from Marvel Age #26, 49, 86 and 97 (Marvel, May 1985, April 1987, March 1990, and February 1991); text by Jim Salicrup (#26), Mike Carlin (#49), & Chris Eliopoulis and Barry Dutter (#86 and 97), pencils and inks by Ron Zalme; colors by Paul Becton (#49), Gregory Wright (#86), and Renee Witterstaetter (#97)
Daredevil, Sin City, Ronin, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, 300, RoboCop vs. The Terminator, The Life and Times of Martha Washington... Frank's produced many classic stories (and a few awful ones; Holy Terror, anyone?), but did you know he's actually a star inside comics as well?
from Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976 series) #72 (Marvel, November 1982), script by Bill Mantlo, breakdowns by Ed Hannigan, finishes by Al Milgrom and Rick Magyar, colors by Glynis Oliver, letters by Jim Novak
Maybe the reason Frank Miller's gone kinda crazy on occasion is being bugged by obsessive, overeager fans.
from Simpsons Comics #145 (Bongo, August 2008), script by Eric Rogers, pencils by John Costanza, inks by Phyllis Novin, colors by Art Villanueva, letters by Karen Bates
Yes, Frank Miller never did produce a sequel to 300...d'oh!
cover of Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander #1 (Dark Horse, April 2018), pencils and inks by Frank Miller, colors by Alex Sinclair, logo design by Steve Miller
According to the Grand Comicbook Database, Frank is s'posed to be somewhere in this Daredevil splash page, but I'm not certain which one he is. I think he might be the one with the big orange rocks. I can tell you that it's definitely lettered to be the most belle époquey comic on the stands that month.
from Daredevil (1998 series) #8 (Marvel, June 1999), script by Kevin Smith, pencils by Joe Quesada, inks by Jimmy Palmiotti, colors by Richard Isanove
But didja know that Superman's got a direct hotline right to Frank Miller? Maybe to try and convince him not to do that Year One miniseries?
from DC Comics Presents #81 (DC, May 1985), plot and pencils by Keith Giffen, dialogue by Robert Loren Fleming, inks by Bob Oksner, colors by Anthony Tollin, letters by Bill Pearson
Frank Miller is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
from Spider-Man: Get Kraven #5 (Marvel, December 2002), script by Ron Zimmerman, pencils by John McCrea, inks by James Hodgkins, colors by Lee Loughridge, letters by Richard Starkings
Say, Fictional Frank Miller written and drawn by Eric Powell, what do you think of the work of Eric Powell?
from The Goon (2003 series) #1 (Dark Horse, June 2003); script, pencils, inks and letters by Eric Powell
But possibly the weirdest, and quite probably the most legally actionable, appearance of Frank Miller in comic books is in the "third sequel to a story that needed no sequels? Sure, why not?" 2021 series about the undisputed good guy and champion of that superhuman group we all call The Watchmen, absolute hero Rorschach!
from Rorschach #6 (DC/Black Label, May 2021), script by Tom King, pencils and inks by Jorge Fornés, colors by Dave Stewart, letters by Clayton Cowles
In the Watchmen Universe, or what's left of it, Frank is the writer and artist of an acclaimed revival about one of those pirate comics that were all the rage in that world. He's also brought into the tangled web of
from Rorschach #7 (DC/Black Label, June 2021), script by Tom King, pencils and inks by Jorge Fornés, colors by Dave Stewart, letters by Clayton Cowles
Comics' Greatest Legend is a sucker for spiritualism! Wow, what a con game! Imagine if there really were a Frank Miller in our world...what kind of crazy theories would somebody like that believe in...oh.
"Well," sighs Frank Miller, "That was uncomfortable, but they're gone now. Everything will be okay from now on..."
...Surely," thinks Frank Miller, "nothing weird is going to happen to me because of this."
EEEEEEE-YOWWWWWW
Frank Miller was arraigned in Sin City Superior Court on January 27, where he was stabbed by Devon Aoki with a swastika shuriken and colored completely black and white except for his eyes, which were...let's say...purple. In a moment, the results of that trial.
from Rorschach #8 (DC/Black Label, July 2021), script by Tom King, pencils and inks by Jorge Fornés, colors by Dave Stewart, letters by Clayton Cowles
That surely must be the weirdest Frank Miller appearance in comic books, you'd say. But wait! Didja know Frank Miller appeared in Marvel comics 20 years before he started drawing them? Oh, it's true!
from "There Is a Brain Behind the Fangs!" in Journey into Mystery #62 (Marvel/Atlas, November 1960), plot by Stan Lee (?), script by Larry Lieber (?), pencils and inks by Don Heck, colors by Stan Goldberg, letters by Ray Holloway (?)
Remarkably crazy, that Frank Miller is, considering that in 1960 he was only three years old.
Aw, get outta here, Frank Miller, you crazy nut, you! Everybody knows dogs are not the real danger! Because...
So Happy Birthday, Frank Miller, you weirdo who believes dogs will take over the world!
You might have given the world Elektra, but we will never forget that you also gave us a terrible Batman fan fiction comic about terrorists.
from Holy Terror (Legendary, September 2011); script, pencils, inks, colors, and lettering by Frank Miller
So we're watching you, Frank Miller! And, happy birthday.
from Fifty Who Made DC Great one-shot (DC, 1985)
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