Miller has received every major comic book industry award, and in 2015 he was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame. This is a romanticized tale of the Spartans which is essentially black and white while history tells us the real story had shades of grey (No, never meant that pun! Featuring the watercolor talents of painter Lynn Varley, "300" marks the first collaboration for these two creators since 1990's "Elektra Lives Again". Leonides and his trusted Spartan battalion are all that stand in the way of the waves of military forces invading the enlightened ancient nation of Greece. Powerfully lean and mean - just like the warriors of the title - graphic novella epic (is that even a thing?

The modern crime comic era started a few years earlier with two releases: the high-profile Sin City by Frank Miller and the independent Stray Bullets by David Lapham. While there is much to criticize in 300, what stands out most in this book are the double-paged spreads in striking artwork. This time, however, the Spartans chose not to hold back their entire army in deference to the festival, but instead sent an advance force of 300 men under Leonidas, who were to be reinforced by a full contingent of Spartan warriors after the festival concluded. 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. 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.All Herodotus tells us is that the Spartan officials did not think that the engagement at Thermopylae would be decided so quickly and intended the main part of their force to arrive before the fighting broke out. The costume designs are symbolic rather than historic, and each heavy cape and bronze sword is used to full effect.

Give Me Liberty was followed by sequel miniseries and specials expanding on the story of protagonist Martha Washington, an African-American woman in modern and near-future North America, all of which were written by Miller and drawn by Gibbons. was initially published as a monthly five-issue comic book limited series by Dark Horse Comics, the first issue published in May 1998. Frank Miller's epic retelling of history's supreme moment of battlefield valor is finally collected in its intended format-each two-page spread from the original comics is presented as a single undivided page.I loved the movie adaptation of this (I even liked the sequel), and now that I finally read the graphic novel, I can safely say that I loved the graphic novel as well. Miller’s book, while a cult item among comic aficionados, was never much of a crossover success, but even for best sellers, the number of viewers for a hit adaptation is far greater than the number of readers. In what is likely a suicide mission, they and their allies plan to stop King Xerxes' invasion of Greece at the narrow cliffs of the "Hot Gates" ( Thermopylae). Interestingly, the artist had once sworn off movies of his work, not because of a bad experience with an adaptation but because of studio interference with his original scripts for RoboCop 2 [1990] and RoboCop 3 [1993]. Lots of crazy warfare scenes (more severed limbs and appendages than you can throw a javelin at) along with terse but well-written dialogue = a tour-de-force from the talented Mr.