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FRANK MILLER’S ORIGINAL ARTWORK
SEEN for the FIRST TIME in a HUGE DELUXE FORMAT!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEW YORK, NY—In 2016—25 years after its first publication in the pages of Dark Horse Presents—get ready to experience one of the most groundbreaking graphic novels of all time as few have ever experienced it!
Produced and assembled under the Kitchen Sink Books imprint, Frank Miller’s Sin City: The Hard Goodbye Curator’s Collection
will be published by Dark Horse Comics in 2016, showcasing the entire
graphic novel scanned from the original artwork in Frank Miller’s
personal archives and reproduced unaltered and at full size.
“The Hard Goodbye
was my first crack at writing and drawing a comic book with total
freedom,” said Frank Miller. “I am grateful to Mike Richardson and Dark
Horse for helping make it such a big success. You can now see my work
warts and all. You can see just how many mistakes I actually made!”
“We’re very excited to release this new ‘Curator’s Collection’ for The Hard Goodbye that
brings a unique insight into one of the comic industry’s historic
treasures,” said Dark Horse President and Publisher Mike Richardson.
“Frank Miller has proved time and again that he’s a titan when it comes
to artistic talent, and this deluxe, oversized edition is a celebration
of his most influential work.”
“Almost 25 years later it has become clearer just how truly groundbreaking Frank Miller’s work on Sin City
was . . . aside from the drastic evolution of his artistic style toward
stark and energetic black and white, Frank’s spearheading the belief
that creators should actually own their creations and Mike Richardson’s
willingness as a publisher to support that initiative helped shift the
industry toward creator-owned work being the standard it is today,” said
collection editor and designer John Lind. “The ability to show this
original work in raw form and put it into context for a future
generation is something we’re conscious of going in.”
“Frank has been a good friend for many years and was always one of the
most ardent and vocal supporters of the CBLDF during my tenure as
president.” said Kitchen Sink Books co-founder Denis Kitchen. “At my
former publishing company, Frank and I never found the right big project
to work on together, so it was fortuitous that decades later, through
our Kitchen Sink imprint at Dark Horse, we have the chance to finally
team up and produce this deluxe edition.”
Curator’s Collection is the Kitchen Sink Books term for oversized,
archival deluxe collections accompanied by essays, interviews, and
unpublished work. Frank Miller’s Sin City: The Hard Goodbye Curator’s Collection is the first volume in the planned Curator’s Collection series from the Kitchen Sink Books imprint at Dark Horse Comics.
Retailing for $175, Frank Miller’s Sin City: The Hard Goodbye Curator’s Collection
will be an impressive book to own—a deluxe hardcover with a HUGE trim
size of 15 x 21.5 inches, 224 pages, and smyth sewn binding under a
cloth spine. Featuring an introduction from Sin City
co-director Robert Rodriguez, an epilogue by publisher Mike Richardson,
and a new interview with Frank Miller about his artistic technique to
accompany the interior artwork—this edition is not to be missed! Ships
worldwide in June 2016.
Frank Miller will be signing an exclusive print of his original cover artwork for Sin City
at New York Comic Con on Saturday, October 10, 2015 from 4:00 PM to
4:45 PM at the Dark Horse booth (#1636). This is a wristband-only event.
(Wristbands distributed from the Dark Horse Comics booth by drawing at
show opening on Friday and Saturday. Signing limited to a free poster
that will be provided and one other comic, book, or piece of
memorabilia. Some restrictions may apply.)
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About Dark Horse
Founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a
solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique
storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an
industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and
creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In
addition to publishing comics from top talent, such as Frank Miller,
Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Brian Wood, Gerard Way, Felicia Day, and
Guillermo del Toro, and comics legends, such as Will Eisner, Neal Adams,
and Jim Steranko, Dark Horse has developed its own successful
properties, such as The Mask, Ghost, Timecop, and SpyBoy. Its successful line of comics and products based on popular properties includes Mass Effect, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, EVE Online, Halo, Serenity, Game of Thrones, and Domo.
Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher
in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading publishers of
both creator-owned content and licensed comics material.
About Kitchen Sink Books
Founded in 2013 by pioneering alternative publisher Denis Kitchen (of
Kitchen Sink Press) and award-winning designer/editor John Lind, Kitchen
Sink Books is an exclusive imprint of Dark Horse Comics focusing on
archival collections, art books, and large format editions. Their debut
title The Best of Comix Book: When Marvel Went Underground won the 2014 Harvey Awards for Best Domestic Reprint and Excellence in Presentation. Also in 2014, Harvey Kurtzman’s Jungle Book
became the first release in Kitchen Sink Books’ ambitious Harvey
Award–nominated Essential Kurtzman series, which aims to collect the
most acclaimed work of this master cartoonist and satirist.
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