Holy Terror!: Islamophobia and Intermediality in Frank Miller’s Graphic Novel by Frank Mehring

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Mélancolie spartiate. 300 ou la réactivation du mythe de Léonidas pour mobiliser la société contre le déclin de l’Occident by Vivien Barrière, Jean Hedin

“…The movie was inspired by a graphic novel by Frank Miller, which presented a distorted vision of Sparta as the mother of American democracy and a model for countering expansionist and liberticidal projects from the Middle East. …”
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The Dark Knight’s Dystopian Vision: Batman, Risk, and American National Identity by Jeanne Cortiel, Laura Oehme

“…This essay argues that Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986) and Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again (2001-02) are grounded in a specific type of anticipatory consciousness that we read as risk consciousness. …”
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The Spartan King Leonidas I: History and modern times by E.A. Tchiglintsev, N.A. Shadrina

“…In the second half of the 20th century and in the first decade of the 21st century, the image of the King Leonidas I in art to greater extend turns to the purposes of entertainment (Valerio Manfredi's novel, Rudolph Mate's movie, and especially the graphic novel by Frank Miller and the cinematographic movie by Zack Snyder titled “300” adapted from it). …”
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