Frank Miller's Push the Wall Is a Comics Memoir Akin to Stephen King's On Writing

With a career that includes such legendary works as The Dark Knight Returns, Daredevil: Born Again, 300, and Sin City, Frank Miller could easily rest on his laurels by now. But if anything, Miller has been busier than ever in recent years, including spearheading a new publishing venture called Frank Miller Presents. And now Miller fans have an entirely different new project to look forward to - a memoir called Push the Wall: My Life, Writing, Drawing, and the Art of Storytelling.

IGN can exclusively reveal the cover art for Push the Wall, which, of course, is illustrated by Miller himself. Check it out below:

Push the Wall is a memoir very much in the vein of Stephen King's On Writing in that it's part autobiography and part reflection on the art of making comics. Even as Miller recounts his early life and career struggles, he also presents readers with a series of lessons on the creative process. The book also incldues 12 full-color illustrations from Miller's extensive back catalog.

Here's the official logline for the book:

Frank Miller is our greatest living comic book writer and artist.

Frank Miller shares his life, and through, his artistic process. Miller’s artistic influence is evident in so very much of our popular culture, perhaps most notably with Batman—every film adaptation from the past forty years has been influenced by Miller’s work with the dark knight.

Simply, Frank Miller has transformed the way comics are told.

Here, Frank’s mix of autobiographical lessons evokes Patti Smith’s Just Kids as it weaves his struggles as a seventeen-year-old kid fresh from Vermont into a seedy 1970’s New York City with his eventual success on reimagining Daredevil and Wolverine. From there to Miller’s rescue and revitalization of Batman, to his time in Hollywood, the Sin City comics and film adaptations he would codirect, and the retelling of the Spartans’ last stand in 300. Miller, by constantly challenging himself as an artist and writer, on his terms, built an iconoclastic career.

With over a dozen illustrations of Miller’s art, Push the Wall is the work of his career—It is a masterclass as it encapsulates his life in sixteen lessons for the aspiring creative reader.

Push the Wall will be released in bookstores on July 14, 2026. You can preorder the book on Amazon.

For more on Miller's legacy, find out why fans are still debating his iconic The Dark Knight Returns #1 cover.