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Frank Miller Speaks This July In London
A Dark Knight In The Big Smoke
Frank Miller, tying in with the release of Canongate Books’ Push The Wall, is talking as part of the How To Academy series on 30 July in Kensington in London. Here’s a few details…
The creator of The Dark Knight Returns and 300 joins us for a deep dive into his life and art, revealing the inspiration behind his iconic comics and his secrets of storytelling.
Frank Miller transformed the way comics are told and reshaped popular culture in America and the world.
In this exclusive In Conversation event, we’ll 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 the gritty, noirish hero we love. We’ll head to Hollywood, hear about the Sin City comics and movies, and his legendary retelling of the Spartans’ last stand in 300.
We’ll discover how he got his first breaks, how he poured his own life into his darkly realistic characters, how he fought against censorship, and how he introduced manga-style storytelling to US readers 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. Don’t miss it.
Praise for the work of Frank Miller:
“The Michaelangelo of our time.” –George Lucas
“Probably the finest piece of comic art ever published.” –Stephen King on Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
“Frank Miller doing his Daredevil magic…his weird, scary New York…made me want to write.” –Colson Whitehead
Tickets to this event are £15 off for subscribers to How To Plus.
