Frank Miller, Live in London in July

By John Freeman on March 11, 2026 • ( 0 )

The How To Academy presents Frank Miller: Storyteller – Live In Conversation in London, 7.30 pm - 8.45 pm BST, Thursday 30th July 2026

Frank Miller, the creator of The Dark Knight Returns and 300, headlines an event at the Royal Geographical Society in July, organised by the How To Academy.

Join the man who reinvented Daredevil, and Batman, for a deep dive into his life and art, revealing the inspiration behind his iconic comics and his secrets of storytelling.

“The Michaelangelo of our time.” – George Lucas

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 coauthored with Tom Wheeler the young adult novel Cursed, which was adapted into a Netflix series. 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 was instrumental, with others, in transforming the way US comics were told and reshaped popular culture in America and the world.

In an exclusive In Conversation event, hear about his struggles as a fresh faced seventeen year-old kid in seedy 1970s New York and his success reimagining Daredevil and Wolverine: and, of course, his transformation of Batman from a childish has-been into gritty, noirish hero. Then, head to Hollywood, and hear about the Sin City comics and movies, and his legendary retelling of the Spartans’ last stand in 300.

Discover how Frank got his first breaks, how he poured his own life into his darkly realistic characters, how he fought against censorship, and how he used manga-style storytelling, a decade before anime began tiptoeing into the mainstream.

Throughout, Frank will share insights into his artistic process, offering lessons for aspiring writers and artists drawn from a lifetime at the summit of popular storytelling.

• The How To Academy presents Frank Miller: Storyteller – Live In Conversation in London, 7.30 pm – 8.45 pm BST, Thursday 30th July 2026 | Ticket details and more information here

Tickets to this event are £15 off for subscribers to How To Plus

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.