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
real years family-and-friends
What I do with everything is take things out of real life. You encounter all sorts of stories. It's a lot of your friends and family, sometimes there's quite sad episodes in their life and everything. So just little things I've picked up along the years always find a way into all of my stories.
jobs games indication
When you don't have time to do your job, that's a good indication you're playing the wrong game.
people
When you expect the best from people, you will often see more in them than they see in themselves.
book different publishers
The books are all very, very different so the publishers really had to be different too.
mistake book thinking
I always think it's a mistake when you actually have to set books aside and actually sit down and research something. I always think they've got to come from within.
book two pay
The animated books pay the lowest rates at the Big Two and you can forget about royalties.
book four months
Marvel books also feed into the smaller publishers and the fact that this is happening in the same month we're launching Ultimate Fantastic Four is no coincidence.
readership breadth factors
The breadth of the potential readership is also a factor.
artist next-week two
I'm so used to artists saying to me, "Listen, I'm going to have five pages done next week," and then three weeks later I'm phoning them, begging them for two pages. And Stuart [Immonen]is a guy who will promise you five pages and deliver six pages, and the six pages are even better than you could have ever imagined.
running team thinking
I'm just running through this list of potential nannies and wondered if we should go for a superhero this time. Do you think Wolverine would be interested? He seems to be on every other team right now...
sleep pieces one-piece
Guess that's thirty-one pieces of silver you've got now, huh? Sleep well, Judas.
skulls people mind
We ordinary people might lack your great speed or your X-Ray vision, Superman, but never underestimate the power of the human mind. We carry the most dangerous weapon on Earth inside these thick skulls of ours.
along coming marvel massive series shapes universe war
The end of the series has massive ramifications. This is one of those things that comes along that shapes things for times to come. ... There's very much a pre-Civil War and post-Civil War Marvel Universe coming at you.
books literally sales scottish-writer twice written
These are pretty much the most critically-acclaimed books I've ever written and the sales have been literally twice what we were all expecting.