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The armies of Persia -- a vast horde greater than any the world has ever known -- are poised to crush Greece, an island of reason and freedom in a sea of madness and tyranny. Standing between Greece and this tidal wave of destruction are a tiny detachment of but three hundred warriors. Frank Miller's epic retelling of history's supreme moment of battlefield valor is finally collected in a glorious hardcover volume in its intended format -- each two-page spread from the original comics is presented as a single undivided page.

Collects: 300 #1-5

88 pages, Hardcover

First published December 28, 1999

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Frank Miller is an American writer, artist and film director best known for his film noir-style comic book stories. He is one of the most widely-recognized and popular creators in comics, and is one of the most influential comics creators of his generation. His most notable works include Sin City, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman Year One and 300.

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119 reviews67 followers
February 27, 2020
螖蔚谓 尉苇蟻蠅 蟿喂 萎蟿伪谓 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 未蔚谓 渭慰蠀 维蟻蔚蟽蔚 蟽蟿慰蠀蟼 300.
螚蟿伪谓 慰 尾喂伪蟽渭蠈蟼 蟿畏蟼 伪蟻蠂伪委伪蟼 蔚位位畏谓喂魏萎蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪蟼? 螇蟿伪谓 蠈蟿喂 蟿慰 魏蠈渭喂魏 蟽蟿畏蟻委味蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蠂蔚未蠈谓 伪蟺慰魏位蔚喂蟽蟿喂魏维 蟽蟿伪 - 慰渭慰位慰纬慰蠀渭蔚谓蠅蟼 蔚谓蟿蠀蟺蠅蟽喂伪魏维 - 纬蟻伪蠁喂魏维 蟿慰蠀, 蔚谓蠋 蠀蟺萎蟻蠂蔚 蟽蠂蔚未蠈谓 蟺位萎蟻畏蟼 伪蟺慰蠀蟽委伪 魏蔚喂渭苇谓蠅谓, 蔚魏蟿蠈蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿喂蟼 魏位喂蟽伪蟻喂蟽渭蔚谓蔚蟼 尾伪蟻蠀纬未慰蠀蟺蔚蟼 伪蟿维魏蔚蟼?
螠维位位慰谓 蠈位伪 伪蠀蟿维 渭伪味委. 危蔚 魏维胃蔚 蟺蔚蟻委蟺蟿蠅蟽畏 蟺蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 苇谓伪 蔚蠀蠂维蟻喂蟽蟿慰 魏伪喂 纬蟻萎纬慰蟻慰 未喂维尾伪蟽渭伪 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 蟽伪蟼 蠄蠀蠂伪纬蠅纬畏蟽蔚喂, 伪蟻魏蔚委 谓伪 渭畏谓 蟺维蟻蔚蟿蔚 蟿慰谓 Leonidas 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 蟺伪蟻苇伪 蟿慰蠀 蟺慰位蠉 蟽慰尾伪蟻维.
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223 reviews1,032 followers
May 17, 2017
Are you ready for the 88-page long epic graphic novel inspired by the most famous historic last stand?

Ahoo Ahoo Ahoo
(I hope everyone here chanted that with me)

Into the hell's mouth..... we march.


Set in 480 BC, Frank Miller's 300 retells the battle of Thermopylae: a battle that raged between 300 Spartans and allied forces against the full strength of Persian army.

And what a battle it was.

This limited graphic series is considered as one of the most acclaimed works of Frank Miller. You'd know why that particular opinion persists when you read this book. The story is so well written and you could actually feel the energy flowing through the words when you read the story.

The art is also beautiful in many panels. But some were just average for me.

We all love the movie 300. And now I can state confidently that the movie is one hell of an adaptation of its source material. The movie not only absorbs the story faithfully but also manages to transcend the source material in many parts.


Overall, if you are looking for something energetic... Read this book!

Once again, together now!
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Author听3 books6,135 followers
February 1, 2020
Violent but gorgeous, 300 is a fantastic comic book based in the doomed mission of the Spartans against the Persians. Frank Miller brings his unique style mostly known - to me at least - from the masterful and illustrates the legendary world from over 2000 years ago with panache. There was, of course, also an epic film inspired by this modern classic.
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3,128 reviews189 followers
October 1, 2024
The effort by Dark Horse Comics to make this hardcover edition of Frank Miller's 300 into a panoramic edition is appreciated. This was the way Miller intended as the individual issues (or floppies) were a 2 page splash from start to finish.

My only gripe is I cannot display it spine first on my shelf with my other Miller works. But a great read nonetheless.
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805 reviews5,159 followers
January 17, 2023
I won麓t make another cheap, 鈥濼his is Sparta!鈥� joke

Because this would be too movie centric and the graphic novel is the true core of the theme
As so often, in bloody fandom wars, there are so many, diverse, and stupid opinions that it麓s hard to hit the main underlying themes. Or let麓s say, this one is just for the fun, violence, and war, so one shouldn麓t see too much in it. For instance a

Discrimination of Middle East cultures
Miller didn麓t want to make a political statement about the time 2 millennia ago, he simply needed an antagonist. Even I don麓t overinterpret and hyperanalyze something into one of the wackiest forms of government by

Combining regality with divinity
But it makes a great pair for crazy dictatorships, because one has a whole theistic military complex with a gigantic bureaucracy, controlling any aspect of life. As always, the less dramatic, but often more realistic reasons for wars, economic ones, aren麓t in the game. They simply aren麓t as thrilling as god emperors, a typical male characteristic often accompanied by

Megalomania, world domination, and mad sweaty stinky masculinity
The last one is nowadays pure satire, because there is nothing as ridiculous as stereotypies. But in ancient times, archaic warrior cultures were the way to go without any room for eco social patriarchal structures. This could be seen as a statement hidden deep in the seas of blood, that

Extremely male domination leads to chaos
Because the Spartans are antagonists too, they murder their own kind, have nothing in mind except war, escalating bromances, and oily fights, and deem any soft, feminine, sensitive emotion inferior and stupid. Even harder to imagine, than that it once was like that, is the fact that there are still cultures out there that keep living these standards by uniting theistic despotism with chauvinistic misogyny as an official and appropriate governmental form.

Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique:

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2,321 reviews3,720 followers
September 16, 2016
As with many comics and graphic novels, I've seen the movie before I read the book. But despite the extreme pathos, the floods of blood / body parts and the ridiculous make-up/CGI abs, I liked it. Thus I wanted to read the graphic novel.

The book is pretty short but it also has just the right length. It's not historically accurate, but I also didn't expect that since its purpose rather is to entertain, shock (corpses! nudity!) and give a new coating to an already very well-known point in history.

The art in this is gritty but beautiful. Before seeing the movie, I hadn't seen this style before what with the brownish colours everywhere and bright red as a shock - alas, since then many have copied it, but this will always be the first and therefore original to me.

There was little enough dialogue. Instead, we are being told a story, a tale as told by the one Spartan who was sent back and I can imagine telling this tale around a campfire. That was a rather nice touch as well. Plus, the book had (as I had hoped) my two favourite scenes in it:



So yeah, despite the historical inaccuracies and the thick coat of pathos everywhere, I enjoyed myself very much and understand why Frank Miller's work usually gets a lot of praise.
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6,151 reviews941 followers
May 22, 2023
Read this after The Histories by Herodotus - blood soaked interpretation that is often at odds with actual events - still one of the major GN of the last quarter century; art and story mesh/flow well. This book (in my opinion) was instrumental in opening the door for GN of historical fiction; Frank Miller has given us yet another work of lasting importance.
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1,464 reviews809 followers
March 12, 2022
Me ha gustado si es cierto que ha habido veces que le dibujo perd铆a definici贸n.
Los colores muy buenos y si es cierto que al principio los espartanos parec铆an de raza negra luego la cosa mejor贸 y s铆 parec铆an espartanos. La pel铆cula es tan fiel que me parece que todos los di谩logos que salen en le comic lo dicen en la pel铆cula.
7/10
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2,122 reviews242 followers
July 16, 2019
4.5 stars

"Persians gasp and groan and gurgle and scream and stumble and tumble and fall. Brains splattering across briny stone . . . We Spartans laugh like fools - and keep pushing. No prisoners. No mercy. We're off to one hell of a good start." -- King Leonides commenting on 'The First Day'

Powerfully lean and mean - just like the warriors of the title - graphic novella epic (is that even a thing?) that is hyper-violent but also ruggedly stylish. 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. 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. Miller.
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Author听4 books155 followers
September 24, 2022
袨褌泻褗屑 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟 胁褋懈褔泻芯 胁 鈥�300鈥� 械 锌芯写薪械褋械薪芯 芯褌谢懈褔薪芯 懈 胁写褗褏薪芯胁褟胁邪褖芯, 芯褌泻褗屑 懈谢褞褋褌褉邪褑懈懈 懈屑邪 芯褖械 泻邪泻胁芯 写邪 褋械 卸械谢邪械. 肖懈谢屑a 褋褗屑 谐芯 谐谢械写邪谢 写芯褋褌邪 锌褗褌懈 懈 褋械 薪邪褉械卸写邪 褋褉械写 谢褞斜懈屑懈褌械 屑懈. 袣芯屑懈泻褋邪/谐褉邪褎懈褔薪懈褟 褉芯屑邪薪 谐芯 褔械褌邪 蟹邪 锌褗褉胁懈 锌褗褌, 薪芯 芯锌褉械写械谢械薪芯 芯褔邪泻胁邪褏 屑薪芯谐芯 锌芯胁械褔械 芯褌 褌芯胁邪, 泻芯械褌芯 械 胁 写械泄褋褌胁懈褌械谢薪芯褋褌. 袙懈蟹褍邪谢薪芯 褌褍泻 锌褉械懈屑褍褖械褋褌胁邪褌邪 褋邪 懈蟹褑褟谢芯 蟹邪 褎懈谢屑邪 懈 褌芯泄 锌械褔械谢懈 锌芯 胁褋懈褔泻懈 锌芯泻邪蟹邪褌械谢懈. 袨褌 胁懈写褟薪芯褌芯 胁 泻芯屑懈泻褋邪 薪械 斜懈褏 泻邪蟹邪谢 褔械 褋褗屑 芯褋芯斜械薪芯 胁锌械褔邪褌谢械薪 芯褌 谐褉邪褎懈褔薪邪褌邪 屑褍 褔邪褋褌, 薪芯 泻邪褌芯 褑褟谢芯 褋褌邪胁邪.

3.5 猸�

馃掺 泻邪写褉懈 芯褌 褎懈谢屑邪 馃掺
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4,733 reviews13.3k followers
July 16, 2012
Though I'm a Frank Miller fan, back in 2006 I somehow hadn't heard of his book "300" so I went to see Zack Snyder's film first - and it completely blew me away. Maybe because I hadn't read Miller's book or seen anything about the film beforehand, but the film was shot in such a highly stylised way and the story was so utterly engrossing, that I couldn't get it out of my head and is probably one of my favourite films ever. Needless to say once I found out it was based on Miller's book I sought it out and devoured it in one sitting. Years later I sat down with it again one rainy Saturday morning and after re-reading it I decided to set down my thoughts to encourage anyone out there reading this review who hasn't read this book to go out and read it now.

The story is set in 480 BCE and is about King Leonidas of Sparta and 300 of his personal guard standing up to a massive Persian army many thousands strong led by the self-proclaimed god-king Xerxes. What looks like a massacre based on figures alone, changes when Leonidas chooses a narrow coastal passageway called the Hot Gates as the place he and his men will make their last stand. They will die but not without taking a fair chunk out of Xerxes' force, causing his army to stumble in their mission to dominate the civilised world, and inspire others to oppose and eventually defeat Xerxes.

The story is ripe for drama and Miller milks it for all its worth, setting up each of the five chapters perfectly so that not a single panel is wasted. The dialogue is so memorable a lot of it was lifted straight from the book into the film: "This is blasphemy! This is madness!" - "This is SPARTA!", "Spartan! Come back with your shield - or on it", "Spartans. Ready your breakfast and eat hearty - for tonight we dine in Hell!" and so on. There are so many excellent passages like when the Spartans meet up with the Arcadians or Leonidas' confrontation with Xerxes that the words will ring through your mind long after you鈥檝e read it (in my case years later).

Then there's the art. If, like me, you were blown away by the visuals in the film, it's only because so many of the iconic scenes were taken straight from the book and Miller's imagination. Every page is a master-class in comics artistry from the night battle with the Immortals, to the dance of the Oracle, to the bottomless pit in Sparta, to Xerxes' character design, and the Spartans' iconic red cloaks, bronze shields and helmets. The book is printed on A4 pages with many panels taking up an entire page. Miller doesn't waste a single inch of space, filling it up with detail and action while his partner Lynn Varley elevates it with her colours to produce some of the most gorgeous art Miller has ever crafted in his career.

"300" is an incredible accomplishment of art and storytelling and is one of the many reasons why Frank Miller is so revered in the literary world. It's as exhilarating to read on the page as it is to see on the screen and the art is to die for. I recommend this whole-heartedly to anyone who enjoys to read but especially to comics fans who've not picked this up yet. This is an amazing book, this is a work of art, THIS IS MILLER (at his finest)!
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806 reviews73 followers
March 26, 2018
Ovde nemam sta puno da dodam: odlicni crtezi, akcija, zabavna prica koje samo ovlaz dodiruje istoriju. Frank Miler iz svojih najboljih dana. Savrsena preporuka sem za cepidlake :P
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2,078 reviews810 followers
April 7, 2023
This is Frank Miller's 鈥渆pic retelling of history's supreme moment of battlefield valor鈥︹€� Sparta versus all of Persia. 鈥淭he armies of Persia鈥攁 vast horde greater than any the world has ever known鈥攁re poised to crush Greece, an island of reason and freedom in a sea of madness and tyranny. Standing between Greece and this tidal wave of destruction are a tiny detachment of but three hundred warriors.鈥�

I first encountered Miller when he jumped into Marvel鈥檚 Daredevil franchise. You may have seen his most popular recasting of Batman as The Dark Knight. He can draw, but with good reason lets Lynn Varley do this book鈥檚 illustrations. He has an immense list of comic books and graphics novels to his credit and has even authored successful screenplays. He has been one of the creators and executive producers of the Netflix series, Cursed (based on his original graphic novel). His 鈥渄ramatic chops鈥� are on display here.


The Spartan encounter with the might of the Persian Empire is the topic of this story. In typical Miller form, there is some extra imagination given to the topic of courage and the nature of Sparta which Miller refers to as the only land of free men. There is much implication of what it takes to be free men. 鈥淲e are born. We are inspected. If we are small or puny or sickly or misshapen, we are discarded. We are starved, driven to steal and kill. We are tested, tossed into the wild, left to pit our wits against nature鈥檚 fury. By rod and lash, we are punished, trained to show no pain. Our training never ends. We are Spartans.鈥�

And
鈥淒ilios, I trust that scratch hasn鈥檛 made you, useless?鈥�
鈥淗ardly, my lord. It鈥檚 just an eye and the gods saw fit to grace me with a spare.鈥�

And
鈥溾€hat鈥檚 an easy choice for us, Arcadian. Spartans never retreat! Spartans never surrender!鈥�

Thanks to Michael Finocchiaro for alerting me to this version鈥檚 existence.

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1,098 reviews2,236 followers
June 27, 2015
讴賲蹖讴 300貙 讴賴 丿爻鬲賲丕蹖賴 蹖 賮蹖賱賲蹖 丕夭 "夭讴 丕爻賳丕蹖丿乇" 亘丕 賴賲蹖賳 賳丕賲 卮丿 讴賴 氐丿丕蹖 丕蹖乇丕賳蹖 賴丕 乇賵 丿乇丌賵乇丿貙 賳賵卮鬲賴 蹖 "賮乇丕賳讴 賲蹖賱乇" 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 蹖 丕賮爻丕賳賴 丕蹖 讴賲蹖讴.
亘賴 卮禺氐賴貙 賮讴乇 賲蹖讴賳賲 禺蹖賱蹖 丕夭 讴爻丕蹖蹖 讴賴 讴賱蹖 爻乇 賵 氐丿丕 讴乇丿賳 亘丕亘鬲 丕蹖賳 賮蹖賱賲貙 賮蹖賱賲 乇賵 賳丿蹖丿賴 亘賵丿賳. 禺蹖賱蹖 賴丕 賴賲 氐乇賮丕賸 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲 噩賲毓蹖 亘丕毓孬 卮丿 禺蹖賱蹖 毓賱蹖賴卮 賲賵囟毓 亘诏蹖乇賳. 讴賲蹖讴 丕蹖賳 賯丿乇賴丕 亘賴 倬丕乇爻 賴丕 鬲賵賴蹖賳 賳賲蹖讴賳賴貙 賮賯胤 趩賵賳 丕夭 丿蹖丿 丕爻倬丕乇鬲丕賳 賴丕 乇賵丕蹖鬲 卮丿賴貙 胤亘蹖毓蹖賴 讴賴 倬丕乇爻 賴丕 亘賴 毓賳賵丕賳 丿卮賲賳 鬲氐賵蹖乇 卮丿賳.

賴乇 趩賳丿貙 賲賳氐賮丕賳賴 賳诏丕賴 讴賳蹖賲貙 亘毓囟蹖 噩丕賴丕 倬丕乇爻 賴丕 賵 丕爻倬丕乇鬲丕賳 賴丕 乇賵 賲賯丕蹖爻賴 賲蹖讴賳賴 賵 丨乇賮 賴丕蹖 禺賳丿賴 丿丕乇蹖 賲蹖夭賳賴. 丕夭 噩賲賱賴 丕蹖賳 讴賴 倬丕乇爻 賴丕 賲蹖禺賵丕賳 亘丕 鬲氐乇賮 蹖賵賳丕賳貙 鬲賳賴丕 卮丕賳爻 噩賴丕賳 亘乇丕蹖 丿蹖丿賳 "賲賳胤賯" 賵 "毓丿丕賱鬲" 賵 "丌夭丕丿蹖" 乇賵 丕夭 亘蹖賳 亘亘乇賳.
丕蹖賳 丨乇賮 賵賯鬲蹖 禺賳丿賴 丿丕乇賴 讴賴 丕夭 夭亘丕賳 蹖賴 丕爻倬丕乇鬲丕賳 夭丿賴 亘卮賴貙 讴賴 亘賴 賵丨卮蹖 賵 噩賳诏 胤賱亘 亘賵丿賳 賲毓乇賵賮 亘賵丿賴 賵 賴爻鬲賳. 賴賲趩賳蹖賳 丕夭 賲爻賱賾賲丕鬲賴 讴賴 蹖賵賳丕賳蹖 賴丕 禺賵丿卮賵賳 賴蹖趩 賵賯鬲 讴丕乇 賳賲蹖讴乇丿賳貙 亘賱讴賴 賴賲蹖卮賴 毓丿賴 蹖 讴孬蹖乇蹖 亘乇丿賴 丿丕卮鬲賳 賵 亘乇丿賴 賴丕 讴丕乇 賲蹖讴乇丿賳 賵 賲乇丿丕賳 丌夭丕丿 丿乇 丌鬲賳 亘賴 鬲丨氐蹖賱 毓賱賲 賵 賮賱爻賮賴 賵 丿乇 丕爻倬丕乇鬲 亘賴 鬲賲乇蹖賳 噩賳诏 賲蹖倬乇丿丕禺鬲賳.

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賱亘丕爻 乇夭賲 "诏丕乇丿 噩丕賵蹖丿丕賳"

亘賴 賴乇 丨丕賱. 賳賯丕卮蹖 賴丕 丿乇 丨丿 毓丕賱蹖 亘賵丿賳. 亘賴 禺氐賵氐 丕夭 胤乇丕丨蹖 讴賲丕亘蹖卮 丿乇爻鬲 賱亘丕爻 乇夭賲 丕蹖乇丕賳蹖 賴丕 (賳賴 賴賲賴 卮賵賳) 賱匕鬲 亘乇丿賲 賵 賱亘丕爻 "诏丕乇丿 噩丕賵蹖丿丕賳" 賴乇 趩賳丿 爻賳丿 鬲丕乇蹖禺蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲貙 賵賱蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 賴蹖噩丕賳 丕賳诏蹖夭 賵 乇毓亘 丌賵乇 亘賵丿. 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵亘 賳卮賵賳 賲蹖丿丕丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳 賴丕 賵乇夭蹖丿賴 鬲乇蹖賳 賵 賵丨卮鬲 丕賳诏蹖夭鬲乇蹖賳 爻倬丕賴 倬丕乇爻蹖 賴爻鬲賳.
禺卮丕蹖 丌乇卮丕 蹖賴 賲賯丿丕乇蹖 睾蹖乇 胤亘蹖毓蹖 賵 夭賳 賳賲丕 讴卮蹖丿賴 卮丿賴 亘賵丿 讴賴 蹖丨鬲賲賱 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 賲賯丕氐丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 賵 賳卮賵賳 丿丕丿賳 賳賯卮 賲賳賮蹖卮 亘賵丿.

丿丕爻鬲丕賳
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘爻蹖丕乇 亘爻蹖丕乇 囟毓蹖賮 賵 禺丕賲 亘賵丿. 毓賲賱丕賸 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 賵噩賵丿 賳丿丕卮鬲. 賮賯胤 賲丕噩乇丕蹖 鬲丕乇蹖禺蹖 爻乇 乇丕爻鬲 賵 禺胤蹖 乇賵丕蹖鬲 卮丿賴 亘賵丿貙 亘丿賵賳 賴蹖趩 丕賵噩 賵 賮乇賵丿蹖. 賲蹖禺賵丕爻鬲賲 賮蹖賱賲卮 乇賵 賴賲 亘亘蹖賳賲貙 丕賲丕 賵丕賯毓丕賸 亘丕 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 囟毓蹖賮 賵 賲禺氐賵氐丕賸 讴丕乇诏乇丿丕賳蹖 "夭讴 丕爻賳丕蹖丿乇" 讴賴 鬲噩乇亘賴 蹖 賮蹖賱賲爻丕夭蹖 賴丕賱蹖賵賵丿蹖卮 乇賵 丿丕乇賲 (丿乇 賮蹖賱賲 賴丕蹖 "賳诏賴亘丕賳丕賳" 賵 "賲乇丿 倬賵賱丕丿蹖賳") 丕乇夭卮 賳丿丕乇賴 丌丿賲 丿賵亘丕乇賴 賵賯鬲 亘匕丕乇賴 亘乇丕蹖 賮蹖賱賲卮.
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2,697 reviews360 followers
November 25, 2017
螔伪胃渭慰位慰纬委伪: 9/10

螣蠉蟿蔚 尉苇蟻蠅 蟺蠈蟽蔚蟼 蠁慰蟻苇蟼 苇蠂蠅 未蔚喂 蟿畏谓 慰渭蠈蟿喂蟿位畏 蟿伪喂谓委伪. 危委纬慰蠀蟻伪 魏伪渭喂维 未蔚魏伪蟻喂维. 螌渭蠅蟼 蟿慰 魏蠈渭喂魏, 蟺慰蠀 蟽蟿畏谓 螘位位维未伪 魏蠀魏位慰蠁慰蟻蔚委 蔚未蠋 魏伪喂 蠂蟻蠈谓喂伪, 渭苇蠂蟻喂 蟿蠋蟻伪 蟺伪蟻苇渭蔚谓蔚 纬喂伪 魏维蟺慰喂慰谓 伪未喂蔚蠀魏蟻委谓喂蟽蟿慰 位蠈纬慰 伪未喂维尾伪蟽蟿慰. 螘未蠋 蟺慰蠀 蟿伪 位苇渭蔚, 渭苇蠂蟻喂 蠂胃蔚蟼 未蔚谓 蟿慰 蔚委蠂伪 伪纬慰蟻维蟽蔚喂 魏伪谓! 螌渭蠅蟼 蟿慰 尾蟻萎魏伪 渭蟺蟻慰蟽蟿维 渭慰蠀, 胃蔚蠋蟻畏蟽伪 蟿畏谓 蟿喂渭萎 伪蟽蟿蔚委伪 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 蟽魏位畏蟻蠈未蔚蟿畏 苇魏未慰蟽畏 蔚谓蠈蟼 蔚渭尾位畏渭伪蟿喂魏慰蠉 苇蟻纬慰蠀, 魏伪喂 蟿慰 维蟻蟺伪尉伪. 螝伪喂 蔚蟺喂蟿苇位慰蠀蟼 蟿慰 未喂维尾伪蟽伪! 螁蠁畏蟽伪 蟽蟿畏谓 维魏蟻畏 蟿畏谓 蔚喂魏蠈谓伪 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂蠅 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 蟿伪喂谓委伪 魏伪喂 尾蟻萎魏伪 蠈蟿喂 魏伪喂 蟿慰 魏蠈渭喂魏 蔚委谓伪喂 蟽蔚 蟺慰位蠉 蠀蠄畏位蠈 蔚蟺委蟺蔚未慰 蟺慰喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼. 桅蠀蟽喂魏维 未畏位蠋谓蠅 位维蟿蟻畏蟼 蟿慰蠀 桅蟻伪谓魏 螠委位蔚蟻 魏伪喂 未蔚谓 蟺蔚蟻委渭蔚谓伪 谓伪 渭畏谓 渭蔚委谓蠅 蔚蠀蠂伪蟻喂蟽蟿畏渭苇谓慰蟼 苇蟽蟿蠅 魏伪喂 位委纬慰 伪蟺蠈 魏维蟺慰喂慰 苇蟻纬慰 蟿慰蠀, 伪蟺位维 蠂伪委蟻慰渭伪喂 蟺慰蠀 蟽喂纬慰蠀蟻蔚蠉蟿畏魏伪. 韦慰 蟽蠂苇未喂慰 蔚委谓伪喂 喂未喂伪委蟿蔚蟻慰, 慰 蠈位慰蟼 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰蟼 蟺伪蟻慰蠀蟽委伪蟽畏蟼 蟿畏蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪蟼 渭伪纬蔚蠀蟿喂魏蠈蟼, 蟿慰 蟽蔚谓维蟻喂慰 伪蟺位蠈 伪位位维 伪谓伪未蔚喂魏谓蠉蔚喂 渭蔚 苇谓蟿慰谓慰 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰 蟿畏谓 未蠉谓伪渭畏 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟽胃苇谓慰蟼 蟿蠅谓 危蟺伪蟻蟿喂伪蟿蠋谓, 蔚谓蠋 魏伪喂 蟿伪 蠂蟻蠋渭伪蟿伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏维 蔚尉伪喂蟻蔚蟿喂魏维, 未畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬慰蠉谓 渭喂伪 蠁慰尾蔚蟻萎 伪蟿渭蠈蟽蠁伪喂蟻伪. 螘谓蟿维尉蔚喂, 伪谓 魏维蟺慰喂慰蟼 蔚尉蔚蟿维蟽蔚喂 蟿慰 魏蠈渭喂魏 渭蔚 伪蠀蟽蟿畏蟻维 魏伪喂 蟽蠀纬魏蔚魏蟻喂渭苇谓伪 魏蟻喂蟿萎蟻喂伪, 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 尾蟻蔚喂 蠄蔚纬维未喂伪, 蟿蠈蟽慰 蟽蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 魏伪喂 蟿慰蠀蟼 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蔚蟼 蠈蟽慰 魏伪喂 蟽蟿慰 蟽蠂苇未喂慰, 蠈渭蠅蟼 蔚纬蠋 魏蟻委谓蠅 蟿畏谓 纬蔚谓喂魏蠈蟿蔚蟻畏 蔚喂魏蠈谓伪 蟿慰蠀 魏蠈渭喂魏 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 伪委蟽胃畏蟽畏 蟺慰蠀 渭慰蠀 未畏渭喂慰蠉蟻纬畏蟽蔚 魏伪蟿维 蟿畏谓 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏. 螣蟺蠈蟿蔚 未喂魏伪委蠅蟼 蟺伪委蟻谓蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 渭苇谓伪 蟺苇谓蟿蔚 伪蟽蟿蔚蟻维魏喂伪.
34 reviews38 followers
April 10, 2007
Christ. This is crazy. Sparta's described as having this nightmarish culture where children are left out to die of exposure, men are ritually abused by each other to demonstrate toughness, the disabled are rejected in spite of their potential skills because they fail to fit into the military system, and international law is null and void (this is madness! No one kills a messenger! This is Sparta!).

And yet Frank Miller would have us believe they're better than the cultured Athenians (who're habitually described as boy-lovers, in spite of the Spartans being big macho maries themselves), that they can rationally reject their religion (the priests are painted as corrupt) and that what they're fighting for in their battle against the Persians is WESTERN CIVILISATION ITSELF.

In the end, the invading Persians (who offer to enrich Sparta in exchange for her vassalship) sound a lot more like today's America. And the Spartans look a lot more like today's Iran, proud and smart enough to develop nuclear capability and cunning enough to abuse a few British sailors for the sake of political advantage.

However, the stupid Americentric wankfest does read well. (shrug)
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625 reviews121 followers
February 7, 2017
Spartans! Tonight we dine in hell
The original graphic novel that inpired the movie of the same name.

Graphics are amazing, unique and pioneer for their time; too brutal and too tale-like. Lines are as spartan-like as they should be: "蟿慰 位伪魏蠅谓委味蔚喂谓 蔚蟽蟿委 蠁喂位慰蟽慰蠁蔚委谓" (talk as less as you can to be wise) is the moto of these soldiers that fear nothing, even death himself. "螚 蟿伪谓 萎 蔚蟺委 蟿伪蟼" (come carrying this shield or be brought up to it") is the other hesitate-in-front-of-no-enemy moto.

Spartans and their sacrifice still inspires in many forms of art (). The graphic novel itself inspired cinematography for a new animation-like CGI (like Spartakos)
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Author听1 book220 followers
October 7, 2016
I prefer to die on my feet,than live on my knees.


Ever since I've seen the movie adaptation of 300 (LONG time ago), I've been wanting to read the graphic novel, and now I finally got a chance to read it. 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. I loved the art style, the way the story was told, and of course the characters. But I have to say, even though I loved the graphic novel, I still like the movie a bit more. The reason for that is probably because every single bit of the graphic novel was in a movie, but the movie just expanded the story more. Sometimes that can be a bad thing, but here it made the story deeper and more awesome.
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185 reviews68 followers
August 28, 2021
Year of New Authors

300 swim wear models walk to a bottleneck to fend off Persians, in the most historically innaccurate representation of real events since Amadeus.

I love the film 300. I mean, I love the goddamn film, it's the most gloriously stupid, high camp, bloody mess imaginable and perfect in every imperfect way. Unfortunately, the original comic fails spectacularly by being the movie only taken seriously.
The dialogue is delivered with too much stern solemness, so hilarious lines such as 'Only the ha--rd ' or 'Tonight we dine in Hell!' are shown for the shitty writing they are. The pacing is off and runs too quickly, the action scenes are a confusing mess of Jackson Pollock scratches that convey little dynamic movement, but plenty of lifeless gore.

The relationship between King Leonidas and Queen Gorgo is minimised from an equal partnership of badassery in the film, to Gorgo being little but a badly drawn 'big-boobed wifey' with a single scene, about three lines and no hand in the political intrigue.

The historical innaccuracies are also harder to ignore when all the fun is leeched out. The irony of Spartans calling Athenians 'boy lovers' as if they were known for being staunchly heterosexual themselves, or for Leonidas to go on about freedom when the Spartans were anything but democratic and had worse systems of slavery than the Persians did (historical sources seem a little muddled on that last one, though, namely if the Persians technically had slavery at all).

I'd heard Frank Miller wasn't known for being a sensitive or subtle author, so I had hoped for some deliciously gruesome weirdness or kinkniness that may have been too much for the cinematic release, but no, the book feels more tame if anything.

Another addition to my very short list of 'the film was better', and not worth your time frankly.
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925 reviews46 followers
January 30, 2017
Zack Snyder's 2006 movie, 300 kept me on the edge of my seat as I watched it in the big screen. Until now, it still is one of my best guilty pleasure movies of all time. The slow motion choreography and the dumb macho rhetoric made me smile for days.

So, buying the 300 graphic novel by Frank Miller is the way to go to satiate my desire for more Spartan action. And man I am not disappointed. 300 has mindless fun and glorious deaths. The artwork is the best I have seen from Frank Miller.


300 the graphic novel holds the manliness record for the densest number spears, arrows, shields, red capes and abs in graphic literature.

I love 300 for what the satisfaction it gives from its mindless fun and glorious action.

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Author听36 books1,434 followers
June 25, 2021
丕爻鬲賲鬲毓鬲 亘鬲乇噩賲鬲賴丕. 賰鬲丕亘丞 卮毓乇賷賻賾丞 賴賷 丕賱爻賴賱 丕賱賲賲鬲賳毓 賵賱賵丨丕鬲 禺賱賻賾丕亘丞 賱賮乇丕賳賰 賲賷賱乇貙 賵兀賱賵丕賳 賳丕亘囟丞 亘丕賱丨賷丕丞 賱賱賷賳 冥丕乇賱賷
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Author听4 books84 followers
December 13, 2022
Frank Miller is a master at capturing motion and force in still images. There's also a special magic to comic books and the way dialogue sounds amazing on the page in a way it could never spoken. 300 is a read you won't regret.
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546 reviews12.2k followers
June 9, 2009
Fun and exciting. A worthwhile story to be told, though the omission of the Thespians and other abuses of artistic license mark the fault of Miller's sensationalism. Like the four-color comics before him, Miller takes archetypes and symbols and drives them full throttle to the epic, gun-blazing climax. Unfortunately, character and emotion suffer. This is not quite the liability that it could have been, as the Epic tradition is often purposefully guilty of the same and 300 fits into this tradition (or the modern swords & sandals permutation).

However, when Miller is forced to give up some of his control, the improvement of realistic emotion shows how good his work can be. In The Dark Knight Returns, he had to keep much of the character's past and could not transform him entirely into an unfeeling, heroic killing machine. Likewise, in the film adaptation of 300, the actors and director helped to infuse the characters with more emotion and depth.

All in all, 300 isn't a long enough read for Miller's drawbacks to really hurt it, and he picked a fittingly manly story to showcase his histrionic machismo.

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Author听13 books444 followers
May 12, 2019
脡 bom, mas esperava mais, nomeadamente quando comparado com o filme hom贸nimo que consegue ir bastante al茅m em termos visuais. N茫o 茅 apenas uma quest茫o de juntar audio e movimento, o filme socorre-se fortemente da est茅tica criada pelo desenho de Miller mas acima de tudo da coloriza莽茫o de Lynn Varley, e consegue puxar ainda mais pelos amarelos torrados dourados cobertos de espirros de sangue, gerando um aut锚ntico festim visual para os olhos.

O filme foi destru铆do pela cr铆tica cinematogr谩fica, mas olhando a obra de origem, o filme n茫o lhe deve nada. Pode-se n茫o gostar do g茅nero, mas 茅 preciso reconhecer o enorme trabalho colocado na feitura deste livro e do filme.
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Author听31 books17 followers
June 28, 2013
This book is excellent if you need something to prop your computer up on if you're using it in bed and don't want the fan to get smothered by blankets.

I do not believe it has any other redeeming qualities.
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3,148 reviews2,086 followers
January 29, 2021
Ok. A "Graphic novel...in this case I say it's a hard back comic book addaption of a movie. The artist gets to cut loose here on lots of action sequences and that's I suppose what will sell this book.

Don't go here for history. the Spartans were a militaristic austere culture. But....there are big differences. The most glaring I suppose would be that the actual 300 (there were other Greeks there by the way the 300 were more like the special forces or Delta Force. They were the last along with a small force of Thespians to stand and fight when the rest had retreated),fought in armor. they wore groin and thigh protection, bronze breastplates and grieves. They didn't fight naked. it was a big reason that they could stand against the lighter armed and armored Persians for so long.

So action and a thriller, but look elsewhere for the history. The Battle of Thermopylae is a major turning point in history, so I'd depend on more than a comic book to learn about it. This is entertainment. Enjoy it for what it is.
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10 reviews
April 11, 2015
I give this masterpiece 11 Spartan kicks out of 10.
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