Tag MarkMillar
Mark Millar and Frank Quitely Conceive ‘Jupiter’s Children’
Filed under: Image, Indie, News
It's been an entertaining week for fans of the carnival barking-as-comics-promotion stylings of Mark Millar. The bestselling writer of Marvel's Civil War and Icon Comics' Kick-Ass has been rolling out new artwork and ... [read more]
Mark Millar Promotes ‘Kick-Ass 2′ by Telling Readers ‘Don’t Buy Digital’
Filed under: Culture, Digital Comics Mark Millar's earned a reputation as an aggressive self-promoter over the years, often using crass advertising to sell his projects -- a technique that's paid off in issues sold and titles adapted to feature films a... [read more]
Mark Millar Defends ‘Favorite Writer’ Frank Miller from Fan Backlash [Op-Ed]
Filed under: Opinion Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and 300 creator Frank Miller has faced a great deal of criticism lately for his controversial behavior and commentary, from the anti-Muslim sentiment of his self-described "propaganda" graphic novel ... [read more]
Link Ink: New ‘Fresh Ink! Online,’ Blink’s ‘New Mutants’ Return, and Optimus Prime in Yarn
Filed under: Link Ink, Culture
Fresh Ink! Online: Host Blair Butler returns for this week's episode as she and guest, writer Jay Faerber (Dynamo 5, Near Death), share their picks from last weeks comics including Batman, Wonder Woman, Supergir... [read more]
Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons Team For ‘The Secret Service’ in February
Filed under: News
The Secret Service, the long-teased collaboration between Mark Millar (Kick-Ass, Nemesis) and Dave Gibbons (Watchmen, The Originals) will come to fruition in February 2012 at Icon, as revealed today at CBR and in the pages of Milla... [read more]
Link Ink: Matthew Vaughn Picks Up ‘Superior,’ Disco ‘Star Wars’ And Bat Nuts
Filed under: Link Ink, Culture
Movies: Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn has purchased the rights for Mark Millar's Superior. Millar is allowing National MS Society to use the character to promote MS awareness and research funding. [CBR]
Health: A... [read more]
Digital ComicsAlliance: ‘Rambo’ & ‘Wolverine’ for $0.99, ‘Graveyard of Empires’
Welcome to Digital ComicsAlliance, your headquarters for digital comics news and recommendations. This week, we're taking a look at Jim Rugg's absurd Rambo 3.5, Mark Sable and Paul Azaceta's surprising Graveyard of Empires, and Mark Millar and ... ... [read more]
‘Ultimates’ #1 Puts The Series Back On Track [Spoiler-Free Review]
Filed under: Marvel, Reviews, Opinion
This week, Marvel Comics brings back the Ultimates - no "new", no numbers like Ultimates 2 or Ultimates 3, just a regular ol' ongoing series - with Ultimates #1 by Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribic and Dean White. Bu... [read more]
Mark Millar: ‘Green Lantern’ a ‘Blip’, Superhero Business Better Than Ever
Filed under: Movies, Opinion
Just a little under a year ago we wrote about the lazy narrative of the box office flop, a phenomenon by which entertainment journalists and other pundits race to judge a film as either a financial success or failure as ... [read more]
An Era Ends as Mark Millar Leaves Marvel for Creator-Owned Work
Filed under: Marvel, News
Comic book writer Mark Millar completed this week what he claims was his final script for Marvel Comics, presumably an issue of Ultimate Comics Avengers Vs. New Ultimates. Millar has enjoyed uncommon commercial success with... [read more]
‘Kick-Ass’ Coming Back for a Comic Book and Movie Sequel
Yesterday, Mark Millar (co-creator of "Kick-Ass" and "Wanted") announced not only that a comic book sequel to "Kick-Ass" is coming this September, but that the second movie -- "Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall" -- is scheduled [read more]
The Exit Interview: When Disgruntled Creators Speak Their Mind
Filed under: Marvel, DC, Culture
If you're a disgruntled creator, the internet in 2010 has several outlets for you to vent your displeasure. Facebook has a personal and private feel, despite being open to several hundred thousand of your closest [read more]
Millar & McNiven’s ‘Nemesis’ Headed to Hollywood, Tony Scott Onboard to Direct
Most folks would consider four issues of a comic a solid storyline. For Mark Millar, it's just another movie deal. In what should come as no surprise to anyone who's been paying attention to Millar's career to [read more]
This Timing Sucks: Ultimate Avengers 3 #1 / X-Men #2 [Review]
Filed under: Marvel, Hot Ink, Opinion
Back when Marvel announced that the X-Men were going to be fighting vampires, it made a number of people upset. For the most part these were X-Men fans annoyed that their favorite heroes [read more]
‘Kick-Ass 2′ #1: A Straight to Paper Movie [Review]
Filed under: Marvel, Reviews, Opinion
Of late, Mark Millar seems quite interested in making movies. And I, for one, encourage him in this goal. But as his writing has skewed even more towards over-the-top action scenes and a number of [read more]
Mark Millar Launches Kapow! Comic-Con in London
Filed under: Conventions, News
Just as the first issue of his new comics anthology CLINT sells out, writer Mark Millar (Ultimates, Kick-Ass) has announced an expansion of his comics entrepreneurship in the form of Kapow!, a new convention that he promises will bring [read more]
‘The Death of Spider-Man’ Arriving Digitally and in Print Simultaneously
Filed under: Marvel, News, Digital Comics
In what may be the publisher's most aggressive move in the courtship of digital comics, Marvel announced this week plans to release all chapters of its much hyped "The Death of Spider-Man" storyline as digital [read more]
Mark Millar Valentines Make Every Other Valentine Look Like $#!+
Filed under: Marvel, Humor, Let's Be Friends Again
Last year, the staff of ComicsAlliance regaled you with our Cerebus Valentines, a series of tender love notes based on the work of Dave Sim. As the most romantic of holidays [read more]
Mark Millar’s Four New Series, Spencer & Rios on ‘Cloak & Dagger’ [Kapow!]
Filed under: Marvel, Image, Conventions, Icon, News
Mark Millar's inaugural Kapow! Comic Con was by most accounts a good time for professionals and attendees, and naturally came with some juicy announcements of new projects. Among them, Nick [read more]