Lol, nearly everything is derivative of something. SIN CITY, in Miller's own words, is a mash-up of Spillane, Chandler, and Hammett. But if Alan Moore writes "fan fic", I'm afraid to ask what everything else in comics is...


The diifference is, Miller didn't use Spillane's or Chandler's or Hammet's characters. Tone is one thing, using other people's characters is quite obviously another. The day Mike Hammer appears in Sin City is the day Miller is writing fan fic.