Creators: Frank Miller, Lynn Varley, Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham. The art tells as much of the story as does the words.įor those like me that had the misfortune to see the movie version first, never fear: the crappy wife subplot is NOT in this book! Huzzah! Nor is the blatantly off-putting, totally not Spartan image of the child Leonidas crying as he was being taken away from his mother for his trials.īreathtaking and rousing from beginning to end, 300 is a nearly hero-worshipful retelling of a legend, not a historical thesis-and there is nothing wrong with that! Read it, enjoy it and find it haunting the memory for days to come. 300 4K UHD Actors: Frank Miller, Lynn Varley, Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West. The eye is drawn forward-no pulled forward-and eagerly follows. 300 is a story of war and defiance as only Frank Miller can tell. Heavy lines, silhouettes, and much red spattering create the atmosphere needed for each frame. Read 1,084 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Leonidas is shown as a true Spartan hero and his wit and arrogance toward Xerxes along with his unflinching bravery make the reader (this one anyway) want to take up shield and spear and stand along side of him. The Battle of Thermopylae has become as much legend as history and that is the treatment given in 300: legendary.ģ00 follows the Spartan King Leonidas as he takes his 300 warriors to stop the Persians. Is it "historical"? Not entirely, no, but then it never makes that claim. Wow! This graphic novel is a simply stunningly rendered telling of the Battle of Thermopylae.
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