About this episode

Frank Miller joins the podcast to discuss his career and insights from his new memoir, 'Push The Wall'.

No one is more surprised than we are. Frank Miller, the legendary comics maker behind Daredevil: Born Again, Ronin, Batman: Year One, Sin City, and The Dark Knight Returns, which celebrates its fortieth anniversary this year, joins us this week to discuss his career as he filtered it through his new memoir/self-help book, Push The Wall: My Life, Writing, Drawing, and The Art of Storytelling. His latest creation floored us. Broken into sixteen lessons, Push the Wall sees Frank Miller excavate his past to understand his pursuit of storytelling. He attempts to explain his rebellious nature and a need to throw himself against opposing forces, but in the process, reveals the awesome, unbeatable power of change. He treats the reader as his mentors did, like Neal Adams and Dick Giordano. Push the Wall works not only as motivation for the struggling artist, but also for the struggling human. The aggression and fascination for violence are present, but more importantly, Push the Wall contains a great softness or vulnerability. Frank Miller is not a creator who doubles down on past mistakes; he admits regret and offers encouragement to everyone who must fail to grow. We’re beyond delighted…

People in this episode

Hosts: Brad Gullickson, Lisa Gullickson

Guest: Frank Miller

Topics covered

• Frank Miller's career
• storytelling
• memoir
• artistic growth
• vulnerability in creativity
• influence of mentors

Keywords

• Frank Miller
• Push The Wall
• storytelling
• Batman
• artistic growth
• memoir
• Daredevil
• Sin City
• vulnerability

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Daredevil: Born Again, Ronin, Batman: Year One, Sin City, The Dark Knight Returns, Push The Wall: My Life, Writing, Drawing, and The Art of Storytelling, Robocop 2

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