Insight Into Frank Miller’s HOLY TERROR
Frank Miller (Sin City) fancies himself as a guy who likes to push the boundaries. He likes to take his stories places that make his readers squirm. He thinks his newest project, Holy Terrors, will do just that.
Originally the graphic novel was called Holy Terror, Batman!, and it involved Batman taking on the Taliban. Well, things have changed, Batman was dropped from the story and was replace by The Fixer. A character that strangely resembles Bruce Wayne’s alter ego. Here is a piece of an interview with Miller brought to us by Comicbookmovie.com:
Miller on The Fixer:
“I took Batman as far as anyone, and this guy is just not him. He’s been playing the crime fighter to stay in shape. What he really wants to do is fight terrorism. He knew the day would come. The story is essentially New York under attack by suicide bombers and our hero is out to find out their greater scheme. He’s much more a man of action than a detective. He’s a two-fisted Dirty Harry type, really.”
On the tone of Holy Terror:
“At the beginning this project torqued me up even more; the first batch of pages screamed with how New York tasted and how it felt,” he said. “Gradually the story became more linear and less emotional. It’s not me screaming for 109 pages. There’s a balance there. There had to be. What surprised me is that were touches of humor in the course of the story. I never would have predicted that early on. It began utterly humorless.”
“It is more raw and unfettered and I’m more likely going into something you could call extreme cartooning,” Miller said. “There’s a lot of that in the course of ‘Holy Terror.’ There are interludes where there are pictures — cartoon pictures — of modern figures and they are all wordless. It’s up to readers to put the words in.”
On the possibility of Holy Terror creating controversy:
“I sure hope so,” Miller said. “I hope it shakes people up. I’m not around to mollify. We’re living in a terrifying time and it’s changed us. Look, my decision to make this not a Batman project was part of that. Do I really want to draw a guy chasing the Riddler around town? No. The stakes are higher now.”
To be honest, I am not the biggest Miller fan. I love the Sin City series and his interpretation of Batman but I am starting to see his stuff as a little overboard. However, if you are a fan and you want to check this project out, then it releases around the time of the ten year anniversary of 9/11. Below are some images from Holy Terror. Let us know what you think.
