As for Sin City, though, I like that a lot too. Ironically, I
like it
for almost exactly the same reasons I got tired of Spillane
and Vachss'
Burke series (though, as always when saying that, I must
exempt Shella
and Bad Blood, highly recommend both; wish he did more
non-Burke). Every
one of your criticisms is true, it is very overblown, both in
execution
and reputation, the storytelling is incredibly simplistic.
And that's
what I love about it. It is a comic book in the grand,
glorious,
hyberbolic sense, just what most people mean when they use
the term in a
derogatory manner. Plus I'm a sucker for white ink on black
ever since
I saw Will Eisner's Spirit. Sure, Sin City is no Spirit or
Sinner, but
I enjoy it as a highly stylized quick, trashy read.
I'd give it up in an instant if I had to choose betweeen it
and Stray
Bullets, but I'm glad I don't.
Mark
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