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and Daredevil: Man Without Fear (1993) and contributed work to Image Comics
( Spawn ). In 1998 his graphic novel 300 was released by Dark Horse. In 2001 Miller
released the three-part series Th e Dark Knight Strikes Again with DC, for whom he is
also currently writing All Star Batman and Robin (2005–).
Miller’s work has also been featured in cinema, where it often closely replicates the
visual style and pacing of his comics. He co-wrote the movies Robocop 2 (1990) and
Robocop 3 (1993), and also co-directed (with Robert Rodriguez) the Sin City movie
(2005), with a sequel in production at the time of this writing. His solo directorial
debut, an adaptation of Will Eisner’s Th e Spirit (co-scripted by Eisner and Miller), was
released in 2009. Movie versions of Daredevil (2003) and 300 (2007) have also been
released based on Miller’s stories.
Julia Round
MOEBIUS. See Giraud, Jean
MOONEY, JIM (1919–2008). James Noel (“Jim”) Mooney was born into a privileged
New York family. He left high school before graduating in order to attend art class,
and while there he got his fi rst job illustrating a Henry Kutner story in Weird Tales.
An extremely prolifi c artist whose career lasted from the 1940s into the 21st cen-
tury, he was the signature artist of Supergirl in Action Comics from 1959 to 1968.
Author and Executive Producer Frank Miller on the set of the 2007 film 300, directed by Zack
Snyder. Warner Bros./Photofest
