Mark Millar Archives

Has Mark Millar And Gorlan Parlov's Starlight Been De-Flash Gordoned?
Mark Millar talked about his new series Starlight, created with Gorlan Parlov, over at CBR. "Starlight" is my love letter to all the sci-fi serials I was obsessed with as a kid It's odd, but growing up with older parents I was into all these things nobody else really watched and I was obsessed with everything[...]
Mark Millar, MBE, Political Animal At Large
Mark Millar is quite the political animal Describing himself as a lifelong socialist, at the last General Election not only did he switch allegiance from the Labour Party to the separatist Scottish National Party, he did so publicly, appearing in political advertising and, when the SNP were victorious in forming a national Scottish government, was[...]
Colourist-Owned Comics? Letterer-Owned Comics? Is This The New Creator-Owned War Waiting To Happen?
Not something the writer determines based on his ego's whims. — Rick Remender (@Remender) January 31, 2012   @Remender Who doesn't tho? Seriously? I thought this was standard practice. — Mark Millar (@mrmarkmillar) January 31, 2012   @Remender @mrmarkmillar I've always split rights with artists regardless of what split I get with publishers. — Steve Niles (@SteveNiles) January 31, 2012   It all depends[...]
Are We Living In The Comics Future That Mark Millar Predicted?
In 2006, Mark Millar looked to the future and made some predictions This is what he saw, and how it turned out… And no, this isn't the usual shite where people say GAMES will replace comics That argument was crap and made about as much sense as CHEESE replacing comics, the two things being totally different[...]
Rumour: Mark Millar's Upcoming Comic Book Starlight Is Becoming A Movie
Latino Review tweets that Fox has picked up the rights to Mark Millar's upcoming ongoing series Starlight: EXCLUSIVE BREAKING COMICBOOK MOVIE NEWS! FOX IS CLOSING IN ON MARK MILLAR'S UPCOMING STARLIGHT COMIC WITH SIMON KINBERG ATTACHED TO PRODUCE. — elmayimbe (@elmayimbe) December 13, 2013 The Image comic is about a retired superhero who goes back into space for[...]
Bryan Hitch, Sean Gordon Murphy And Jae Lee For New Mark Millar Comics
From Mark Millar's Image Comics interview, talking about nine of ten new Millarworld titles planned over the next three years, he mentions three artists. Sean Gordon Murphy, Jae Lee, Bryan Hitch Well, we had identified one of them, albeit for the wrong project… But Millar was ambitious talking about how not only will these stories tie in together[...]
Swipe File: Starlight And The Incredibles
A preview of Mark Millar and Goran Parlov's Starlight A scene from Pixar's Incredibles. A post by Mark Millar, "Rank Pixar Films Top To Bottom" In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the lightbox We trust you, the[...]
Jupiter's Legacy Slips From October To January, But Tops Advance Reorder Chart
Black Science #1 clearly sold well enough to push the second print high up the chart, and New Avengers and Saga are both fuelled by recent successes. TOP 25 ADVANCE REORDER COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS/TPs (RETAIL) Product Price Publisher JUPITERS LEGACY #4 CVR C MCQUE (MR) $2.99 IMA DEAD BOY DETECTIVES #1 $2.99 DC VELVET #3 (MR) $2.99 IMA BLACK SCIENCE #1 2ND PTG (MR) $3.50 IMA NEW AVENGERS #13.INH $3.99 MAR SAGA #17 (MR) $2.99 IMA YOUNG AVENGERS TP[...]
Mark Millar Confirms Starlight Comic, With Goran Parlov
A few days ago, Bleeding Cool reported that Mark Millar had applied to register the trademark Starlight as a comic book. And so it has come to pass Hollywood Reporter has confirmed it as a new comic by Millar from Image, with artist Goran Parlov, best known in the US for his Punisher work, but whose[...]
Starlight, The New… Something From Mark Millar And Millarworld
Mark Millar's publishing imprint Millarworld has applied to register the trademark for the word "Starlight". It is registered to cover "Comic books; Comic magazines; Comics; Graphic novels; illustrated fiction stories; posters; trading cards; coffee-table books featuring science fiction, horror, fantasy, action, mystery, adventure, humor, and/or super-powered or costumed heroes or villains; none of the foregoing relating[...]
How I Pitched My Book To Mark Millar In An Elevator (And How You Can Rock A Quick Pitch, Too!)
They click off your page, delete your Email or mentally check out of the conversation…you've lost them forever. I recently reached out to Kick-Ass creator Mark Millar about my current Kickstarter project (sci-fi/superhero novel 'Assault or Attrition') and this was the pitch I sent him: — The premise is somewhat like, "What if Lex Luthor succeeded in killing Superman?" Not just[...]
Friday Runaround – Millar Per Hour
WALK THIS WAY The Hollywood Reporter on Duncan Fegredo and Mark Millar's new creator owned comic, MPH; The new book follows four 19-year olds who get their hands on a street drug that gives them the ability to move at light-speed for seven days — all set in present-day Detroit. Millar promises no costumes and no code-names in what[...]
Comics Creators On… Syria (UPDATE)
But with the likes of Nancy Silberkleit, Mark Millar, Steve Geppi, Nick Spencer and others getting directly involved with politics – and President Obama being a comics fan – maybe it's worth asking what the comics creators-and-related folks think of it all Or maybe not You decide. UPDATED WITH MORE: Before anyone takes Paddy Ashdown's gung-ho comments[...]
Have The Unfunnies Been Excommunicated From Millarworld?
In November, Image is publishing The Art of Millarworld, featuring every Mark Millar creator owned title cover, regardless of publisher. In the '40s, it was DC In the '60s, it was Marvel Now Millarworld has reshaped comics in the 21st century and turned into a powerhouse force to be reckoned with Riding a wave of grand[...]
How The Cancellation Of CLiNT Will Help Batman Sales
So, this week sees the publication of the final issue of Mark Millar's CLiNT And it's the first such edition without a Mark Millar comic in it Instead, the magazine is filled with previews of upcoming Titan Comics publications, interviews with their creators and a feature on the Kick Ass 2 movie. But we also find[...]
Kick-Ass 2 — The Bleeding Cool Review
Always a worry, that. And I've seem some pretty brutal assessments of this film. This sequel to Matthew Vaughn's hyperkinetic adaptation of the Mark Millar comic book isn't, it's true, a patch on its predecessor But it isn't exactly an absolute stinker. Most of the old gang are reunited Nicolas Cage is, of course, only there in spirit[...]
Writer-Owned? Or Creator-Owned?
Mark Waid was, until fairly recently, editor-in-chief of Boom! Studios. Grant declined to comment, but encouraged people to speculate as they wish and invited Waid to contact him directly. A few years long back, Mark Millar said in an interview with Den Of Geek. "I want to set the standard by making it 50-50 in terms of cash[...]
Anatomy Lesson – Ultimate X-Men #15
Brandon Thomas writes for Bleeding Cool: "It Doesn't Have To Be This Way" by Mark Millar & Adam Kubert Ultimate X-Men #15 is my single favorite X-Men story of all time. Everything important and potentially progressive about the entire concept is contained within this 22-page story, titled "It Doesn't Have To Be This Way," and on top[...]
DC Comics Offers Superman To John Romita Jr – And He Might Well Take It
Initially, from a couple of corroborating reports on the show floor of San Diego Comic Con yesterday… and then all over the bars last night, where no less than eight people took me aside to tell me this top secret news that only they knew… John Romita Jr, son of the legendary Marvel artist John Romita[...]