A lot of chest thumping dialogue and weirdly fetishistic art. I'd recommend it over the movie, but don't take that for a ringing endorsement. ( )

I was recommended this very short graphic novel in full colour describing the Thermopylae was in circa 500 BC between the Spartans and Persians. Not in depth, but informative and glad to have learned a little ancient Greek history through illustration and short narration. ( )

My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/odkDrXfGzD8

Enjoy! ( )

Taking a well known sanguinary event from history, Miller succeeds in making it even more bloody and of gigantic proportions truly substantiating the premise of the original-a holocaustic clash of timeless civilizations with 300 men deciding the fates of the world after them. Yes, he takes creative liberties but these do not detract from the originality of history but rather augments the visceral gore expected of ancient battles. An amazing depiction of battlefield leadership, strategy, man's role in making history and the courage of a people confronting annihilation. ( )

Talk about feeling like a warrior! While I tend to not to read comics or lengthy and dialogue filled graphic novels, this story and depiction of King Leonidas and the few but mighty Spartan brothers had me feeling pride for a group of soldiers that sacrificed themselves in such a noble way. I was honestly saddened to read about Leonidas being defeated, but overtime could just sense the amount of devotion being poured onto this leader. History has taught me that Spartans were hardcore and trained as warriors for all their livers. To see even the women themselves, as with Leonida's wife holding back emotions and tears so as not to appear weak, Frank Miller does well to illustrate strength, power, and bravery. I felt deflated knowing the deformed Ephialtes would not be able to be of use to Leonidas, even horror stricken when learning that infants who showed deformities would not be kept alive, but as readers get to know and understand this leader and his reasoning behind every decision overall it is a wise decision for a king to make. Compared to the movie, the comic is by far superior! From the reading alone, even I would have followed King Leonidas to the end! ( )