.
Miller has lost it, he's too old and outside the confines of edited and reviewed work s he is now, there don't seem to be many people telling him this. Its a shame, he used to do grim and gritty well, never an amazing writer he was great at capturing an atmosphere, even that has now gone.
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holy crap Bat ...er fixer
What utter tosh , having met Mr Miller in the 80's n followed he's seminal work ,from dark knight ,ronin,daredevil,Martha Washington,Robo cop, sin city to 300. Read more
Published 6 months ago by M.OSMAN
Bigoted, racist, juvenile, simplistic, incomprehensible, vacuous...
I first read Dark Knight as a 15-year old teenager in 1989, falling in love with Miller's writing and later being consumed by Give Me Liberty, Year One and 300. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Imran Ali
A Defence
Frank Miller isn't stupid, but you may well be. That anyone could consider this book an attack on an entire culture is laughable. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Magnum Valentino
Holy mother...
This has been getting a bad rap since it came out and I think this is largely due to accessibility. In the same way that artists like Picasso, film makers like Tarantino and... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Jonny gillard
How the mighty have fallen...
I'm reading Frank Miller's comics since his The Dark Knight Returns period and often loved what he did. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Tom Alaerts
Holy Horror!
I bought this book just from looking at the Art work and because I love Millers work and everythiing he has done.
I Wish I hadn't. This is truly a awful. Read more
I Wish I hadn't. This is truly a awful. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mr. D. J. Wright
Pure un-biased bigotry
How to start this review from 20 pages into this book i started to feel nauseous the subject matter is just plain wrong and feels like someone with a deep hatred for muslims has... Read more
Published 7 months ago by M. Wilby
You will love it or hate it!
I purchased this book for three reasons
Im a fan of millers art.
Its Propaganda
And Its contraversial! Read more
Im a fan of millers art.
Its Propaganda
And Its contraversial! Read more
Published 8 months ago by Simonsays
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