#831: Frank Miller, Comic Book Legend — Creative Process, The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City, 300, and Much More
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Tim Ferriss interviews comic book legend Frank Miller about his creative process, breakthrough works like Sin City and Dark Knight Returns, and storytelling techniques.
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Miller describes Neil Adams brutally critiquing his early work, telling him to quit comics and pump gas in Vermont, but Miller's determination to improve and return the next day impressed Adams enough to mentor him.
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