Frank Miller on Push the Wall, Batman, and Having No Plan B
About this episode
James Altucher interviews Frank Miller about his impact on comics and storytelling.
A Note from James: This is a very special episode for me. There have only been a few times in the history of this podcast when I’ve had the chance to sit down with one of my heroes. This is one of those times. Frank Miller is one of the most important storytellers of my life. When I first picked up Batman: The Dark Knight Returns in 1986, it completely changed what I thought comics could be. This wasn’t just another Batman story. It was a revolution. Frank took Batman out of the colorful, campy world I grew up with and turned him into something darker, mythic, terrifying, and psychologically real. There is a comic book industry before The Dark Knight Returns , and there is a comic book industry after The Dark Knight Returns . Every Batman movie since then carries Frank’s fingerprints in some way. But it wasn’t just Batman. Frank changed Daredevil. He created Ronin . He created Sin City . He showed that comics could handle adult stories, painful arcs, crime, tragedy, mythology, obsession, and moral ambiguity. But what matters most to me is that Frank is a master storyteller. And I love storytelling. Whether it’s books, podcasts, articles, comics, or just how we make sense of our…
Topics covered
- storytelling
- comics
- Batman
- creativity
- mentorship
- writing
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