Frank Miller Was a Cranky Old Man All Along: A Retrospective By Chris Sims By now, you’ve almost certainly heard about the statements about the Occupy protests by legendary comic book creator and hat enthusiast Frank Miller, in which he referred to the protesters as “louts, thieves and rapists” and suggested that they “go back to your mommas’ basements.” They are undoubtedly pretty polarizing statements, but we here at ComicsAlliance have been a little perplexed by people saying that they were surprised by them. If you’ve been reading his comics closely over the years, you could spot this coming a mile away. That’s why today, we’ve decided to take a look back at Miller’s earlier works and identify the moments where these ideas begin to emerge. Read more at ComicsAlliance.
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Frank Miller Was a Cranky Old Man All Along: A Retrospective

By Chris Sims

By now, you’ve almost certainly heard about the statements about the Occupy protests by legendary comic book creator and hat enthusiast Frank Miller, in which he referred to the protesters as “louts, thieves and rapists” and suggested that they “go back to your mommas’ basements.” They are undoubtedly pretty polarizing statements, but we here at ComicsAlliance have been a little perplexed by people saying that they were surprised by them. If you’ve been reading his comics closely over the years, you could spot this coming a mile away. That’s why today, we’ve decided to take a look back at Miller’s earlier works and identify the moments where these ideas begin to emerge.

Read more at ComicsAlliance.

Source: comicsalliance.com

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    Goddamn it, I fucking HATE...for Dark Knight Returns; now fuck off. Sincerely, everyone.
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    People were surprised by this? I’m surprised bythat./p>
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    Frank Miller: a close-minded, uniformed human being who happened to create some pretty excellent comics.
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    Frank Miller: Dipshit.
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    For later reading. Can’t say as I was terribly surprised, though mostly due to his new “Holy Terror” comic did it become...
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    Frank seems Right on to me!
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    I still love him!
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