A new documඣentary is being released in late 2021 that profiles the iconic writer/artist/director Frank Miller from a fres🅺h perspective. Frank Miller - American Genius pulls back the curtain on the author to delve into his evolution as a storyteller in what director Silenn Thomas calls an "intrinsically American" experience.
"Frank is constantly absorbing what has come before, and what 🍃is going on currently so that his work is a living, breathing thing."
Miller and Thomas are in Lucca, Italy💞 during the last week of October to screen the film and meet fans as part of one of the world's biggest comic conventions, Lucca Comics & Games.
"Whe🐈n I met Frank during 300, I was impressed by his connection with comics, and with Batman. I grew up in Europe, in France, but I have Italian heritage. I'm a new American, and became an American by choice. What was clear to me when I got to know Frank was that has was a storyteller, and an artist as well," says Thomas. "With this documentary, I wanted to discover how and why for myself, and for anyone who would watch this.
"Through Frank Miller, I discovered a whole world - a world that has fans here in Lucca, and fans aroun🍌d the world. His work has connections with French comics, with manga, and the whole storytelling form. I think Frank is the American hope."
Like modern America, Miller's storytelling is influenced by people from various cultures - both in th🎃e past, and those he meets in person.
"Manga influenced me tremendously, as did several European comics like those of Hugo Pratt," Miller says. "Early oౠn I considered myself building on a foundation informed by Will Eisner, Milton Caniff, Hugo Pratt, and Bernie Krigstein. Now, I think of it more as constantly learning.
"These days, I'm usually working with people who are a generation younger than I, and I'm learning a great deal with them. In terms of their artistic exper꧃ience, they've been to worlds I've never been to and experienced media I haven't.
"I haven't sat around with an iPad," Miller laughs. "T⛄hat's a whole different way of communication. We live in a world with constant media stimulation. There🌃's no end."
Both Frank Miller and Silenn Thomas are attending Lucca C𒉰omics &ꦚ; Games 2021, presenting this documentary Frank Miller - American Genius.
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Chris Arrant covered comic book news for Newsarama from 2003 to 2022 (and as editor/senior editor from 2015 to 2022) and has also written for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel Entertainment, TOKYOPOP, AdHouse Books, Cartoon Brew, Bleeding Cool, Comic Shop News, and CBR. He is the author of the book Modern: Masters Cliff Chiang, co-authored Art of Spider-Man Classic, and contributed to Dark Horse/Bedside Press' anthology Pros and (Comic) Cons. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic🧸 Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. Chris is a member of the American Library Association's Graphic Novel & Comics Round Table. (He/him)
