ドワイト&ミホは本作の人気により他にもThe big fat kill,Family valuesにも登場しているが、2作品とも本作を上回る出来ではない。
それは後続の2作品は娯楽にシフトしてしまっており、ドラマが抜け落ちているからである。
本作は女の魅力に屈したために犯罪者にまで身を落とし、したたかな女の前にただむなしく復讐することしか出来ない男の哀しさを描いている。
しかし、見方を変えれば、男が女の精神的な呪縛から開放されるストーリーと捉えることも出来るわけで、そう考えると前半ではひたすらな情けなかったドワイトが、ラストで吹っ切れて煙草を吸う姿は痺れるぐらいカッコいい。
オールド・タウンの娼婦たちも(エヴァとは全く違う形で)強い女性たちである。ドワイトも女性を助けるだけではなく、何かと彼女たちに助けられている。極端な形ではあるが、一般的な小説で描かれる女性のイメージとは正反対で興味深い。
ただ、ハードボイルド小説と考えると個人的にはミホの存在はどうも邪魔。やはり、ハードボイルドでアクションに派手さを求めるのは間違っていると思うのだ。
しかし、そういった欠点を踏まえても本作は読む者に余韻を残す傑作である。
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Sin City ペーパーバック – 1993/1/18
英語版
Frank Miller
(著, イラスト)
Welcome to the first installment of Frank Miller's gritty crime noir tales to come from Sin City. Beautifully and boldly rendered in black and white by one of comics' greatest artists and story tellers comes a tale of love, loss, revenge and fine coats! Meet Marv, not one of Sin City's more peaceful residents, as he falls for a beautiful young girl, Goldie. They spend the night together but on waking Marv finds Goldie dead and the police at the door. It's then up to him to try and put things right and find out what really happened. Sin City has was both Eisner and Harvey awards and this collection features a Frank Miller gallery section. Warning: Adults only!
- 本の長さ208ページ
- 言語英語
- 出版社Titan Books Ltd
- 発売日1993/1/18
- 寸法25.7 x 1.3 x 16.89 cm
- ISBN-101852864680
- ISBN-13978-1852864682
登録情報
- 出版社 : Titan Books Ltd (1993/1/18)
- 発売日 : 1993/1/18
- 言語 : 英語
- ペーパーバック : 208ページ
- ISBN-10 : 1852864680
- ISBN-13 : 978-1852864682
- 寸法 : 25.7 x 1.3 x 16.89 cm
- カスタマーレビュー:
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sammy mwirigi
5つ星のうち5.0
Great stuff
2020年12月17日にカナダでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Great stuff!
Ryan Sean O'Reilly
5つ星のうち5.0
Phenomenal and innovative noir series!
2019年6月18日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Imagine getting punched in the gut by some rogue lunatic underworld gladiator who promptly collapses into your kitchen chair and chomps down on a bowl of cheerios with his oversized mitts as you crouch on the floor stunned and drooling blood…there’s a knock on the door and you pick up your corpse of a body to stare through the peephole at a knife-wielding leather-clad dame grimacing while rare classic cars skid onto the scene followed by screaming cop sirens tolling in debauchery and corruption…then the color drops out and real nice like everything goes noir…
REVIEW OF VOLUMES 1-4, and 6: Frank Miller set his Sin City “yarns” in a timeless noir chronology. His inspiration was cool cars, hot dames, and muscle dudes in trench coats. Mission accomplished. The stories are put together in multiple volumes and flip back and forth in time, occasionally providing different perspectives from past scenes as the view point switches. The storylines interweave in expert ways over the course of the collections and it’s fun to see od characters come up again in the background or do things you haven’t seen before as you follow a new protagonist around with new problems and goals.
The world he creates is not vast. Everything revolves around a single city and its outskirts, constantly driving inward at the characters who rule or fight or flee from this place. All the spots to which they bring you really manage to pop with a lurid black and white reality.
Throughout the vast majority of narratives there is thoughtful inner monologue by the rotating cast (usually the protagonist but sometimes even secondary or background characters). We get a front seat ride in many heads, nestled right up against all the twisted struggles that torment these people. We also get to see the tarnished dreams and bitter regrets that motivate them to do what they do, whether it is for a perceived good or simply a personal selfish proclivity. Either way we are there with them in all the glory of what a first-person perspective can provide. This insight really fleshes out the people who inhabit the Sin City world and (along with the visuals) helps to distinguish the ensemble which further develops if you read through multiple volumes.
The dialog is gritty and loose, mostly used sparingly. There were times I felt a repetition in the patterns and speech, but this ultimately complimented the strong distinct style being evoked. The mood was very specific and excellently achieved. Even though the stories are set in a nameless and timeless decade, they feel grounded and real. There is nothing generic here.
The author did double duty in this series by also penciling the drawings. He also made the decision to go almost entirely black and white with almost no colors (with a few exceptions)—you can smell the plethora of black ink as you turn the pages. The resulting style is heavy handed, like everything else in this work, but utterly flawless in its delivery. His use of action and choosing what to show and when or how to show it all fell into place to maximize the narrative. The Sin City stories marry so many different elements in a perfect way that the creator is able to achieve amazing results without ever feeling over played or too intrusive.
These are the hard streets of Basin City where the players make the rules and everyone else goes along, or they pay the price. Sometimes it’s the higher ups and sometimes it’s the dregs. Nobody is immune. People get caught up in their own rachets and games and sheer humanity of being human. Everything you could want in stories like this are here. The corruption, the violence, the passion, the dreams, the loyalty, the betrayal, the revenge, the comeuppance, the chase, the desperation—all of it!
Podcast: If you enjoy my review (or this topic) this book and the movie based on it were further discussed/debated in a lively discussion on my podcast: "No Deodorant In Outer Space". The podcast is available on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Tune-In Radio, Stitcher, Google Play Music, YouTube or our website.
Giovanni Buoninconti
5つ星のうち5.0
LIBRO BELLISSIMO
2020年5月28日にイタリアでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
È l'edizione americana originale ri-editata da DARK HORSE BOOKS nel 2014 con copertina rigida, libro bellissimo.
imballaggio perfetto. Venditore professionale, consigliato.
imballaggio perfetto. Venditore professionale, consigliato.
Guillermo V
5つ星のうち5.0
Recomendado
2017年9月27日にメキシコでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
El arte de Frank Miller es excepcional. Es una de esas historias que solo se pueden contar en blanco y negro. Me quedo con ganas de mas, necesito conseguir los siguientes numeros. La calidad del libro es excelente.
Arjun
5つ星のうち5.0
Bloody awesome
2017年11月28日にインドでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
The darkness is palpable.Every character bleeds and has more life in them than some of the storms I have seen.
Every page is a work of art and you can see almost feel an Inferno burning in the sin city.
There are no half measures,no subtlety.The boobs are plenty and the gore is everywhere.Its like an orgy for a noir addict.Absolutely brilliant.
Every page is a work of art and you can see almost feel an Inferno burning in the sin city.
There are no half measures,no subtlety.The boobs are plenty and the gore is everywhere.Its like an orgy for a noir addict.Absolutely brilliant.