A Total Work of Art: The Story of Edgar Miller exploresthe life of the prolific and multi-talented Chicago artist Edgar Miller. The story begins during his childhood on the Miller family homestead around the turn of the twentieth century in Idaho Falls. Over its 160 pages, the graphic novel follows Miller’s time as an enterprising young artist who designed the architecturally fearless Handmade Homes during the 1920s and ‘30s, all the way to his participation in preserving the buildings in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood into the early 1990s. Miller incorporated an eclectic array of design styles and used unconventional materials and techniques, making his work truly unique.
With art and design by graphic novelist and artist Hannah Dykstra and scripting by Edgar Miller Legacy’s Jeff Kruse, A Total Work of Art vibrantly illustrates Miller’s biography and vision for a more artistic world, inspired by the artist's own recorded thoughts and writings. Appropriate and educational for teenage readers on up, the novel explores the questions that Miller posed to himself throughout his life: what is the purpose of art, and why do we as humans feel compelled to make it?
Story by Hannah Dykstra and Jeff Kruse Art & Design by Hannah Dykstra Scripted by Jeff Kruse Edited by Zac Bleicher
Published in 2026 by Edgar Miller Legacy
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