{"product_id":"hard-boiled-second-edition","title":"Hard Boiled (Second Edition)","description":"                                            A second edition hardcover of the Eisner Award winner!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarl Seltz is a suburban insurance investigator, a loving husband, and devoted father. Nixon is a berserk, homicidal tax collector racking up mind-boggling body counts in a diseased urban slaughterhouse. Unit Four is the ultimate robot killing machine and the last hope of the future's enslaved mechanical servants. And they're all the same psychotic entity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeof Darrow-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeof darrow is an ex-altar boy, garden mechanic, and writer\/artist of\u003ci\u003eShaolin Cowboy, Hard Boiled, and Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot.\u003c\/i\u003eThe author lives in Chicago IL.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Miller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrank Miller began his career in comics in the late 1970s, first drawing then writing \u003ci\u003eDaredevil \u003c\/i\u003efor Marvel Comics, creating what was essentially a crime comic disguised as a superhero book.  It was on \u003ci\u003eDaredevil\u003c\/i\u003e that Miller gained notoriety, honed his storytelling abilities, and took his first steps toward becoming a giant in the comics medium. Next came \u003ci\u003eRonin\u003c\/i\u003e, a science-fiction samurai drama that seamlessly melded Japanese and French comics traditions into the American mainstream; and then the groundbreaking and acclaimed \u003ci\u003eBatman- The Dark Knight Returns\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBatman- Year One\u003c\/i\u003e, both of which not only redefined the classic character, but also revitalized the industry itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinally able to fulfill his dream of doing an all-out, straight-ahead crime series, Miller introduced \u003ci\u003eSin City\u003c\/i\u003e in 1991.  Readers responded enthusiastically to Miller's tough-as-leather noir drama, creating an instant sales success.  His multi-award-winning \u003ci\u003e300\u003c\/i\u003e series from Dark Horse, a telling of history's most glorious and underreported battle, was brought to full-blooded life in 1998.\u003cbr\u003e In 2001, Miller returned to the superhero genre with the best-selling \u003ci\u003eBatman- The Dark Knight Strikes Again\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrank Miller continues to push the medium into new territories, exploring subject matter previously untouched in comics, and his work consistently receives the highest praise from his industry peers and readers everywhere.  In 2005, with the hugely successful Sin City movie release, co-directed with Robert Rodriguez, Miller added a director's credit to his already impressive resume and introduced his characters to an entirely new legion of fans worldwide.\r\n                                        ","brand":"Hard Boiled","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42322884362431,"sku":"9781506731094","price":35.98,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/products\/fqOdGfEDlG2Q26qqo3JZ0LDxbhtkswRL5w6NPjgz9k8PKg_60_60.jpg?v=1681624429","url":"https:\/\/popweasel.co.nz\/products\/hard-boiled-second-edition","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}