Mark Millar (comic book writer)
Mark Millar MBE (born December 24, 1969 in Coatbridge , Scotland ) is a British comic book writer whose works Kick-Ass , Wanted and The Secret Service (as Kingsman: The Secret Service ) were also made into films.
Career
Millar started working as a full-time comic book writer in the early 1990s, after making the decision to take up this profession in the 1980s after meeting the author Alan Moore . After dropping out of university prematurely, he received his first engagements at the British publisher Trident Comics , for which he began working on the series Savior (“Redeemer”) from 1990 - together with the illustrator Daniel Vallely . Savior , which used postmodern narrative methods to present an idiosyncratic mix of topics such as religion , satire and “ superhero adventure”, quickly became the most commercially successful series in the Trident Comics program.
As the early 1990s continued, Millar produced a number of stories for British comic magazines such as 2000 AD , Sonic the Comic and Crisis . In 1993, Millar began a longstanding artistic partnership with author Grant Morrison , the first of which was the comic strip Big Dave published in 2000 AD .
In 1994, Millar was finally able to gain a foothold as an author on the American market when the major New York-based publisher DC Comics hired him to write the dark horror series Swamp Thing (# 140-171). After the series was discontinued, further commissioned work for DC series such as JLA , The Flash (# 130-138) and Aztek: The Ultimate Man , as well as the Superman series Action Comics , Adventures of Superman and Superman Adventures (# 16 , 19, 22-38, 41 and 52). He also often acted as part of an "author tandem" with other writers such as Morrison (Flash) or the Canadian Stuart Immonen (Action Comics). In addition, he scripted mini-series like JLA: Paradise Lost (1997), and one-shots like Tangent: The Superman .
In 2000, Millar succeeded Warren Ellis in the series The Authority (# 13-20, 22 and 27-29), which appeared in DC's WildStorm - Imprint , for which he was paired with the illustrator Frank Quitely . After he had published the graphic novel Superman: Red Son in 2001 , which shifted the Superman theme to the Soviet Union , Millar and DC finally broke up temporarily due to "artistic differences" between Millar and DC's President Paul Levitz over The Authority , as a result of which Millar left DC.
Millar moved to DC's competitor Marvel Comics in the same year , where he launched the Ultimate X-Men series (# 1-12, 15-33), which proved so successful that in 2002 he was able to push the series The Ultimates . This was followed by Wolverine (2005; # 20-32; with John Romita Junior ), Marvel Knights Spider-Man (# 1-12) and Ultimate Fantastic Four (# 1-6, 21-32). Artists he worked with included Brian Michael Bendis, Terry Dodson (Marvel Knights Spider-Man) and Greg Land . His most recent comic project was the seven-part miniseries Civil War (with cartoonist Steve McNiven), which came out in 2006 as Marvel's "Summer Crossover".
In 2004, Millar created the series Wanted , which was filmed by Universal Pictures in 2007/2008 with Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie in the lead roles . The project of a horror TV series for the British broadcaster Channel Four has already been discontinued in pre-production.
In his personal label "Millarworld" Millar produced personal projects such as The Unfunnies (# 1–4), Chosen , Run , which he brought to market through various publishers such as Image Comics or Marvel Comics.
Private
Millar currently lives in Glasgow , Scotland.
Awards
- In June 2013 he was awarded the MBE by Queen Elizabeth II for his services .
- Panini Comics , the publisher of Millar's German-language publications, launched the Mark Millar Collection in 2016, an independent hardcover series dedicated to the author and his works.
Web links
- Page www.millarworld.tv
- Mark Millar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ assets.publishing.service.gov.uk (English; PDF; 652 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Millar, Mark |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British comic book writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coatbridge , Scotland |