Mark Millar
Mark Millar
Mark Millar MBEis a Scottish comic book writer, known for his work on The Authority, The Ultimates, Marvel Knights Spider-Man, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Civil War, The Secret Service, Wanted, Chrononauts, Superior and Kick-Ass, the latter six of which have been, or will be, adapted into feature films...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionComic Book Author
Date of Birth24 December 1969
CityGlasgow, Scotland
dream dark men
Batman: a force of chaos in my world of perfect order. The dark side of the Soviet dream. Rumored to be a thousand murdered dissidents, they said he was a ghost. A walking dead man. A symbol of rebellion that would never fade as long as the system survived. Anarchy in black.
loneliness perfect parent
It didn't take a trauma to make you wear a mask. It didn't take your parents getting shot...or cosmic rays or a power ring...Just the perfect combination of loneliness and despair.
tricks projects findings
The trick was really finding the appropriate publisher for each of the projects I'd devised.
writing fairytale crime
I didn't break into comics to write fairytales or crime comics.
adventure writing honest
I'm honestly as happy writing Superman Adventures as I am writing Wanted.
team thinking creative
Their argument, and I think it's a correct one, is that they'll make more money from the trades and the hardcovers if nobody messes with the creative team.
daughter girlfriend cousin
If I'm creating a new superhero, it shouldn't be any different from other superheroes in terms of the qualities. Obviously the personality can be different. I think traditionally in comics women have tended to be a girlfriend or the daughter of whoever, whether it's even Batgirl as Gordon's daughter, or whatever. There is that relation of the hero, you know, like Superman's cousin, Supergirl. And that's great. It's fantastic to have a link to these amazing characters, but I kind of like the idea of things being something in their own right, which is why I've always loved Wonder Woman.
writing america captains
Likewise, I see no shame in writing Captain America or Wolverine.
effort leader conscious
The highest form of leadership is one in which a leader raises up other leaders - not as an accident, but as a result of conscious effort.
skills decision decision-making
Decision-making is a skill. Wisdom is a leadership trait.
opportunity readiness
Others control our opportunities, we control our readiness.
superhero done excited
I've done so many superhero comics, and I've actually just been really excited about sci-fi, and Chrononauts and Starlight were both sci-fi, which I had a great time doing.
depressing growing-up fun
When I was a kid growing up in the '80s, the BBC showed those old Buster Crabbe serials like Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers. So instead of ponderous sci-fi or depressing sci-fi or dystopian sci-fi and all the things we're kind of used to, where it's always raining and it's always dark, I thought, "Wouldn't it be nice to do something that was just fun and absolutely nonstop?" Like, I love writing action, and this thing is that. It's all action.
certain horror level picture psychic scottish-writer sit watch watching
When we sit and watch a horror movie we know we're watching a horror picture and come to the story with a certain level of psychic defence.