300
by:
Frank Miller (author)
Lynn Varley (author)
300 is a story of war and defiance as only Frank Miller can tell. Featuring the watercolor talents of painter Lynn Varley, 300 marks the first collaboration for these two creators since 1990's Elektra Lives Again. The five-part series is collected into a beautiful, 88-page hardcover volume, with...
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300 is a story of war and defiance as only Frank Miller can tell. Featuring the watercolor talents of painter Lynn Varley, 300 marks the first collaboration for these two creators since 1990's Elektra Lives Again. The five-part series is collected into a beautiful, 88-page hardcover volume, with each two-page spread from the comic presented as it was originally intended - as a single undivided page, greatly enhancing the graphic and narrative power of this immortal tale of heroic sacrifice. Make sure to check out the online preview of 300 here. And watch for news of this soon to be made major motion picture.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781569714027 (1569714029)
Publish date: August 1999
Publisher: Dark Horse
Pages no: 88
Edition language: English
I was surprised the film was so close to this comic, the comic is much more beautiful though
First, let's start with the visual element. The visual element in this graphic novel is excellent. Great art and color. You can see why this work won the awards it did. The book is a nice, large, oversized book. The story? Well, Frank Miller does take some artistic liberties here and there, but it i...
While not quite in the same league as Alan Moore's 'classics', V for Vendetta or Watchmen, Frank Miller's graphical novella does pack enough of a punch to interest fans of the comic genre throughout the world.
Reading this makes me appreciate the translation to film. The film really fleshed out the story and characters, which were sparse in the graphic novel, while still holding on to and enhancing the visual.
More like a 2.5. Since this was such a short story, this took me about 20 minutes to read. I don't know what everyone complained about with the movie. They pretty much followed this down to the letter, only adding scenes because this was so short. Honestly, as much as I hate to say this, I liked the...
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