TweetAn intriguing beginning, containing a single panel that is worth the cover price alone.
Justice League movie reportedly beset by usual WB woes
02/08/2013 by 20 Comments
It was not a very good day for DC comics yesterday. Not only did their editor in chief and executive editor engage in a humiliating display of Kool-Aid fueled happy talk with enough papering over to remodel Versailles, but a whole new round of enthusiasm-sapping rumors about the Justice League movie made the rounds The word this time: Will Beall’s script sucks and has to be scraped before a decent director can be hired. Juicy rumors abound:
Kapow! Comic Convention Not Returning in 2013 (Maybe 2014)
12/23/2012 by 4 Comments
TweetLucy and Sarah Unwin, who have run London’s Kapow Comic-Con since 2011, have today announced that the convention will not be held in 2013 due to work commitments elsewhere. Heavily connected to Mark Millar’s ‘Millarworld’ production company, the convention last year saw Dan DiDio, Eric Stephenson and Joe Quesada all make the flight across the [...]
Studio Coffee Run: Arrow, The Walking Dead, Kickass 2, The Hobbit, etc.
10/26/2012 by 4 Comments
Tweet While the 2nd episode of Season 3 of The Walking Dead dropped in the ratings from the first episode, it still topped the ratings for all non-sports related programming ratings ages 18 – 49.
Ron Marz, Mark Millar, Comics Industry Act to Shut Down Cyberbully
09/02/2012 by 43 Comments
TweetAbusive attacks via Twitter aren’t new, but have certainly increased in media visibility over the past few months. Racist and sexist comments and threats have been detailed repeatedly in the mainstream press recently, often aimed at various prominent people in society. It also exists on a personal level, sadly, with personal attacks and bullying on [...]
Kirkman, Millar, and Niles gab about the creator-owned world
07/06/2012 by Leave a Comment
CBR has a nice roundtable on creator-owned comics that rounds up Robert Kirkman, Mark Millar, and Steve Niles. Since they are all “strongly for” the piece doesn’t really ignite any banter, but it does allow many long, entertaining manifestos. For instance, how Millar terrorized Alan Moore when he was a teen.
Con Report: The Complete Kapow Compendium
05/21/2012 by Leave a Comment
Lokis, Storm Dogs, Hepzibahs, Mark Millar, Publishers and Fans. Kapow Comic Convention 2012: what did we learn?
2000AD's Dredd-full graphic novels for 2012
03/07/2012 by Leave a Comment
It’s 2000AD’s 35th birthday—which seems kind of young, as its brand is so ubiquitous in UK comics—and they will be releasing a bunch of GNs this year by the likes of Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, John Wagner, Pat Mills, and Ian Edginton, and artwork from Brian Bolland, Chris Weston, Steve Dillon, Dave Gibbons, and D’Israeli:
Millar and Quitely present JUPITER'S CHILDREN in September
01/11/2012 by Leave a Comment
Mark Millar is announcing a slew of Millarworld projects this week, exclusively on CBR, and here’s the long-rumored project with Frank Quitely: JUPITER’S CHILDREN, a 12-issue maxiseries.
Weekend roundup: Kapow!; Millar has four new titles
04/11/2011 by Leave a Comment
It was another busy weekend for comics around the globe, as the MoCCA Fest in NYC saw indie crowds gathering to buy the latest literary comics. Meanwhile in London, it was the inaugural Kapow! festival, organized by Mark Millar and his friends. From all accounts, although the show sold and had a capped attendance of only around 5000 people, it did achieve some of that “Movie-con magic”:
Kibbles 'n' Bits — 10/25/10
10/25/2010 by Leave a Comment
Are Muslim comics ruining America? Is Mark Millar the Simon Cowell of comics? What comics would you give to a 13-year-old girl? What is the secret of the 9-panel grid and what does it mean for your future? These and other sensationalistic questions will be answered in today’s Kibbles ‘n’ Bits!
Trailer pitch: CLiNT Magazine
08/19/2010 by 1 Comment
In just a few short weeks, Mark Millar and his friends reinvent the comics anthology magazine with CLiNT, a 100-page monthly magazine featuring comic strips from Millar, John Romita Jr., Steve McNiven, Tommy Lee Edwards, Jonathan Ross, Frankie Boyle, and comics, including the Millar/Romita Jr. Nemesis, and others by “up and comers.” There’s now a short trailer online, too. The issue goes on sale on September 2, 2010. You can also get palsy with CLiNT on Twitter or Facebook, so you can even get it to be your neighbor in Farmville.
Followup on the news: Earth One, NEMESIS, etc., etc., etc.
08/11/2010 by 22 Comments
TweetThe Earth One story has been mostly cleared up as J. Michael Straczynski has responded to Robot 6 with a clarification: This was the actual exchange, as I remember it. Someone asked me on the panel if Superman Earth One was only coming out as a hardcover or as issues at the same time or [...]
The Mysterious World of Mr. Mark Millar
08/09/2010 by 1 Comment
Could this be a cover subject for CLInT Magazine?
And why is Mr. Millar wearing ear goggles?
Developing.
Tony Scott to direct NEMESIS for Fox
08/07/2010 by Leave a Comment
You could learn a lot from Mark Millar. Seriously. Not content to let his movie option deal announcement go live and get covered everywhere, he got a full three days of publicity out of it! And made such a big deal of it that Bleeding Cool literally wouldn’t sleep until they scooped Deadline on the news — which everyone we talked to seems to have known for days. So a big deal becomes a Bigger Deal. That is how you market it, Mark Millar, and we salute you.
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