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Noir Perfected I don't mean to categorize Frank Miller's "Sin City" by saying it is "noir perfected," but I feel that what this book does, it does perfectly. It's a dark, gritty, intense drama about a crime through the eyes of a murderer who is not guilty of the murder he is accused of. In real life, Marv, Goldie, Nancy, and the rest of Miller's "Sin City" cast would be the individuals most of us tend to stay away from. They live in the grossest most beaten down parts of a town that is famed for its gross beaten down borroughs. Yet, the cast of characters Miller assembles around Marv make his character, and more importantly this story, one of the most oddly likable in comics. Marv is not an antihero. He's not a recluse like Spawn who is locked in some eternal denial of his reality yet constantly wants to change it. Marv loves and accepts the fact that he lives outside the lines, 'caise afterall, doesn't somebody always? This late in the "Sin City" game, I can only guess that those of you who pick this up are interested because of the Robert Rodriguez film that comes out April 1, 2005. For those of you, I highly recommend this book, because while the "Sin City" movie contains more "Sin City" story than this TPB alone, you can instantly realize how well adapted this movie will be when you read the first 20 pages and then watch the preview. Rodriguez was wise to allow Miller to co-direct the "Sin City" film because it appears as though it will be the truest comic book film of all time. If you think the movie looks intriguing, please read this book first because it'll not only give you a deeper idea on the character of Marv, but'll change the way a lot of you look at comics simply because of how Frank Miller works.