300

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Featuring the watercolor talents of painter Lynn Varley, 300 marks the first collaboration for these two creators since 1990's Elektra Lives Again. But in ancient times, archaic warrior cultures were the way to go without any room for eco social patriarchal structures.

It was very much a product of the time I did it, but it was the best story I ever had my hands on, and I did my very best by it. bom, mas esperava mais, nomeadamente quando comparado com o filme homónimo que consegue ir bastante além em termos visuais. If you’re a history nut, you might want to avoid this, but for the Miller fans, this is indispensable reading. While it featured five self-contained tales, the story 'Wanted: Santa Claus – Dead or Alive', written by Denny O'Neil and penciled by Miller was the standout. In 1994, Miller became one of the founding members of the comic imprint Legend, under which many of his Sin City works were released via Dark Horse Comics.Written and illustrated by Miller with painted colors by Varley, 300 was a 1998 comic-book miniseries, released as a hardcover collection in 1999, retelling the Battle of Thermopylae and the events leading up to it from the perspective of Leonidas of Sparta. What Miller has done here is simply to have retold the incredible story of King Leonidas and his 300 Spartan soldiers starring down certain death to defend their home against absolutely impossible odds in a manner that people of our current time and culture can easily understand and become enveloped in.

In the lower right panel, Batman is shown swimming in the water after having been knocked off a bridge by the Joker, and the caption reads "THE SHOCK OF COLD WATER QUICKLY REVIVES THE DARK KNIGHT!Another book I'd recommend is Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle by Steven Pressfield: Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae Both these novels are epic and both expand the story of 300. Written and drawn by Frank Miller by Frank Miller (with inspired inking by Klaus Janson and beautiful watercolors by Lynn Varley), Batman: The Dark Knight revolutionized the entire [archetype] of the super hero. Elektra Lives Again was a fully painted graphic novel written and drawn by Miller and colored by longtime partner Lynn Varley.

Miller wrote the scripts for the science fiction films RoboCop 2 and RoboCop 3, about a police cyborg. In 2003, Miller's screenplay for RoboCop 2 was adapted by Steven Grant for Avatar Press's Pulsaar imprint.

Batman: Year One was also met with praise for its gritty style, while comics including Ronin, 300 and Sin City were also successful, cementing Miller's place as a legend of comic books. Produced by Frank Miller and illustrated by Bill Sienkiewicz, Elektra: Assassin was an eight-issue limited series. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Here is the guide, though, for the cover dates of books so that you can make suggestions for books that actually came out in the correct month. Released the same year as Alan Moore's and Dave Gibbons' DC miniseries Watchmen, it showcased a new form of more adult-oriented storytelling to both comics fans and a crossover mainstream audience.

Disagreeing with what he saw as censorship, Miller refused to do any further work for DC, [48] and he took his future projects to the independent publisher Dark Horse Comics. The comic is a fictional retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae and the events leading up to it from the perspective of Leonidas of Sparta. Ex-staffer sues Dark Knight comic creator, girlfriend for hostile work environment" Archived October 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Daily News; accessed January 17, 2018. was initially published as a monthly five-issue comic book limited series by Dark Horse Comics, the first issue published in May 1998. Written and illustrated by Frank Miller and painted by Lynn Varley, the artwork is dark, firm lines, washed out colours with a prominence of a dull yellow and the characteristic Spartan red which fits the warm and difficult summers of the warring Greece perfectly.As much as 100 Bullets is a cornerstone of the modern crime comic, it did not spring fully formed into the world. The story focuses on King Leonidas, the young foot soldier Stelios and the storyteller Dilios to highlight the Spartans’ awe-inspiring toughness and valour. During the Battle of Marathon, ten years previous to Thermopylae, the Spartans had been obligated to honor the Carneia, a religious festival during which military engagements were forbidden. La película es tan fiel que me parece que todos los diálogos que salen en le comic lo dicen en la película.