Canongate Books will publish Push the Wall by comic creator Frank Miller next July.
As James Bacon previously reported, alongside film director and producer Silenn Thomas, who directed the recently-released documentary, Frank Miller: American Genius, Frank was a recent guest of Dublin Comic Con and the Tallaght Academy of Sequential Art, where alongside he talked frankly about his life, and candidly about his work – some of it controversial.
In Push the Wall, he 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 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.
New York-based 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.
• Push the Wall: My Life, Writing, Drawing and the Art of Storytelling by Frank Miller will be published by Canongate Books on 16th July 2026 is available to preorder now | ISBN: 978-1837262144 | AmazonUK Affiliate Link | Amazon.com (non Affiliate)| ukbookshop.org Affiliate Link
• Stories from Ireland: Frank Miller at Dublin Comic Con and the Tallaght Academy of Sequential Art
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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.
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