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  <title><![CDATA[Ronin]]></title>
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  <default_description>In this tale of a legendary warrior, the Ronin, a dishonored, masterless 13th century samurai, is mystically given a second chance to avenge his master's death. Finding himself suddenly reborn in a futuristic and corrupt 21st century New York City, the samurai discovers he has one last chance to regain his honor. But to do so, he must defeat the reincarnation of his master's killer, the ancient demon Agat. In a time and place both foreign and unfathomable to him, the Ronin stands against his greatest enemy with his life and more importantly, his soul at stake. 

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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1987</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Frank Miller]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an overlooked classic. It's difficult to emphasize how radical this book was when it appeared. Well before Miller did the Dark Knight returns, he realized, here, most of his well-known tropes---from the apocalyptic Nazi dominatrix to the CHUD to the samurai to the hero who is haunted by his ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69446939">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[okay, so, i liked it.<br/><br/>i have to say that i dont think everyone would like this, though. it is almost a strange mix, blending samurai with sci-fi, but i thought it was entertaining enough. the art was pretty good--not miller's best, but still pretty good. obviously, he took a lot of influe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49221589">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="70457097">
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first Frank Miller book I've read. The fact that it happens to be early Miller wasn't intentional. I enjoyed the writing, but didn't love the art. The &quot;bubbly&quot; design and sickly coloring used for the bio-circuitry future was god-awful. The regular two-page spreads showing the growth of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70457097">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2797792">
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    <location><![CDATA[Austin, TX]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very fun story, well-written and engaging -- but what really blew me away was the artwork. When drawing images of an imaginary future, people tend to pull from sterotypes in design, but Miller has created a new visual world, unlike any other. His interpretation of what a bio-mechanical cit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2797792">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A classic, often eclipsed by Frank Miller's more prominent work. First one of his books I ever read, before I was old enough to know who he was. Incredible artwork and an amazing story that is begging for the big screen treatment, like Kurosawa-meets-Blade Runner!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is pretty much summed up as Samurai Jack for adults. Which is amazing when you really think about it. The beginning of this graphic novel starts out as a pretty standard story of a samurai who had the luck of failing his master. Before you know it, the excitement sets in and there is a heavy ba...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66388337">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50945728">
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    <body><![CDATA[a wonderfully bizarre blend of 'Yojimbo; 'Blade Runner' and the 'Matrix', written and drawn by frank miller, before he became FRANK MILLER!<br/>Amazing art and story where frank was pushing the boundaries of what you could do with a comic book. Blew me away when I first read it, back in the dark ag...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50945728">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read that this is the precursor to The Dark Knight Returns, where Miller found his footing as a writing.  It's got all the elements of Miller's writing and Lynn Varley's art - noir, violence, amazonian women, sharp lines and edges - that is familiar now from 300, Sin City, etc.  Bewildering story,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50724897">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="17545110">
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    <body><![CDATA[Eh. Unlike Blue Monday I do know that I'm the target audience for a story about a Samurai warrior sent to a dystopian future to fight a demon written by Frank Miller but this didn't quite work for me, I liked it but I wanted to love it.<br/><br/>I'm a big Frank Miller Fan, I'm the kind of guy who ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17545110">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38440334">
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    <name><![CDATA[Joe]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very different Frank Miller book and I wish he did more of this. A bit pricey compared to other Absolute volumes of this size, but well worth it. The art is amazing , the colors gorgeous.....and the story by Frank more than holds up. Things like this are what made him who he is today,i just wish h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38440334">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="70549602">
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    <name><![CDATA[Juju]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kick-ass visionary samurai sci-fi.  This book transformed Frank Miller's graphic talent into something monstrous. Being the third time I've read Ronin, the giant Absolute presentation really adds to the experience, and with the density of some of the pages, this seems like the best way to enjoy this...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70549602">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="30015473">
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[After <em>Daredevil</em> and <em>Wolverine</em>, but before <em>The Dark Knight Returns</em>, <em>Batman: Year One</em> and <em>Sin City</em>, there was <em>Ronin</em>!<br/><br/>Originally a six issue miniseries for DC, <em>Ronin</em> mixes a dark and ominous high tech future with mystical sensibilities in the tale of a masterless 13th century samurai reborn ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30015473">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64409138">
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    <body><![CDATA[The Book that inspired my pen name, lol... Bought this as individual issues when they first came out and was blown away by Miller's then-new style (an unlikely, but influential mix of Lone Wolf and Cub, and Moebius). If you haven't already, check this one out.]]></body>
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    <review id="49762397">
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    <name><![CDATA[Eric]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not my favorite graphic novel.  Dated and messy illustrations, and a byzantine, confusing story that doesn't really engage much.  Probably historically significant in the evolution of the genre, but doesn't stand the test of time very well.]]></body>
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    <review id="40417562">
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    <name><![CDATA[Ryan]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[     Ah, Frank, thanks for the awesome Batman sstuff, but everything else you do just isn't good. Ancient warriors re-awakened and blah dee blah. Spare me the melodrama and do more Batman.]]></body>
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    <review id="47686080">
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was disappointed to realize that this story has essentially nothing to do with Japanese history or film. Some interesting art by Frank Miller. Otherwise sort of a waste of time.]]></body>
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    <review id="51205937">
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    <name><![CDATA[Doruk]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really like Frank Miller's work. It's imaginative and a bit of a mind-fuck. The fact that he does his own art in Ronin (and other stuff) is pretty remarkable.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thanks to receiving Alan Moore's <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/472331.Watchmen" title="Watchmen by Alan Moore">Watchmen</a> for Christmas, I got on a mini-tear of reading comic books. Ronin was an enjoyable comic with a cool story, and would have been a 5 star book if the artwork was more my style. It has a sketchpad feel (like Roald Dahl's illustrations) and a muted color palett...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43698254">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I remember the ending had me feeling strangely empty, but the concept is altogether unique and the action is great.  Definitely worth a read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Perhaps the best story about a masterless-samuri-reborn-800-years-later-into-a-cybernetic-future-where-he-continues-to-hunt-the-demon-who-slew-his-master story EVER!]]></body>
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