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Push the Wall
My Life, Writing, Drawing and the Art of Storytelling
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YOU KNOW BATMAN. BUT DO YOU KNOW FRANK MILLER? This is like Stephen King's On Writing for comic books and creatives. In Push the Wall, Frank Miller chronicles the creation of his most iconic works such as Sin City, 300, Ronin, Daredevil, Wolverine and notably, Batman:...
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YOU KNOW BATMAN. BUT DO YOU KNOW FRANK MILLER?
This is like Stephen King's On Writing for comic books and creatives.
In Push the Wall, Frank Miller chronicles the creation of his most iconic works such as Sin City, 300, Ronin, Daredevil, Wolverine and notably, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, which, alongside Batman: Year One served as the foundation for all Batman film and animated adaptations for the past forty years.
Miller reveals how he got his first breaks, how he poured his own life into his darkly realistic characters, how he fought against comic book censorship of the early 1980s, and how he introduced manga-style storytelling to US readers a decade before popular anime and manga began tiptoeing into pop culture. Miller transformed the way comics are told and this is how he did it.
Push the Wall is a masterclass in the art of storytelling and an intimate look inside the mind and life of a creative genius. With over a dozen illustrations, chosen from seminal moments from Miller's art, and organised by the sixteen lessons that meant most to Miller, this reveals the man behind some of the most exciting stories of our age.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781837262144
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 16 July 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Canongate Books
Edition: Main
Illustration: Full colour illustrations throughout
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 159.0mm
Height: 240.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Frank Miller is an award-winning comic book writer, artist novelist, inker, screenwriter, film director and producer best known for Daredevil, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City and 300, among others. He also co-authored the YA novel, Cursed with Tom Wheeler, which was adapted to a Netflix show. His projects have been nominated for the Palme d'Or and have won the Harvey and Eisner Awards, including those for Best Writer/Artist, Best Graphic Novel Reprint, Best Cartoonist, Best Cover Artist, Best Limited Series, and Best Short Story. In 2015, Miller was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame for his lifetime contribution to the industry. Miller resides in New York City.
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