Frank Miller

Frank Miller was born January 27, 1957. Miller was born in Olney, Maryland, and raised in Montpelier, Vermont. He was the fifth of seven children. His mother was a nurse and his father was a carpenter and electrician. His family was Irish Catholic. Miller was formerly married to colorist Lynn Varley, who colored many of his noted works from Ronin through 300 and the backgrounds to the movie 300. Miller and Varley divorced in 2005. He has since been romantically linked to New York-based Shakespearean scholar Kimberly Halliburton Cox, who had a cameo in The Spirit. Living in New York influenced Miller's material in the 1980s. Miller lived in Los Angeles, California in the 1990s, which influenced Sin City. Miller moved back to Hell's Kitchen by 2001 and started creating Batman. Miller is an American writer, artist, and film director best known for his dark, film noir-style comic book stories such as Batman The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City and graphic novels Ronin, Daredevil Born Again, Batman The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City, and 300. He also directed the film version of The Spirit, shared directing duties with Robert Rodriguez on Sin City and produced the film 300.
When he first showed up in New York Miller showed up with a bunch of comics and samples of guys in trench coats by old cars and such. Comic editors said, 'Where are the guys in tights?' He had to learn how to do it. But as soon as a title came along Daredevil signature artist Gene Colan left Daredevil, he realized it was his calling to do crime comics with a superhero in them. And so he applied for the title and got it. Miller's debut on the title Daredevil, was the finale of an ongoing story written by Roger McKenzie and inked by Klaus Janson. Although still conforming to traditional comic book styles, Miller infused this first issue with his own film noir style. Miller became one of Marvel's rising stars. Miller sketched the roofs of New York in an attempt to give his Daredevil art an authentic feel