Customer Reviews
Brilliant series, Frank Miller is great! - By: grr, 23 Apr 2008 
Once again Frank Miller knocks it out of the parkin this, the 3rd Sin City installment.
This is a welcome return for some characters, namely Dwight from Dame to Kill for, & the girls from Old Town, & the evil Manute (big, creepy guy that he is!) Dwight is out to put a stop to Jacky-Boy's drunken violence, but he gets whole lot more than he bargained for, when the voluptous Gail steps in. Theres some rough justice, Old Town style, & a fantastic showcase for deadly little Miho & some suprisingly funny use of shruiken! Then things get a whole lot worse, with the discovery of the "Atom Bomb," turns out Jacky-boy was kinda important! Another great crime noir from Miller, with all the amazing characteristics you expect from Sin City. The black & white art is sharp as ever & perfectly captures the mood. The shadows are just brilliant, so effective! Throwin some talking heads, rogue IRA mercs, hot babes, betrayal & the evil mafia. Passionate & thrilling! Theres a cracking gallery section at the back & some colour plates at the front. A must for any sane graphic novel fan!
Not the best so far, but certainly enough for a good time - By: , 02 Jul 2001 The first thing you should realize before you order "The Big Fat Kill" is that it's really a big pro if you read the original Sin City story, & a MUST to read "A Dame to Kill For" prior to this one. See, the main characterin this book is Dwight, a man who tries to stay as anonymous as possible because elseways his criminal past may catch up with him. This past that he's hiding from is the story from "A Dame to Kill For", so you should really get that first. It makes it a lot easier to understand a lot of why Dwight's acting the way he is. There's also some conversation about Marv, the main character from the original story. But Marv is not a major factorin this book so reading the original story is really only a pro, not a must.
About the story: Oneday a girl named Shelley is being harassedin her own home by a guy named Jack, her drunk ex-boyfriend, & his friends. Dwight, who is living with Shelley 'convinces' them to leave & decides to follow them to make sure he doesn't do any more damage. Only Jack turns out to be so dumb to drive into Old Town, a place where the hookers are the law because of the pact they made with the police ('they stay off the police's back, the police stays off their backs'). Jack & his friends wind up dead, upon which they find out Jack is really a cop while examing the body. This will clearly lead to war between the cops & Old Town, leaving it a free warzone for the mob, IF the cops ever find out about Jack. Dwight thinks to have the solution to get rid of the bodies & goes on his way. But things turn out to be not that easy. What follows is an interesting story with several different parties of power & interests, violence, a lot of backstabbing, loyalty & finally an interesting plot-twist.
In all honesty I think the original "Sin City", "A Dame to Kill For" & especially "That Yellow Bastard" are better books than this one, so if you haven't read all of those yet I think you'd rather read those first. With that I'm NOT saying this is a bad book because it isn't. In my opinion it's actually a very good tale which keeps interesting to the very end because of the different directions the story takes all the time. It's also carried by Frank Millers trademark (by now) art. This is really suitable for the story, it being a dark grimmy 'mad-cop' story, & of no less quality than you're used to if you've been a Sin City reader longer. I just don't think it's THE best Sin City story out there. Get the other ones I named first, than get this one & have yourself a good time with it.
Not Miller's best work but a worthy read. - By: , 11 Apr 2001 
Pretty much a-typical for Miller. Obviously it's going to contain beautiful, noir, artwork & excellent story telling but it simply does have the edge offered by such titles as Dark Night Returns & A Dame to Kill For. The Big Fat Kill focuses on the activities of the old town so if your interest lies herein particular then this is the one for you
