Frank Miller

March 23, 2018

Frank Miller Is Getting Into The YA Lit Market

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I can’t say I saw this one coming, but Frank Miller — the poster child for trashy controversial takes on superheroes — has announced his next few projects are all aimed at the youth market. Above are sketches for a yet-to-be-titled graphic novel starring Carrie Kelley, who served as Robin in Miller’s landmark 1986 work The Dark Knight Returns. Miller is writing the book and comic book artist Ben Caldwell is creating the visuals. It might be surprising to see a DKR character spun off into YA-dom under Miller’s personal watch, but when you think about it, who else was it going to be? Carrie is the ONLY female character Miller’s ever written who wasn’t depicted as a mindless sex object or a street whore. And even with that going for her, she still fell victim to Miller’s fetish for violence against women in The Dark Knight Returns Strikes Again. Obviously if Frank expects to stay on the young adult rack longer than three seconds he’s going to have to

July 22, 2017

SDCC 2017: Frank Miller To Do “Superman: Earth One” Story

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Frank Miller is one of the most legendary comic writers of all time. His classics line Sin City, 300, The Dark Knight Returns, and more have captured the imaginations of many readers. And now, via San Diego Comic Con, he has announced his next big project. He’s going to redo the tale of Superman in the style of what he did in Batman: Year One. “Through Dark Knight I got to touch about all the [characters] at the DC pantheon, but I never really had my real, meaningful crack at Superman,” Miller told Vulture. “In the case of DC Comics, which has by far and away the strongest and richest mythology, there are those three fundamental pillars they have of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. All of the other characters kind of string along underneath of them, which is wonderful.” Batman: Year One is one of the essential pieces of Batman mythology, and was so good it even got put into an animated feature film. So imagine what he can do to the

July 22, 2017

SDCC 2017: Frank Miller Thinks Wonder Woman Is “Crown Jewel” Of Superhero Films

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A lot of praise has been put on the first live-action Wonder Woman film, which was confirmed earlier today. Both fans and critics loved the film, a first for the DC Extended Universe. And what’s more, the film has done spectacularly at the box office. So much so that it’s honestly had one of the best runs of any superhero film ever, Marvel, DC, or independent. But, the biggest praise of all may come from legendary writer Frank Miller. He spoke with Deadline at San Diego Comic Con, and he revealed that he thought Wonder Woman was the “crown jewel” of all superhero films. “This has been the best period for superhero movies we ever had. I mean there was that wonderful sunburst of the first Christopher Reeves Superman movie. That was just a ray of sunshine. We’ve had ups and downs over the years. Now look at what we’ve got. Wonder Woman is the crown jewel.” “Without question. She is perfect,” Miller added as he lauded Jenkins’ cast and also touched on

October 30, 2016

Frank Miller Reveals His Ideal Batman Movie

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Frank Miller is a legend in the comic book industry. His work on mainstream and indie titles has made him one of the most popular writers of all time. This includes his numerous titles associated with Batman. Despite his acclaim, he’s only done a few movies, and only in certain roles. He was tasked once with making a Batman movie screenplay, but it never got very far after he wrote it. He talked with Variety about it: “That screenplay was based on my book “Batman: Year One,” and yeah it was much more down to earth. In it a fair amount of time is spent before he became Batman, and when he went out and fought crime he really screwed it up a bunch of times before he got it right. So it was 90-minute origins story.” He also noted what he himself would want to do in a Batman film. He noted above all else a desire to lose the “toy” aspect and focus on what makes Batman truly

October 6, 2016

NYCC: DC Holds Special Frank Miller Spotlight

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At New York Comic Con, legendary writer and artist Frank Miller, who is currently working with DC Comics on the conclusion of The Dark Knight III: The Master Race, got a special spotlight, One that allowed him to reflect on his career, as well as what he hopes to accomplish in the future. He first stated how he came to want to do comics: “I told my mother I wanted to write and draw comics when I was five years old,” Miller said, “No idea was too bad for it. Bouncing Boy! There were wonderful, wonderful sick touches to it.” As to why he like to both write and draw: “I always thought that comic books were like newspaper strips – there’s no reason one person can’t do them all. Though I spent a fair amount of my career writing stories for other artists, and I’ve enjoyed that greatly.” He talked more about his time in comics, including his inevitable return to his Sin City franchise. You can read the