Mark Millar Archives

Mark Millar tells The Scottish Sun newspaper that he wrote what became the Avengers movie. "Marvel told me years back this is one movie they didn't think they could do. "They were worried it would be a sensory overload having six, seven or eight different, very distinct, characters with their own unique back-story all coming together. "The fear[...]

It is a sequel to the Mark Millar and Jae Lee story from 2005 Barrucci said, "You will get that original story in the first edition along with the new story." Next up were the Mars titles Napton talked about writing Warriors of Mars, starring Gullivar Jones Napton said, "The character of Gullivar Jones actually predated[...]

Mark Millar has very kindly posted a series of statistics regarding the orders of Supercrooks In an industry where we usually have to make estimates based on released data, this gives us some hard figures for titles higher up the chart and therefore more statistically significant. Mark Millar posts that pre-orders for Supercrooks #1 totalled 59,600. The[...]

On the Bleeding Cool forums, in response to an ECCC interview with Tony Harris, a number of readers wanted to know why Tony was creating new work for Image when he hadn't finished the long-delayed War Heroes series with Mark Millar. It touched a rather sore spot Tony responded on the boards; Cheers please go to Millarworld,[...]

A few years ago, before they got into publishing comics properly as Dynamite Entertainment, Dynamic Forces would occasionally publish an original comic, shorter than a usual comic, for about twice the price, using name talent and a name franchise, and marketing it as a collectible. One such comic was Witchblade: Demon by Mark Millar and Jae[...]

Last year, Kick Ass 2 #5 by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr was accidentally left off the order form It was in Previews, but not on the form that retailers used to order the comic They did their best to raise awareness of this, but in the end reduced orders saw Marvel choose to[...]

Mark Millar has a reputation for never doing anything by accident For always having a plan Basically, he's a Cylon Quotes appear promoting books that suddenly turn up in CLiNT Films get raved about by directors that he's suddenly working with And actors he raves about tend to turn up at his Kapow! comics convention. There's[...]

I have avoided anything I consider major spoilers, instead concentrating on overall themes. Mark Millar likes comic books And he likes films And he especially likes it when one becomes the other Especially if it's one of his. Today we get Kick Ass 2 #7 with John Romita Jr, Supercrooks with Leinil Yu, and a preview of[...]

Bleeding Cool has reported on issues that CLiNT Magazine has had over its Space Oddities strip, intended to be a home for brand new talent, who applied

Kapow, the London convention run by Mark Millar and his family, and funded by Titan, has been criticised both this year and last for having no announced female comics guests, namely a "sausagefest" Last year, there were actually female comics creators at the show, but some people didn't realise the same thing would probably happen[...]

The next issue of CLiNT Magazine accidentally shipped to comic stores three weeks ahead of schedule, requiring Diamond to request that shops not sell the

I understand that certain stores in the UK have received CLiNT Magazine #15 three weeks a week earlier than intended - including part of the final chapter

They include; Al Murray, Andy Nyman, Angellica Bell, Bill Oddie, Boyd Hilton, Charlie Brooker, Charlie Higson, Chris Chibnall, Chris Tarrant, Christopher H Bidmead, Conor McNicholas, David Quantick, Ed Petrie, Emma Freud, Gary Russell, Graham Duff, Hugh Bonneville, Iain Lee, Iain Morris, Ian McMillan, Jacqueline Rayner, Jason Arnopp, James Moran, Jason Flemyng, Jenny Colgan, Jeremy Dyson, Jon[...]

It took the global recession to make this comic happen. Writer Gordon Mclean took his redundancy cheque and, along with selling off his Playstation games

 iFanboy has more on this one, with Morrison saying this may be the first of several Image books:  "Beyond that, there are big plans to do more books at Image and I have several ideas lined up!" Jupiter's Children by Frank Quitely and Mark Millar, which was first mentioned in January this year. Chin Music by Steve[...]

In this parody of American political advertising to relaunch CLiNT Magazine as CLiNT 2.0 that you may have read about at Bleeding Cool last week, they seem to have made some basic errors. While they do attack both Marvel's $3.99 comics and DC's Before Watchmen, they also include the line "Mark Millar approves this message" which,[...]

Mark Millar has set up a competition so that the the store that orders the most copies of Supercrooks #1 from Marvel will get him for a signing He'll fly his way there and put himself up, but the winning store has to order a shed load And if they don't win, are stuck with[...]

I've long covered Mark Millar's grip on media, able to twist and turn them to his own ends, and building his career in the process, much to his chagrin However it's rarely a critique, it's generally in admiration. Initially he used the observation that, thanks to the internet, the world doesn't see a difference between local[...]

On the left, the cover to The Secret Service #2, the new series from Mark MIllar and Dave Gibbons, entitled Basic Training. On the right, a Chinese bodyguard undergoing training. 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[...]

Initially launched as a Mark Millar-themed way to get comic books into news stands with high profile names such as Jonathan Ross and Frankie Boyle for the UK mainstream market, the magazine lost supermarket and independent news stand distribution, though remains prominent in national chain WH Smiths… and gained a much greater following than expected[...]

Bleeding Cool ran an article yesterday on accusations that the upcoming London convention, Kapow, was a bit of a sausagefest when it came to comic book creators, based on the observation that every announced comics guest was, again, male. We also pointed out that, as last year, they would be female creators at the show, just[...]

Mark Millar has announced, through Comic Book Resources, the name, concept and cover art for his new creator owned series from Image with Frank Quitely, Jupiter's Children A twelve ten issue comic series created by the pair that seems destined to rock the sales charts. They last worked together on the Marvel project 411, with one[...]

It still does. Tales From Beyond Science is probably the Mark Millar book you weren't expecting to read today With Ryan Hughes, Alan MacKenzie and John Smith, the four created a series of 2000AD short stories that either 2000AD has no intention of reprinting – or doesn't have the full rights Which is where Image Comics[...]

Art from his new Jonathan Ross Olympus project? News that he's going fully independent from Marvel? Thet he's starting his own publisher – or joining Mark Millar, Jonathan Ross and other in their own joint venture? Or that he's getting a new iPhone?   Bryan Hitch is counting down to something on Twitter To[...]

Aside From Digital. Last week, Mark Millar was saying that he and Bryan Hitch had been chatting very indiscriminately about a big change that was coming in 2012 for comics aside from digital – but that he couldn't say any more. Fanboy Rampage: JMS Vs Steve Wacker (UPDATE – Now With Added Waid And Slott) Joe Michael Straczynski[...]

Of course, none of that extra money is going to the charity the book was published to help. When asked about the limited print run, Mark Millar replied "We'll reprint if there's a demand Of course But book was done in 12 hrs I wanted to test waters with limited run first." Of course, there was demand,[...]

If you're lucky. Created at the Kapow Comic Convention earlier in the year, its aim was to tell a Superior story with as many people as possible, raise money for charity and break a couple of world records in the process. I'm not sure how the Most Contributors To A Comic Book record was arrived at –[...]

In this month-and-a-half's CLiNT Magazine, out later this week, Dave Gibbons and Mark Millar talk about their new comic book, The Secret Service, created with movie director, producer and writer Matthew Vaughn. This comic holds a special place in Bleeding Cool's heart, as it was the subject of our very first story two and a half[...]

There's also a pretty interesting subtext here about the blurred distinctions between art, speech, and action which may be just as valuable as the central discussion. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Mark Millar Responds To Frank Miller – Or Rather The Reaction To Frank Miller It's strange to watch your favourite writer getting strips torn off him[...]

But Mark Millar, fan of Frank Miller, has some things to say about the reaction from some to Frank Miller's recent blog post He writes on Millarworld; It's strange to watch your favourite writer getting strips torn off him for a couple of days. Politically, I disagree with his analysis, but that's besides the point[...]