Talking to John Siuntres on his Word Balloon Podcast, Mark Millar talked about his plans for the currently published series Jupiter's Legacy Finale, with Tommy Lee Edwards for the first two issues and then Matthew Dow Smith, coming from Dark Horse Comics, with the first issue out in a couple of weeks.
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Wanted, Kick Ass and Kingsman co-creator Mark Millar has been talking to John Siuntres on his Word Balloon Podcast about when he leaves Netflix, what comes next, and what he would do to follow the Millarworld deal "That would be inevitable at some point, you know What would be weird is, post Netflix, I don't own those characters, so[...]
Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. created Kick-Ass when it was published by Marvel Comics before moving to Image Comics and then Dark Horse Comics, with a couple of films along the way And it looks like Mark and John will be reuniting on something different as part of a new wave of Millarworld comics coming from Dark[...]
Mark Millar promising Marvel something bigger than Civil War was the most-read article on Bleeding Cool yesterday Welcome to Lying In The Gutters, the daily runaround for the biggest stories the day before – as well as over the past six years Founded fifteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry[...]
Mark Millar made his name writing Marvel and DC Comics before switching to creator-owned comics with Millarworld and then selling up to Netflix He still writes new comics for Netflix, which are now published through Dark Horse, but people wonder if or when he will return to Marvel or DC.
In 2022, to publicise his new comic[...]
@Ssnyder1835 wouldn't give me the script."
And it was Mark Millar, king of comic hype, who brought it all home, posting "I'm seeing so much discussion on this, people loving Nick Dragotta's new Bat-Symbol, other people hating it, and I have only one thing to add: People are finally talking about Batman again It's been a habit[...]
But what have other comic creators (and occasional comics) said on social media? We started with KIngsman/Kick Ass co-creator Mark Millar, the Scotsman who moved to Surrey.
Mark Millar: BRITAIN! You know who to vote for today!
To be honest with Mark, it could be anyone, he has shown support for Labour, SNP, Reform, it's unclear[...]
When writing about the relationship between Netflix and comics, inspired by a visit by Comixology and Dstlry's Chip Mosher and David Steinberger to their Los Angeles headquarters, I wrote about an old story about Netflix, "They also came close to buying Valiant Entertainment, though the Millarworld situation also put the kibosh on that."
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Dark Horse Comics presents the finale of Mark Millar's Jupiter's Legacy saga with artist Tommy Lee Edwards, who previously drew Jupiter's Legacy Requiem Jupiter's Legacy: Finale is a five-part finale of the story originally begun by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely, at Image Comics and originally called Jupiter's Children before there was a legal case[...]
Mark Millar's daughter, artist Emily Brooks Millar, is launching her own comic books on Kickstarter, with less than two days to go Two of them, Be More Gus and As Told By Rats With a little help from her dad, who has been running her work in the back of his Millarworld titles from Netflix/Image/Dark[...]
In his most recent newsletter, Mark Millar posted the promos from his upcoming Millarworld books owned by Netflix that are moving from Image Comics to Dark Horse, in a bureaucratic move to make things simpler for Netflix's accountants And with that answer, he posits many questions.
"Listen, big news on my side of the desk too[...]
As well as special items donated by the likes of Mark Millar, Mark Waid and Geoff Johns You can find all the items on this Twitter account, and bidding is already fast and furious Many of these creators don't offer commissions at all, and for those who do, completion can be months or even years[...]
Marc Bernardin and Shawn Martinbrough adapt Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys for comics, Cullen Bunn and Andrea Mutti launch Arkham Horror, Matt Kindt and Margie Kindt launch Gilt Frame, Colin Lorimer and Alejandro Aragon bring their Midst, Mark Millar brings back Night Club II with Juanan Ramirez and Prodigy: Slaves Of Mars with Stefano Landini, James[...]
Mark Millar may be threatening to not write Superman for DC Comics as he previously promised for 2025, instead choosing to publish them in ten years' time when Superman is in the public domain In a move that people (like me) have seen as negotiating with DC in public But he has written an afterword[...]
Mark Millar threatening DC with Public Domain Superman topped yesterday's traffic at Bleeding Cool Here you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an[...]
In 2022, to publicise his new comic book series, The Ambassadors, Mark Millar, tweeted "It might take me a year or two to get ahead on my schedule, but I'm 100% going to do another Superman story at some point I've had a notebook I've been noodling in for quite a while now…" following it up saying[...]
Mark Millar has announced his next Millarworld titles from Dark Horse Comics to follow Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery and they are all sequels to previous comics published at Image Comics Prodigy: Slaves of Mars, Night Club 2, The Magic Order volume 5 and a final series for Jupiter's Legacy He continues, "You really are a bunch[...]
Writer Mark Millar and artists Valerio Giangiordano and Lee Loughridge continue the stopry from Big Game as "Nemesis claws himself back from the brink" Nemesis: Rogue Gallery #1 comes with a variant cover from Jae Lee and June Chung.
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The Unfunnies, by Mark Millar and Anthony Williams, published by Avatar, Bleeding Cool's owners A particularly nasty comic about cartoon archetype crows undergoing extreme life crises And soemthing that both creators seems to disown now Well, if they won't return to this particular comic, then others will.
"Uncanny Valley is a book that I've wanted to make[...]
Seriously, if Mark Millar were to launch a new comic book, Mark Millar's Cancel Pigs, in the manner of Jim Lee's WildCATS, as part of the five Millarworld titles he's launching this year, I think it would do rather well It certainly has been trending on Twitter But what is a Cancel Pig? And why[...]
But Mark Millar was also asked why it was so hard to find his series Empress in print? He replied saying "Good question That came out from Icon and I forgot to bring it out from Image, but we're definitely doing a Dark Horse edition, especially when we do the sequel OOPS!!!!"
For Icon, read Marvel[...]
Otherwise you're just part of the problem."
But the whole situation was perfect for Mark Millar who is planning a return to DC Comics for 2025, after being exclusive for Netflix since 2017 And is doing his best to seed the path ahead, so rather than being viewed as an opportunist or profile rising, is instead[...]
Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported that Mark Millar was pulling his entire Image Comics Millarworld/Netflix line to Dark Horse Comics for 2024, following his recently completed The Ambassadors, Night Club, Magic Order, Nemesis and Big Game And that Dark Horse is one of the publishers where Millarworld began, alongside Avatar, Marvel, Image and Top Cow, with Chosen at Dark[...]
I'd been hearing some rather grouchy noises from folks at Image Comics about Mark Millar of late Possibly regarding some of the notes he'd made about how people who had gone off to do creator-owned comics should return to Marvel and DC Comics for a run or two to help save the comics industry.
But one[...]
When we last checked in with what was going on over at Millarworld, we were getting a pretty positive update from Mark Millar regarding the planned live-action Netflix series adaptation of his and Olivier Coipel's The Magic Order and its production status post-WGA & SAG-AFTRA strikes Now that both strikes have ended (with the actors' union[...]
This is how the Kick-Ass movie, based on the Marvel comic book, looks in its opening titles, with credits for Mark Millar and John Romita.
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This is what the Kingsman movies based on the Marvel comic book The Secret Service look like in their opening titles, with Mark Millar again, and Dave Gibbons, again.
Kingsman 2[...]
On being asked if future volumes of the Millarworld comic book series will intertwine with each other, after the crossover events of Big Game with Pepe Larraz (Spoilers ahead), Mark Millar stated on social media, "No, I think it's important to keep them apart again for the most part so Big Game stays special Think[...]
This Wednesday sees the release of the final issue of Big Game by Mark Millar and Pepe Larraz from Image Comics, Millarworld and Netflix In which the pair have been gleefully killing off all manner of Millarworld characters in this crossover that includes every Millarworld book except for War Heroes and The Unfunnies They've already[...]
Mark Millar has been complaining that the big-name A-List comic book creators aren't being enticed to do Marvel or DC Comics runs anymore And came up with a number of ways to do so And pontificates that the industry would be in a much better shape if they did And basically, all to set up[...]
So it's time to light the Mark Millar Signal.
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Mark Millar is the writer of Marvel's best-selling graphic novel of all time, Civil War, as well as the co-creator of The Unfunnies, Kick-Ass, Hit Girl, Kingsman, Wanted, Jupiter's Legacy, Chosen, and much much more Currently, he writes exclusively for Netflix/Image Comics, and has[...]