Frank Miller and Lynn Varley’s “300” is one of my favorite graphic novels. (photo at left is of the movie) 300 men face insurmountable odds, all willing to come face to face with their mortality. Really? All of them? What about the back 2, Prius and Garcius?KING LEONIDAS LEADS HIS MEN TOWARDS THERMOPYLAE, AND THE HOT GATES.
Leonidas (off-screen): “Walk steady, children! For soon we’ll be marching in Hell!”
Garcius: “What’s he talking about?”
Prius: “We’re not going to make it out of this battle alive."
Garcius: “Wait. We're fighting to the death?”
Prius: “Yes, soldier.”
Garcius: “Really?”
Prius: “King Leonidas has been saying that from the start of our march.”
Garcius: “Has he said it a lot?”
Prius: “Every few minutes.”
Garcius: “Wow. I guess I wasn’t paying attention.”
THEY CONTINUE TO MARCH.
Garcius: “So, we’re not just going out, killing all the men in a town, and then going home?”
Prius: “Nope. The army we're facing has beasts from every corner of the globe, and the Immortals. May our deaths be quick and glorious."
GARCIUS COUGHS.
Prius: “You okay, soldier?”
Garcius: “Sure. (pats his chest) Just the tabouli I ate.”
THEY MARCH ON...
