Sin City Poster

A group of fans banned together once again to privately commission Christopher Cox to illustrate and design a screen print commemorating the ground breaking 2005 release of Sin City.Cox has been a fan of Frank Miller since he was around 11 years old and absolutely loves both the original comics and the film. So again, it was a dream come true to illustrate a poster about the movie.

Cox always felt the image of Marv in the electric chair from the original comics was one of the single most iconic comic book illustrations of all time. Having read every single Sin City comic and that image never left his mind. So he knew that would be the foundational element for the layout of the poster and a way to bridge the original comics with the film. Nailing the likenesses of the actors with a minimal amount of solid colors was a big challenge with such a large ensemble cast. The effort lead to some breakthroughs in my process and how he generates vector art. Both the white and black version of the poster will be printed as the commissioning group couldn’t decide which version they liked better.