{"id":42620,"date":"2026-09-04T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42620"},"modified":"2026-09-02T22:56:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T02:56:58","slug":"push-the-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42620","title":{"rendered":"PUSH THE WALL by Frank Miller \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4q7BahV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z101325pushwall_fmiller.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"755\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4xwEB57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PUSH THE WALL<\/a> by Frank Miller\n\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\nHardcover: 224 pages\nPublisher: S&amp;S\/Saga Press\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\nFirst sentences\u2026\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\nHow to start a story?\n\nAt the ending.\n\nKnow your ending.\n\nI repeat: <em>Know your ending<\/em>.\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/blockquote>\n<!-- \/wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\nThe Overview:\u00a0 Beware of Spoilers\u2026\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you know of Frank Miller, it could be for any number of reasons.\u00a0 Perhaps it was because of the comics he took to new heights (<em>Daredevil; The Dark Knight Returns; Batman: Year One<\/em>) or those groundbreaking comics that he created (<em>Ronin; Sin City; 300<\/em>) to name just a few.\u00a0 Maybe you know Miller from his work as a writer and\/or director on feature films (<em>Sin City; 300; Robocop 2<\/em> and <em>Robocop 3; The Spirit<\/em>).\u00a0 Miller revolutionized comics.\u00a0 Then he went to Hollywood.\u00a0 He&#8217;s considered a living legend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">PUSH THE WALL is Miller&#8217;s memoir.\u00a0 Through stories and remembrances he takes us back to his childhood in Vermont.\u00a0 Wanting to be a comic artist from an early age.\u00a0 Coming to New York City and discovering he&#8217;s not ready.\u00a0 Getting work.\u00a0 Getting lucky.\u00a0 Honing his craft.\u00a0 Getting better and wanting to be better still.\u00a0 Success that took him to the stratosphere.\u00a0 Expectations that rose as well.\u00a0 Falling short.\u00a0 Going to Hollywood.\u00a0 Again success&#8230; and failure.\u00a0 Getting back to what he loves&#8230; comics.\u00a0 With more stories to tell.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Miller set the book up as a series of lessons.\u00a0 These are lessons that he learned and can be used by other writers\/artists to improve their craft.\u00a0 Miller&#8217;s anecdotes are both entertaining and enlighting.\u00a0 We get a glimpse behind the curtain of Miller&#8217;s thought processes, as well as the artists, comics, books and movies that influenced him.\u00a0 All told in a writing style that makes you feel as he&#8217;s talking to you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The more of a Frank Miller fan you are, the more you will like the book.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<strong>Rating:\n<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/>\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUSH THE WALL by Frank Miller Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: S&amp;S\/Saga Press First sentences\u2026 How to start a story? At<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[58,61,52,17,56,51,54,74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-authors","category-books","category-celebs","category-comics","category-crime","category-movies","category-z-view"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42620"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42650,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42620\/revisions\/42650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}