Author: Benjamin Waldraff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783668074651
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,3, LMU Munich (Department fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Literature and Film, language: English, abstract: The Battle of Thermopylae, where Leonidas I. and his 300 Spartans, who stood against the Army of the Persian King Xerxes, is one of the most famous battles in History. The Graphic Novel "300" by Frank Miller deals with this battle. In 2006, it was adapted into a movie, directed by Zach Snyder. This paper concerns itself first with the historical background of the battle. Afterwards, because it is not a clear distinction, there will be a comparison of the two genres of comic books and graphic novels and a brief discussion of the drawing style of Frank Miller, one of the most famous graphic novelists. What follows are the differences between the graphic novel and the movie, which are few, but nonetheless exist. Afterwards, the method of adapting the novel will be discussed, followed by the critical reviews the movie received. Diese Hausarbeit behandelt die Umsetzung der Graphic Novel "300" von Frank Miller und stellt Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede beider Medien dar."
Author: Benjamin Waldraff
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 366807464X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 25
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Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,3, LMU Munich (Department für Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Literature and Film, language: English, abstract: The Battle of Thermopylae, where Leonidas I. and his 300 Spartans, who stood against the Army of the Persian King Xerxes, is one of the most famous battles in History. The Graphic Novel “300” by Frank Miller deals with this battle. In 2006, it was adapted into a movie, directed by Zach Snyder. This paper concerns itself first with the historical background of the battle. Afterwards, because it is not a clear distinction, there will be a comparison of the two genres of comic books and graphic novels and a brief discussion of the drawing style of Frank Miller, one of the most famous graphic novelists. What follows are the differences between the graphic novel and the movie, which are few, but nonetheless exist. Afterwards, the method of adapting the novel will be discussed, followed by the critical reviews the movie received. Diese Hausarbeit behandelt die Umsetzung der Graphic Novel "300" von Frank Miller und stellt Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede beider Medien dar.
Author: Liam Burke
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1626745188
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 381
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In the summer of 2000 X-Men surpassed all box office expectations and ushered in an era of unprecedented production of comic book film adaptations. This trend, now in its second decade, has blossomed into Hollywood's leading genre. From superheroes to Spartan warriors, The Comic Book Film Adaptation offers the first dedicated study to examine how comic books moved from the fringes of popular culture to the center of mainstream film production. Through in-depth analysis, industry interviews, and audience research, this book charts the cause-and-effect of this influential trend. It considers the cultural traumas, business demands, and digital possibilities that Hollywood faced at the dawn of the twenty-first century. The industry managed to meet these challenges by exploiting comics and their existing audiences. However, studios were caught off-guard when these comic book fans, empowered by digital media, began to influence the success of these adaptations. Nonetheless, filmmakers soon developed strategies to take advantage of this intense fanbase, while codifying the trend into a more lucrative genre, the comic book movie, which appealed to an even wider audience. Central to this vibrant trend is a comic aesthetic in which filmmakers utilize digital filmmaking technologies to engage with the language and conventions of comics like never before. The Comic Book Film Adaptation explores this unique moment in which cinema is stimulated, challenged, and enriched by the once-dismissed medium of comics.
Author: Mark Millar
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 0785171290
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 171
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When Nick Fury, head of an elite espionage agency, hears about several bizarre characters and misfits, he puts together a small but lethal army known as the Ultimates, created to protect mankind from rising threats. Collects Ultimates (2002) #1-6.
Author: Steven Pressfield
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553904051
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Steven Pressfield brings the battle of Thermopylae to brilliant life.”—Pat Conroy At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared and admired Spartan soldiers stood three hundred strong. Theirs was a suicide mission, to hold the pass against the invading millions of the mighty Persian army. Day after bloody day they withstood the terrible onslaught, buying time for the Greeks to rally their forces. Born into a cult of spiritual courage, physical endurance, and unmatched battle skill, the Spartans would be remembered for the greatest military stand in history—one that would not end until the rocks were awash with blood, leaving only one gravely injured Spartan squire to tell the tale. . . .
Author: Drew Morton
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496809793
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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Over the past forty years, American film has entered into a formal interaction with the comic book. Such comic book adaptations as Sin City, 300, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World have adopted components of their source materials' visual style. The screen has been fractured into panels, the photographic has given way to the graphic, and the steady rhythm of cinematic time has evolved into a far more malleable element. In other words, films have begun to look like comics. Yet, this interplay also occurs in the other direction. In order to retain cultural relevancy, comic books have begun to look like films. Frank Miller's original Sin City comics are indebted to film noir while Stephen King's The Dark Tower series could be a Sergio Leone spaghetti western translated onto paper. Film and comic books continuously lean on one another to reimagine their formal attributes and stylistic possibilities. In Panel to the Screen, Drew Morton examines this dialogue in its intersecting and rapidly changing cultural, technological, and industrial contexts. Early on, many questioned the prospect of a "low" art form suited for children translating into “high” art material capable of drawing colossal box office takes. Now the naysayers are as quiet as the queued crowds at Comic-Cons are massive. Morton provides a nuanced account of this phenomenon by using formal analysis of the texts in a real-world context of studio budgets, grosses, and audience reception.
Author: Frank Miller
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN: 177950392X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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The deluxe edition of Frank Miller’s return to the Dark Knight Universe! It’s been three years since the events of Dark Knight III: The Master Race. Lara has spent the time learning to be more human, and Carrie Kelley has been growing into her new role as Batwoman. But a terrifying evil has returned to Gotham City, and Lara and Carrie must team up to stop this growing threat-and they have a secret weapon. Young Jonathan Kent, “the golden child,” has a power inside of him unlike anything the world has ever seen, and it’s about to be unleashed… Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child is Frank Miller’s triumphant return to the world of the Dark Knight and joining him is the superstar artist Rafael Grampá, the mastermind behind the groundbreaking Mesmo Delivery. Following work in advertising and film, this incredible collaboration marks Grampá’s first comics work in six years, bringing his extraordinary detail and storytelling to the Dark Knight saga, resulting in a Dark Knight story like nothing you’ve ever seen before.
Author: Paul Cartledge
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1590208374
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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“Remarkable . . . [The author’s] crystalline prose, his vivacious storytelling and his lucid historical insights combine here to provide a first-rate history.” —Publishers Weekly Sparta has often been described as the original Utopia—a remarkably evolved society whose warrior heroes were forbidden any other trade, profession, or business. As a people, the Spartans were the living exemplars of such core values as duty, discipline, the nobility of arms in a cause worth dying for, sacrificing the individual for the greater good of the community (illustrated by their role in the battle of Thermopylae), and the triumph over seemingly insuperable obstacles—qualities often believed today to signify the ultimate heroism. In this book, distinguished scholar and historian Paul Cartledge, long considered the leading international authority on ancient Sparta, traces the evolution of Spartan society—the culture and the people as well as the tremendous influence they had on their world and even ours. He details the lives of such illustrious and myth-making figures as Lycurgus, King Leonidas, Helen of Troy (and Sparta), and Lysander, and explains how the Spartans, while placing a high value on masculine ideals, nevertheless allowed women an unusually dominant and powerful role—unlike Athenian culture, with which the Spartans are so often compared. In resurrecting this culture and society, Cartledge delves into ancient texts and archeological sources and includes illustrations depicting original Spartan artifacts and drawings, as well as examples of representational paintings from the Renaissance onward—including J.L. David’s famously brooding Leonidas. “A pleasure for anyone interested in the ancient world.” —Kirkus Reviews “[An] engaging narrative . . . In his panorama of the real Sparta, Cartledge cloaks his erudition with an ease and enthusiasm that will excite readers from page one.” —Booklist “Our greatest living expert on Sparta.” —Tom Holland, prize-winning author of Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Author: Frank Miller
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1506709052
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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This historical epic, set in the world of 300, tells of the upsurge and decline of the Persian King's empire, and the ascent of the Grecian realm through Alexander. Written and illustrated by comics luminary and legend, Frank Miller (Sin City, The Dark Knight, 300), and colored by Alex Sinclair (Batman: The Dark Knight III: The Master Race), this companion to Miller's epic masterpiece, 300, brings the historical story of Xerxes to the graphic novel audience with grit and visual style! The ongoing Greek rebellion against Persian tyranny reaches a turning point after the destruction of the city of Sardis and the later battle of Marathon: on a military campaign to vanquish the city of Athens and silence the Greeks once and for all, Xerxes, Persian Prince, watches as his father, King Darius, falls in battle . . . The mantle of king is passed and while his newly-inherited fleet retreats toward home, Xerxes' hatred is cemented toward Athens--and his incentive to build the Persian empire is fueled. Xerxes becomes the king of all countries--the king of Persia, ruler of Zion, and Pharoah of Egypt--and his empire is unlike any the world has ever seen, until . . . The mantle is again passed, the god king dies and Darius III continues as the king of all. But then, from the west, a tiger force strikes in Asia Minor and is on a course for collision with Persian forces. This will be the beginning of the end for Persia and the launch of Alexander the Great's rise to power!
Author: Frank Miller
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1506701078
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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A second edition hardcover of the Eisner Award winner! Carl Seltz is a suburban insurance investigator, a loving husband, and devoted father. Nixon is a berserk, homicidal tax collector racking up mind-boggling body counts in a diseased urban slaughterhouse. Unit Four is the ultimate robot killing machine and the last hope of the future's enslaved mechanical servants. And they're all the same psychotic entity.
