I've begun reading Sin City, and have read the first two Volumes (The Hard Good Bye and A Dame To Kill For) and have enjoyed both immensly.

I'm not sure if I liked one over the other, though. I think it was because I knew what to expect out of The Hard Good Bye, since I've seen the Sin City movie. It's amazing to me, how Rodriguez kept that part of the movie so close to the source material.

A Dame to Kill For was freaking awesome, and probably gave me a better sense of fullfilment, since it was fresh; and I had no clue what it was about, other than it was the beginning of Dwight's story.

Anyway, I was wondering, for those that have read them, what is your favorite yarn, and why?

Hell and Back was my favorite by far. I just loved the story, and when it pops into color for those few frames (damn, you'll know when you hit it). However, I love Frank Miller, and I love Sin City. But the last was definitely the best.

The original Sin City (The Marv story), followed by That Yellow Bastard.

Hated Hell and Back personally, but to each their own...

The Original Sin City (now Hard Goodbye) followed by Another Saturday Night one shot.

Another Saturday Night tells the origin of Marv's Coat, it has some pretty funny one page jokes in it as well.

That Yellow Bastard (part of the Sin City movie as well) is not bad as well.

I'd probably have to go with the original (Sin City/The Hard Goodbye) as well.

Where can you find "Another Saturday Night" sounds excellent...

If you're collecting the TPBs then it's the first short story in "Booze, Broads and Bullets." If you want the original comic, ebay I guess.

I actually prefer the trades, mostly because they add such contrast to the other trades I have, when placed on a bookshelf.

I picked up Vol. 3 The Big Fat Kill and Vol. 4 That Yellow Bastard today.

For these books I prefered the trades as well, I just wish they hadn't shrunk them down for the second editions. I know it has some benefits but with books that are highly visual in nature such as Sin City I would prefer the full sized version.

A Dame to Kill for is my favorite, followed closely by The Hard Goodbye and The Big Fat Kill. I liked That Yellow Bastard okay, but didn't really care for either Family Values or To Hell and Back. The short stories range from excellent to so-so.

Time to play Necromancer's Apprentice (it's not that old a thread to count for full-bore necro'ing )...

Would someone who has seen the movie still feel like he's getting "fresh tales" out of the complete Sin City Library (collects all the TPB's) or would he feel like he's already encountered most of it? I guess I'm just wondering how much was in the movie versus how much is still in the books.

From what I can remember, the movie contained about 80-90% of the comics story-wise (going off the theatrical release, not the director's cut/special edition or whatever it was called). There may have been a few scenes missing or dialogue that was cut short but for the most part, they pretty much brought the comic directly to the big screen. So there would be a lot of "been here, seen it" while trying to read the three TPBs that are covered (and the Salesman short story) but on the other hand, there's still little bits and pieces and characterizations that pop out in the comic that you kinda miss in the movie. And there's the minor stuff like seeing Marv beat up on Weevil (a guy with a slight resemblance to a particular Canadian with claws).

A comic buff would probably still get some enjoyment out of it but others probably wouldn't. And of course this only applies to the Hard Goodbye, That Yellow Bastard, and The Big Fat Kill. The others are still waiting to be adapted and you'd get a lot out of reading those. I'm eager to see if they do end up getting Angelina Jolie for A Dame to Kill For or Johnny Depp for Hell and Back.

Actually the last paragraph goes a long way towards answering my question: I wasn't sure how many of the TPB's had snuck at least partially into the movie. Thanks.

Sorry, I thought you were looking for a more detailed analysis. Yeah, the movie only covered those three TPBs. It also included the Customer is Always Right (the bit at the beginning) which is one of the short stories in Booze, Broads and Bullets I believe. And the short scene with Dwight at the bar talking about Marv is also from another book. But that's pretty much it.

I would recommend reading A Dame to Kill For as it features Dwight and Marv. A good chunk of it happens before the Hard Goodbye (Marv's movie story) and all of it happens before the Big Fat Kill (Dwight's movie story). There's actually a line in the movie (concerning Dwight's face) which you don't fully understand until you read this story.

A Dame to Kill For was my favorite. Dwight is the super shoot.