Author Frank Miller (-whose background in hard-ass graphic arts goes back to the 1980's, and includes kudos such as co-creator of RoboCop and creator of Hellboy -just for starters)- describes the making of SIN CITY as, "My dream come true".   But not only did he write SIN CITY, he co-directed and co-produced the movie with Robert Rodriguez.   And then a strange thing happened - someone decided to invite Quentin Tarantino to the party.   This is quite impossible to fathom, seeing that it was people like Miller who created Tarantino in the first place.   Another way of saying the same thing - who really cares one dollop whether Tarantino was third, or fourth, teat on the boar-hog?    But Miller's / Rodriguez jobs as directors couldn't have been that hard - the novels WERE the storyboards.   Rodrigues contribution was the expert weaving of the first three graphic novels into a single multifaceted production.