Alongside them stand a scraggy collection of part-timers, drawn together from neighbouring kingdoms. At least, those do that haven’t already been cast out for being too weak. Leonidas’s army is made from young men, barely more than boys, but the Spartans spend their childhoods training to nobly sacrifice themselves in battle, ready for a life of war. Xerxes, king and self-proclaimed god of the Persians, is a towering tyrant, interested in nothing more than his expansionist regime, struggling to fathom how anyone could stand in his path or turn down his generous and forcibly applied offers of servitude. Leonidas, king of the Spartans, is depicted as a truly heroic figure, who Miller distils with an outlook on the world that is millennia ahead of his time. Miller builds an stunning vision of the ancient world and the larger-than-life characters who made it their own. In this beautifully illustrated book Miller retells the story of the Battle of Thermopylae, fought in 480 BC, when a relative handful of Spartans held off a vastly superior invading force of Persians using superior tactics, knowledge of local geography and an incredible reserve of bravery and strength. One of his crowning glories slotted amongst the superheroes and the noir of Sin City though, in the form of 300. Miller, of course, is the famed comic book writer and artist behind 'Sin City,' 'The Dark Knight Returns' and '300.Frank Miller’s work in comics has been nothing short of phenomenal: he made his name in superhero comics in the 80s, created Sin City in the 90s, and has successfully transferred his skills to movies in the last few years. He's suing for her to turn over the sketches and wants a full accounting of what she's already hocked and for how much.

Miller claims when a potential buyer would ask about the sketches, the rep would pull out a separate binder from under the vendor's table.įrank claims Varley got some of his work as part of their divorce settlement, but also insists HE is the rightful owner of others she's been secretly selling. In docs, he claims one of Varley's reps kept Miller's sketches in a binder under a table at this year's Comic-Con in San Diego. What's more, Frank claims Varley's already sold some of his sketches through her art dealer - offering them for sale to 'under the table' to collectors. Frank claims Lynn Varley's illegally holding onto a slew of sketches he drew as references for the final illustrations for his comics and graphic novels. this according to a new lawsuit.Īccording to new legal docs obtained by TMZ. Graphic novel icon Frank Miller claims his ex-wife's being super sketchy by hiding and secretly selling some of his famous drawings.

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