300 - Frank Miller & Lynn Varley

Frank Miller appropriately tunes his macho, heroically downtrodden style onto a piece of brutal history: the triumphant defeat of an army of Spartans by the Persians. The result is a reminder of his 'Dark Knight Returns' comic form, and a short but sweet dose of intense bravado. The artwork has Lynn Varley's gritty colouring matching the sharp angles of Miller's inking. Miller's writing is slightly restrained by the history, and the work involved perhaps in depicting the battle scenes to an appropriately effective level. But it still succeeds, and made me want to see the new film of course, but also to see a film version of Dark Knight Returns, with all that ...  Read the complete review