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Marv (Sin City)
Marv is a fictional character in the graphic novel series ''Sin City'', created by Frank Miller. In the 2005 film adaptation and its 2014 sequel, he is played by Mickey Rourke. He first appears in ''The Hard Goodbye'' and follows with appearances in '' A Dame to Kill For'', ''Just Another Saturday Night'', and ''Silent Night''. He makes a brief cameo in ''Blue Eyes'' (as featured in ''Lost, Lonely, and Lethal''). Marv has been well received both as a comic book character and a film character. Appearances in the ''Sin City'' series Marv is one of the major characters of the series, and appears or is mentioned in nearly every book. He is the protagonist of the first ''Sin City'' "yarn", ''The Hard Goodbye'', as well as two shorter installments, ''Silent Night'' and ''Just Another Saturday Night''. He also has a supporting role in '' A Dame to Kill For''. ''The Hard Goodbye'' ''The Hard Goodbye'' begins as Marv has sex with a beautiful blonde prostitute named Goldie, only to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sin City
''Sin City'' is a series of neo-noir comics by American comic book writer-artist Frank Miller. The first story originally appeared in ''Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special'' (April 1991), and continued in ''Dark Horse Presents'' #51–62 from May 1991 to June 1992, under the title of ''Sin City'', serialized in thirteen parts. Several other stories of variable lengths have followed. The intertwining stories, with frequently recurring characters, take place in Basin City. A film adaptation of ''Sin City'', co-directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, was released on April 1, 2005. A sequel, '' Sin City: A Dame To Kill For'', was released on August 22, 2014. Publication history Writer-artist Frank Miller rose to fame within the American comics industry with his 1981–1983 work on Marvel Comics' ''Daredevil'', and the 1986 DC Comics miniseries ''The Dark Knight Returns'', both of which exhibited subtle elements of film noir. Miller's venture into the film noir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prostitute
Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penetrative sex, oral sex, etc.) with the customer. The requirement of physical contact also creates the risk of transferring diseases. Prostitution is sometimes described as sexual services, commercial sex or, colloquially, hooking. It is sometimes referred to euphemistically as "the world's oldest profession" in the English-speaking world. A person who works in this field is called a prostitute, or more inclusively, a sex worker. Prostitution occurs in a variety of forms, and its legal status varies from country to country (sometimes from region to region within a given country), ranging from being an enforced or unenforced crime, to unregulated, to a regulated profession. It is one branch of the sex industry, along with pornography, stri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conan The Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, films (including '' Conan the Barbarian'' and '' Conan the Destroyer''), television programs (animated and live-action), video games, and role-playing games. Robert E. Howard created the character in 1932 for a series of fantasy stories published in ''Weird Tales'' magazine. Thought to be the earliest known appearance of Robert E. Howard’s character was that of a black-haired barbarian with heroic attributes named Conan in the 1931 short story "People of the Dark". By 1932, Howard had officially conceptualised Conan and in his lifetime wrote 21 stories. Over the years many other writers have written works featuring Conan. Many Conan the Barbarian stories feature Conan embarking on heroic adventures filled with common fantasy elements such as princesses and wizards. Howard's mythopoeia has the stories se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medieval
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the Post-classical, post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern history, modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early Middle Ages, Early, High Middle Ages, High, and Late Middle Ages. Population decline, counterurbanisation, the collapse of centralized authority, invasions, and mass migrations of tribes, which had begun in late antiquity, continued into the Early Middle Ages. The large-scale movements of the Migration Period, including various Germanic peoples, formed new kingdoms in what remained of the Western Roman Empire. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Noir
Film noir (; ) is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of American ''film noir''. Film noir of this era is associated with a low-key, black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography. Many of the prototypical stories and much of the attitude of classic noir derive from the hardboiled school of crime fiction that emerged in the United States during the Great Depression. The term ''film noir'', French for 'black film' (literal) or 'dark film' (closer meaning), was first applied to Hollywood films by French critic Nino Frank in 1946, but was unrecognized by most American film industry professionals of that era. Frank is believed to have been inspired by the French literary publishing imprint Série noire, founded in 1945. Cinema historians and critics defined the category ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquiline Nose
An aquiline nose (also called a Roman nose) is a human nose with a prominent bridge, giving it the appearance of being curved or slightly bent. The word ''aquiline'' comes from the Latin word ''aquilinus'' ("eagle-like"), an allusion to the curved beak of an eagle. In racialist discourse In racialist discourse, especially that of post-Enlightenment Western scientists and writers, a Roman nose has frequently been characterized as a marker of beauty and nobility, as in Plutarch's description of Mark Antony. The supposed science of physiognomy, popular during the Victorian era, made the "prominent" nose a marker of Aryanness: "the shape of the nose and the cheeks indicated, like the forehead's angle, the subject's social status and level of intelligence. A Roman nose was superior to a snub nose in its suggestion of firmness and power, and heavy jaws revealed a latent sensuality and coarseness". Among Native Americans The aquiline nose was deemed a distinctive feature of some Nativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buzzcut
Lovelytheband (stylized in all lowercase) is an American indie pop band that formed in 2016 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The band consists of vocalist Mitchy Collins, guitarist Jordan Greenwald, and drummer Sam Price. The band is most known for their single "Broken (Lovelytheband song), Broken" which charted on several US ''Billboard'' charts. The band debuted in April 2017 with their single "Broken" which quickly earned over three million streams on Spotify. The single charted on several ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' charts. It topped the ''Billboard'' Alternative Songs chart and ''Billboard'' Rock Airplay chart for several weeks. The single also became the band's first top 10 on the ''Billboard'' Radio Songs chart and first top 40 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In September 2017, the band released their first EP, ''Everything I Could Never Say...''. They released the single "These Are My Friends" in May 2018. On August 3, 2018, they released their début al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flattop
A flattop is a type of haircut where the hair on the top of the head is cut and styled upright to form a flat profile when viewed from the front or side. Styling In the most classic and mainstream style of flattop for men and boys, the hair on top of the head is cut level from front to back before contouring to the back of the head. The shortest portion of hair on top, occurring at the highest point on the head, is typically cut to about a quarter of an inch, resulting in the hair at the front being cut to about 3/4 to 1-1/4 inches long, depending on the roundness of the head, in order to maintain flatness from forehead to crown. The back and sides are cut to about a quarter of an inch (the same length or slightly shorter than the length of the shortest hair on top) and tapered into the upright hair on top. The ears are neatly outlined, and the sideburns are squared just above the orifice of the ear. The neckline is cut with a low taper. Other versions popular in counter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ava Lord
Ava Lord is a fictional character in Frank Miller's ''Sin City'' fictional universe, universe, the title character in the graphic novel ''A Dame to Kill For''. An ex-lover of Dwight McCarthy, she manipulates men with her good looks and an innocent facade for her own personal gain or amusement. An expert liar, she is considered a goddess by Wallenquist Organization#Enforcers, Manute, her towering manservant, and a "manipulative bitch" by Dwight. She represents the classic femme fatale, acting as a Foil (literature), foil to Dwight's hard-boiled antihero. Background One night, Dwight McCarthy receives a call from Ava, asking him to meet her at a seedy bar called Kadie's Club Pecos. She had broken his heart nearly four years prior — a month or so before John Hartigan (Sin City), John Hartigan's release from prison in ''That Yellow Bastard'' — but he agrees to meet her. Marv (Sin City), Marv is also there and greets Dwight. Ava arrives late and tries to persuade Dwight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roark Family
The Roark family is a fictional dynasty from Frank Miller's graphic novel series ''Sin City''. The family is made up of corrupt officials and landowners of Irish descent, who hold absolute power in Basin City. They are the main antagonists in the series, and are frequent catalysts to various plots and storylines. Several of their associates also serve as villains within the stories. History The family founded what would become Basin City during the Gold Rush, when a Roark ancestor brought with him a large number of foreign prostitutes to the gold mining camp. The prostitutes were immediately popular, turning a small camp into a thriving city. Over the years, the prostitutes themselves eventually split from the family and formed their own district reserved specifically for prostitution. This red light district would later be known as Old Town. In the time period of the comics, the Roark dynasty is currently thriving, with family members in the United States Senate, an Attorney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin (Sin City)
Kevin is a fictional character in Frank Miller's graphic novel series ''Sin City'', featured prominently in ''The Hard Goodbye''. He is a mute, cannibalistic serial killer who preys on the titular city's prostitutes, The Girls of Old Town. He is protected by the powerful Cardinal Patrick Henry Roark, who also acts as his accomplice. Kevin lives at the Roark family farm, and uses the basement as an execution chamber for his victims; after he kills and eats them, he stuffs and mounts their heads on the walls like hunting trophies. While he appears harmless and unassuming, Kevin is a fierce, inhumanly fast fighter adept in martial arts; accordingly, the Roark family uses him as an assassin from time to time. He is usually accompanied by his pet wolf, which he feeds whatever parts of his victims he does not eat himself. Appearances ''The Hard Goodbye'' ''The Hard Goodbye'' establishes Kevin's back story, as related by Cardinal Roark. He first meets Roark when going to him for co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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