Mark Millar Archives

The Millarworld Triple Variant Cover Thingy Scheduled
Well the Millarworld crossover thing is actually three variant covers for Mark Millar's three Icon titles, drawn by Superior's Leinil Yu The covers will be available on Nemesis #4, Superior #4 and Kick-Ass 2 #2 Retailer orders for each are restricted to one copy for every ten normal issues ordered. Clicky to make biggy. Bleeding Cool[...]
A Pint And A Proposal?
Mark Millar met Vincent Deighan (better known as Frank Quitely) for a pint last night As you do when you're in Glasgow. But it did rather set tongues wagging. Vincent's DC exclusive deal is currently scheduled to come to an end with his Pax America comic with Grant Morrison. They have worked together before, most prominently on The[...]
Monday Runaround – Fifteen Years Of Black Action Figures
For assigned departments, directly manage aspects of financial planning and monitor operating results against plan. Scots comic book creator Mark Millar's guide to the superhero blockbusters hitting the big screen – The Daily Record He said: "These comic book characters are more interesting than your regular action heroes It would be very hard now to go back[...]
That Was The MCM Expo That Was
You never know who will be reading your tweets… The Abu Dhabi Middle Eastern comic con were speaking to many creators about a convention in Dubai next April. One other question was asked regarding Mark Millar's London Superhero Comic Con for next year – does he have an agreement with Marvel and DC to use the[...]
Is Obama Reading Superior? No, It's Another Photoshop Trick
Okay, so it's not like Mark Millar hasn't tried this before. But this image of President Barack Obama walking, holding a number of books, including the first copy of Superior was posted on Movie Forums Labelled "a Spider-Man comic" by the poster Jenny Suski, it was clearly the Mark Millar and Leinil Yu comic in question. But[...]
A London San Diego For 2011? Mark Millar Says We'll Find Out In Weeks
Mark Millar has teased a couple of times about an upcoming comics-and-media show for London next year and his possible involvement in it. Well, in an email to selected industry individuals, it just got real He states that his partner runs an event organising company in London and is planning a "huge San Diego[...]
Is Mark Millar Paving The Way Back To DC Comics In The Next Ten Years?
Mark Millar got an early start at DC Comics, working on books including Swamp Thing, JLA, Flash, Aztek and The Authority Then he was headhunted by Marvel, said some heady things about Paul Levitz and that was that And he once said that he was loyal to Joe Quesada over the big Marvel/DC divide and[...]
Monday Runaround – What If Mark Millar Was Your Teacher?
Thank you Google News! Now bring on the traffic… EducationWatch: Today, Mark Millar will be holding a Mark Millar Masterclass at the Caledonian University in Glasgow. EducationWatch2: Rolling Stone art director Steven Charny talks about how he was influenced by comic book artists. This is The Bleeding Cool ComicChron Robot speaking I come for your women[...]
Has Huw Vanished From CLiNT?
Issue 1 of CLiNT featured a three-page story by Manuel Bracchi at the back, part of Mark Millar's talent search, intriguingly "presented" by BBC News reader Huw Edwards It was a funny aside, the like one might see in Viz Comic, entitled Huw Edwards' Space Oddities Basically Tharg's Future Shocks with a pop culture twist[...]
Number Crunching CLiNT Magazine #1
What's the comic? CLiNT, from Mark Millar anf friends Featuring Kick Ass 2, Turf, Nemesis and Rex Royd. Cost: £3.99 ($6.17) Comics story pages: 71 Price per page: 6 pence (9 cents) How many haven't been seen in print before: 22 Fucks in the issue: 12 Shits in the issue: 8 Cunts in the issue: 0 Well apart from… Seriously, don;t make that[...]
Removing Cigarettes And Falling Babies
In Ultimate Avengers #5, Mark Millar and Carlos Pacheco threw a baby out of the window Okay, the Red Skull did it And it's a fictional baby But still. The scene caused a lot of fuss –  but it had been bawlderised once already. Below are the original pencils compared with the printed art The baby is[...]
Mark Millar Attacks X-Men Vs Twilight (UPDATE x3)
Hence the blood. Bet they won't sparkle though. Unless one of them bites Dazzler that is. UPDATE: I think Vampire Jubillee makes it a wrap. UPDATE UPDATE: Mark Millar writes; I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS X-MEN/ BLADE THING HAVE THEY JUST SWIPED MY UPCOMING 'VAMPIRE X' ARC? I'm just starting Ultimate Avengers 3, issue 5, and it's the arc I'm maybe most[...]
Does French Connection Kick Ass?
The French Connection store at Oxford Circus, London, is highlighting its new range of Kick Ass-related clothes rather nicely.   The store in question can
Kick Ass Tracking Relatively Low? (UPDATE)
Certainly that demographic were laughing and enjoying the movie as much as anyone else in the screening that I attended – it's possible that the marketing has not been addressing them, or has been turning them off. Of course Mark Millar's new comic book, Nemesis is out this week I've had my say here, but reviews[...]
Number Crunching: Nemesis #1
1 Does it look like a movie? Yes. One directed by Michael Bay: Oh yes. Cost per story page:  13 cents Additional ad pages for other Mark Millar books: Do you include the cover saying Makes Kick Ass Look Like Shit? Yes And the afterword which is there to make people buy his other comics? Yes[...]
Russell T Davies, Jonathan Ross, Armando Iannucci, Ian Rankin, Muriel Gray and Frankie Boyle To Contribute To Mark Millar's New Comic Project?
Bleeding Cool has been covering rumours of a Mark Millar collaborative comics project for some time now. Whether it's an anthology, a series of comics and graphic novels or even an entire imprint, it seems that Scottish comic-book-writer-turning-media-megastar Mark Millar has gathered a group of traditionally-non-comics writers to contribute to it Here's a run down of[...]
Tuesday Runaround – Brad Looks Glad
KickAssWatch: The London premiere went well last night, it seems. And Australians can see Kick-Ass for free... A few of the local slebs were tweeting...
NBC's Team Comicana In The Rain
And NBC's new geek-centric TV show that you shower them with drizzle. Greg, Steve, Luke and Kelly, filming for new show Team Comicana, have camped outside Forbidden Planet on Shaftesbury Avenue, London, so they are first in like for tomorrow's Kick Ass signing with Mark Millar and John Romita Jr And since the first seventy-five in[...]
New NBC Show, Team Comicana Speak!
The first shoot takes place tomorrow night on Shaftesbury Avenue, London, outside Forbidden Planet, following a number of people queuing for the Kick Ass signing by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr the following day. But who are the geeks in question? And just what are their qualifications? Another Bleeding Cool exclusive here… Neal Bailey Assistant Editor for[...]
Four Lions Trailer (Chris Morris)
Forget your Iron Man 2, Kick Ass, Jonah Hex, Red or Scott Pilgrim trailers. Here's the biggee. Four Lions. I really want to see this film now. Hey, any
Millar And McNiven's Nemesis To Be Announced (Properly This Time) On Friday
In other news, Mark Millar is gearing up for Friday's big Comic Book Resources interview over his new Marvel project with Steve McNiven, Nemesis. Naturally I know nothing about it – except I'm told that Nemesis is the name of the title character.  So no, Robot6, not Marvelman… Mind you… it couldn't have anything to do with[...]