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===Political views===
===Political views===
Speaking about his political views, Millar has described himself thus, "I regard myself as traditionally left of centre and progressive, a [[Eurosceptic]] in the [[Bennite]] mould, and the policies espoused by the coalition formed under the [[Yes Scotland|Yes umbrella]] are the closest to my own particular ideology." Before the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum]], Millar was cited as a supporter of [[Scottish independence]] by groups<ref name=BleedingCool10.5.21>{{cite web|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/mark-millar-appears-to-change-his-mind-on-scottish-independence/|author=[[Johnston, Rich]]|publisher=[[Bleeding Cool]]|title=Has Mark Millar Changed His Mind On Scottish Independence?|date=3 September 2014|accessdate=5 October 2021|archivedate=21 September 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921033137/https://bleedingcool.com/comics/mark-millar-appears-to-change-his-mind-on-scottish-independence/}}</ref> such as the [[National Collective]],<ref name=NationalCollective>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025231211/http://www.nationalcollective.com/|publisher=[[National Collective]]|title=50 Artists & Creatives Who Support Scottish Independence|author=Barr, Andrew; Colquhoun, Ross|date=30 August 2012|accessdate=5 October 2021|archivedate=25 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025231211/http://www.nationalcollective.com/2012/08/30/50-artists-creatives-who-support-scottish-independence/}}</ref> and made comments interpreted in support of independence.<ref name=BleedingCool10.5.21/><ref name=NationalCollective/> However, in the run-up to the referendum, Millar stated that he was ambiguous about the idea.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/scotland_week_comic_book_writer_mark_millar|author=Hollwedel, Zach|magazine=[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]]|title=Scotland Week: Comic Book Writer Mark Millar: The Creator of ''Kick-Ass'' and ''Wanted'' on Marvel vs. DC, Scottish Mythology, and Scottish Independence|date=5 September 2014|accessdate=5 October 2021|archivedate=20 October 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029005944/https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/scotland_week_comic_book_writer_mark_millar}}</ref> In a January 2015 interview with ''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]'' he stated, "Originally I was Yes and then about six months before I started having doubts, and then I just went silent on it because I saw the country going mad. People who I love were falling out with each other."<ref name=TheHerald/> Millar supported [[British withdrawal from the European Union]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Castle, Jill|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14557971.mark-millar-scotland-needs-to-get-out-of-europe-while-it-still-can/|title=Mark Millar: Scotland needs to get out of Europe while it still can|newspaper=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|date=15 June 2016|accessdate=5 October 2021|archivedate=2 December 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202024626/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14557971.mark-millar-scotland-needs-to-get-out-of-europe-while-it-still-can/}}</ref>
Speaking about his political views, Millar has described himself thus, "I regard myself as traditionally left of centre and progressive, a [[Eurosceptic]] in the [[Bennite]] mould, and the policies espoused by the coalition formed under the [[Yes Scotland|Yes umbrella]] are the closest to my own particular ideology." Before the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum]], Millar was cited as a supporter of [[Scottish independence]] by groups<ref name=BleedingCool10.5.21>{{cite web|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/mark-millar-appears-to-change-his-mind-on-scottish-independence/|author=[[Johnston, Rich]]|publisher=[[Bleeding Cool]]|title=Has Mark Millar Changed His Mind On Scottish Independence?|date=3 September 2014|accessdate=5 October 2021|archivedate=21 September 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921033137/https://bleedingcool.com/comics/mark-millar-appears-to-change-his-mind-on-scottish-independence/}}</ref> such as the [[National Collective]],<ref name=NationalCollective>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025231211/http://www.nationalcollective.com/|publisher=[[National Collective]]|title=50 Artists & Creatives Who Support Scottish Independence|author=Barr, Andrew; Colquhoun, Ross|date=30 August 2012|accessdate=5 October 2021|archivedate=25 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025231211/http://www.nationalcollective.com/2012/08/30/50-artists-creatives-who-support-scottish-independence/}}</ref> and made comments interpreted in support of independence.<ref name=BleedingCool10.5.21/><ref name=NationalCollective/> However, in the run-up to the referendum, Millar stated that he was ambiguous about the idea.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/scotland_week_comic_book_writer_mark_millar|author=Hollwedel, Zach|magazine=[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]]|title=Scotland Week: Comic Book Writer Mark Millar: The Creator of ''Kick-Ass'' and ''Wanted'' on Marvel vs. DC, Scottish Mythology, and Scottish Independence|date=5 September 2014|accessdate=5 October 2021|archivedate=20 October 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029005944/https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/scotland_week_comic_book_writer_mark_millar}}</ref> In a January 2015 interview with ''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]'' he stated, "Originally I was Yes and then about six months before I started having doubts, and then I just went silent on it because I saw the country going mad. People who I love were falling out with each other."<ref name=TheHerald/> In 2020, Millar explained on [[Twitter]] that he is not a "tribalist" when it comes to Scottish independence and that "After the Blair era I was tempted for a year or two" regarding his stance on the matter, but questioned whether an independent Scotland could function economically.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=@mrmarkmillar |number=1292849686987116544 |title=This is the biggest argument against Scottish separatism. After the Blair era I was tempted for a year or two, but nobody can look at the numbers & still feel this is a wise. Oil revenues projected at £6-8 Billion, came in at £200m. The cuts would be awful for people.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |user=@mrmarkmillar |number=1292856292286042115 |title=I'm not a tribalist. I have many good friends on both sides of the argument. People I respect. All I care about is if the country overall will be better off by partitioning the UK, but I fear the poorest will be hardest hit if this happens & that's what scares me the most.}}</ref>
Millar supported [[British withdrawal from the European Union]] and endorsed a ''Leave'' vote during the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Castle, Jill|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14557971.mark-millar-scotland-needs-to-get-out-of-europe-while-it-still-can/|title=Mark Millar: Scotland needs to get out of Europe while it still can|newspaper=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|date=15 June 2016|accessdate=5 October 2021|archivedate=2 December 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202024626/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14557971.mark-millar-scotland-needs-to-get-out-of-europe-while-it-still-can/}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==

Revision as of 01:24, 17 October 2021

This article is about the comic book writer. For the footballer (born 1988), see Mark Millar (footballer).
Not to be confused with Mark Miller.

Mark Millar
Millar smiling
Millar at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, 2 October 2010
Born (1969-12-24) 24 December 1969 (age 54)
Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
NationalityScottish
Area(s)Writer
Notable works

Mark Millar MBE (/ˈmɪlər/; born 24 December 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer, known for his work on The Authority, the Ultimates, Marvel Knights Spider-Man, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Civil War, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Wanted, Chrononauts, Superior and Kick-Ass, the latter seven of which have been, or are planned to be, adapted into feature films.

His DC Comics work includes Superman: Red Son. At Marvel Comics he created The Ultimates, selected by Time magazine as the comic book of the decade, and described by screenwriter Zak Penn as a major inspiration for 2012's The Avengers movie.[2] Millar wrote Civil War and "Wolverine: Old Man Logan", two of Marvel's biggest-selling storylines. The former inspired the 2016 Marvel Studios film Captain America: Civil War,[3] while the latter was the inspiration for the 2017 20th Century Fox film Logan.[4][5]

Millar has been an executive producer on all of his films, and for four years worked as a creative consultant to Fox Studios on their Marvel slate of films. In 2017, Netflix bought Millar's comic line, Millarworld, which Millar and his wife Lucy would continue to run, publishing new comics and adapting them for other media.

Early life

Millar was born 24 December 1969[6] in Coatbridge, Scotland. His parents were also born in Coatbridge, and Millar spent the first half of his life in the town's Townhead area, attending St Ambrose High.[7] He has four older brothers,[1][8] and one older sister, who are 22, 20, 18, 16 and 14 years older than him, respectively.[8] His brother Bobby, who as of 2010 worked at a special needs school,[9] introduced him to comics at age 4 while attending university by taking him to shops and purchasing them for him. Still learning to read, Millar's first comic was the seminal The Amazing Spider-Man #121 (1973), which featured the death of Gwen Stacy. He purchased a Superman comic that day as well.[8] Black and white reprinted comics purchased by his brothers for him would follow, cementing his interest in the medium[1] so much that Millar drew a spider web across his face with indelible marker that his parents were unable to scrub off in time for his First Communion photo a week later.[8] Millar has named Alan Moore and Frank Miller as the two biggest influences on his career, characterising them as "my Mum and Dad." Other writers he names as influences include Dave Sim,[10] Grant Morrison, Peter Milligan, Warren Ellis and Garth Ennis. More recent writers that have impressed him include Jason Aaron and Scott Snyder.[1]

Millar's mother died of a heart attack at age 64, when Millar was 14, and his father died four years later, aged 65.[8] Although Millar enjoyed drawing comics, he was not permitted to go to art school because his family frowned upon such endeavours as a waste of time for the academic Millar, who studied subjects like chemistry, physics and advanced maths. He initially planned to be a doctor, and subsequently decided that becoming an economist would be a viable alternate plan, but later decided that he "couldn't quite hack it" in that occupation.[1] He attended Glasgow University to study politics and economics, but dropped out after his father's death left him without the money to pay his living expenses.[8]

Career

1980s–1990s work

When Millar was 18, he interviewed writer Grant Morrison, who was doing his first major American work on Animal Man, for a fanzine. When he told Morrison that he wanted to be both a writer and an artist, Morrison suggested that he focus on one of those career paths, as it was very hard to be successful at both, which Millar cites as the best advice he has received.[1]

Millar's first job as a comic book writer came when he was still in high school, writing Trident's Saviour with Daniel Vallely providing art. Saviour combined elements of religion, satire and superhero action. During the 1990s, Millar worked on titles such as 2000 AD,[11] Sonic the Comic and Crisis. In 1993, Millar, Grant Morrison and John Smith created a controversial eight-week run on 2000 AD called The Summer Offensive. It was during this run that Millar and Morrison wrote their first major story together, Big Dave.[12]

Millar's British work brought him to the attention of DC Comics, and in 1994 he started working on his first American comic, Swamp Thing. The first four issues of Millar's run were co-written by Grant Morrison,[13] allowing Millar to settle into the title. Although his work brought some critical acclaim to the ailing title, the book's sales were still low enough to warrant cancellation by the publisher. From there, Millar spent time working on various DC titles, often co-writing with or under the patronage of Morrison as in the cases of his work on JLA, The Flash and Aztek: The Ultimate Man,[14] and working on unsuccessful pitches for the publisher.

Marvel and DC career

Millar signing a copy of Superman: Red Son at Midtown Comics in Manhattan

In 2000, Millar replaced Warren Ellis on The Authority for DC's Wildstorm imprint.[13][15] Various images and text in issues #13–14 and 27–28 were censored, out of editors' concerns over their depiction of violence, sexuality, or for political reasons, which in some cases, was the result of fallout from the 11 September 2001 attacks.[16] The restored uncensored pages in issues #13–14 and 27–28 were first printed in The Authority: Absolute Edition Volume 2.[17]

Millar announced his resignation from DC in 2001, though his miniseries Superman: Red Son was printed in 2003.[18]

In 2001, Millar launched Ultimate X-Men for Marvel Comics' Ultimate Marvel imprint.[19] The following year he collaborated with illustrator Bryan Hitch on The Ultimates, the Ultimate imprint's equivalent of The Avengers.[13][20] Millar's work on The Ultimates was later adapted into two Marvel Animated Features[21][22] and the subsequent 2012 Hollywood box office smash Marvel's The Avengers.[23]

In 2006, Millar, joined by artist Steve McNiven, began writing Civil War, a seven-issue miniseries revolving around the passing of Superhuman Registration Act as a result of the death and destruction unintentionally caused by superheroes. The series, which was the central book in a company-wide crossover storyline, saw Captain America and Iron Man on opposing sides of that schism.[24] The story inspired the 2016 film Captain America: Civil War.[3] In 2009, Millar wrote the dystopian "Old Man Logan" storyline, which appeared in the Wolverine series. The story was set in a possible dystopian future in which Wolverine, having been traumatised by how Mysterio tricked him into killing X-Men, became a recluse, living in the Southwest United States after the government collapsed, and various supervillain enclaves controlled the country. Needing rent money for his family's farm, Wolverine comes out of retirement when called upon by Hawkeye to assistant him on a dangerous job.[25] Elements from the story inspired the 2017 20th Century Fox film Logan.[4][5]

Millar and his Wanted collaborator J. G. Jones at the Big Apple Convention, 2 October 2010

Millarworld

In 2004, Millar launched a creator-owned line called Millarworld that published independently owned comic-books, with ownership split 50/50 between Millar and the collaborating artist.[26] The first book under the Millarworld brand was Wanted, which subsequently became a Hollywood film in 2008 starring Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman. Millar created and wrote Kick-Ass in 2008, which was adapted into another Hollywood film for Millar in 2010. Other books published by Millarworld included Chosen, The Unfunnies, and War Heroes, which was distributed by different publishers.[27]

In 2010, Millar left his Marvel work-made-for-hire contract, committing full-time to Millarworld,[28] creating and writing Nemesis (2010), Superior (2010), Super Crooks (2012), Kingsman: Secret Service (2012), Kick-Ass 2 (2012), Hit-Girl (2012), Kick-Ass 3 (2013), Jupiter's Legacy (2013), Jupiter's Circle (2015), Starlight (2014), MPH (2012), Huck (2015), Chrononauts (2015), Empress (2016), Reborn (2016).

Millarworld enjoyed interest from Hollywood with Millar staying on as an executive producer on all adaptations. Nemesis was optioned by 20th Century Fox with Tony Scott attached to direct.[29] Superior was optioned by Fox with Matthew Vaughn on a producer.[30] Super Crooks and American Jesus were both optioned by Waypoint Entertainment.[31]

Kingsman: The Secret Service, starring Colin Firth, was released in 2014.[32]

Lorenzo DiBonaventura took Jupiter's Legacy and Jupiter's Circle under his wing and began development in 2016.[33] Netflix released a television adaptation of Jupiter's Legacy, as an eight-episode season, on May 7, 2021.[34] Starlight was optioned by 20th Century Fox.[35] Huck was picked up by Jeff Robinov's Studio 8.[36] Chrononauts is in development at Universal.[37]

Millarworld was purchased for an undisclosed sum by Netflix in August 2017, the first acquisition for Netflix and the third time in history, Millar noted, that a comic-book company had been purchased by a studio. Millar would also run Millarworld with his wife Lucy Millar,[38][39][40] as President and CEO, respectively,[41] publishing new comics under the Netflix label, which will adapt them for film and television. Kick-Ass and Kingsman were not a part of the deal.[38][39][40]

Awards and accolades

In August 2011, Millar appeared in his native Coatbridge to unveil a superhero-themed steel archway beside the Monkland Canal that was created by sculptor Andy Scott, with help from the students at his alma mater, St Ambrose High School.[7] The six-metre-high archway, which was inspired by Millar's work, depicts a superhero named Captain Coatbridge and two female superheroines, and was created as part of efforts to regenerate the canal.[42]

In June 2013, Millar was appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to film and literature on the Queen's Honours Birthday list.[43][44][45]

Award nominations

  • 2000 Eisner Award for Best Title for a Younger Audience for Superman Adventures shared with Aluir Amancio, Terry Austin, and others.[46]
  • 2000 Eisner Award for Best Writer for Superman Adventures[46]
  • 2001 Eisner Award for Best Writer for The Authority and Ultimate X-Men[47]
  • 2001 Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story for The Authority #13–16 shared with Frank Quitely and Trevor Scott.[47]
  • 2004 Eagle Award for Favourite Comics Writer[48]
  • 2005 Eagle Award for Favourite Comics Writer[49]

Personal life

As of January 2015, Millar had three daughters: One aged 16 at the time, was from his first marriage. He and his second wife, Lucy, who is from England, had two daughters together, aged three and ten months at the time.[50]

Political views

Speaking about his political views, Millar has described himself thus, "I regard myself as traditionally left of centre and progressive, a Eurosceptic in the Bennite mould, and the policies espoused by the coalition formed under the Yes umbrella are the closest to my own particular ideology." Before the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, Millar was cited as a supporter of Scottish independence by groups[51] such as the National Collective,[52] and made comments interpreted in support of independence.[51][52] However, in the run-up to the referendum, Millar stated that he was ambiguous about the idea.[53] In a January 2015 interview with The Herald he stated, "Originally I was Yes and then about six months before I started having doubts, and then I just went silent on it because I saw the country going mad. People who I love were falling out with each other."[50] In 2020, Millar explained on Twitter that he is not a "tribalist" when it comes to Scottish independence and that "After the Blair era I was tempted for a year or two" regarding his stance on the matter, but questioned whether an independent Scotland could function economically.[54][55]

Millar supported British withdrawal from the European Union and endorsed a Leave vote during the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum.[56]

Bibliography

UK publishers

Trident

  • Saviour #1–6 (with Daniel Vallely and Nigel Kitching, 1989–1990)
    • Issues #1–5 are collected as Saviour Book One (tpb, 128 pages, 1990, ISBN 1-8728-2901-5)
    • A "Saviour" short story (drawn by Nigel Kitching) has also appeared in Trident #5 (anthology, 1990)
  • The Shadowmen #1–2 (with Andrew Hope, 1990)

Fleetway

  • Crisis (anthology):
  • 2000 AD (anthology):
    • Tharg's Future Shocks:
    • Silo (with Dave D'Antiquis, in #706–711, 1990) collected in Tharg's Creepy Chronicles (tpb, 144 pages, Simon & Schuster, 2012, ISBN 1-7810-8065-8)
    • Zenith: "Tales of the Alternative Earth" (prose story, in Winter Special '90, 1990) collected in Zenith Phase Four (hc, 112 pages, Rebellion, 2015, ISBN 1-7810-8346-0)
    • Judge Dredd:
      • "Christmas is Cancelled" (with Brett Ewins, in Winter Special '90, 1990) collected in Judge Dredd: The Restricted Files Volume 3 (tpb, 288 pages, Rebellion, 2011, ISBN 1-9079-9221-9)
      • "Happy Birthday Judge Dredd!" (with Carl Critchlow, in #829, 1993) collected in Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files Volume 18 (tpb, 304 pages, Rebellion, 2011, ISBN 1-9079-9225-1)
      • Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files Volume 19 (tpb, 320 pages, Rebellion, 2012, ISBN 1-9079-9296-0) includes:
        • "Great Brain Robbery" (with Ron Smith, in #835–836, 1993)
        • "Tough Justice" (with Mick Austin, in #840, 1993)
        • "Down Among the Dead Men" (with Brett Ewins, in #841, 1993)
        • "War Games" (with Paul Marshall, in #854, 1993)
        • "Judge Tyrannosaur" (with Ron Smith, in #855, 1993)
      • Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files Volume 20 (tpb, 320 pages, Rebellion, 2013, ISBN 1-7810-8141-7) includes:
        • "Book of the Dead" (co-written by Millar and Grant Morrison, art by Dermot Power, in #859–866, 1993)
        • "I Hate Christmas" (with Carlos Ezquerra, in #867, 1993)
        • "Frankenstein Division" (with Carlos Ezquerra, in #868–871, 1994)
        • "Crime Prevention" (with Nick Percival, in #872, 1994)
        • "Top Gun" (with Ron Smith, in #879, 1994)
        • "Under Siege" (with Paul Peart, in #880, 1994)
      • "Mr. Bennet Joins the Judges" (with Peter Doherty, in Sci-Fi Special '94, 1994) collected in Judge Dredd: The Restricted Files Volume 4 (tpb, 272 pages, Rebellion, 2012, ISBN 1-7810-8046-1)
      • "Crusade" (co-written by Millar and Grant Morrison and Mick Austin, in #928–937, 1995) collected in Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files Volume 22 (tpb, 304 pages, Rebellion, 2014, ISBN 1-7810-8227-8)
      • "Man Who Broke the Law" (with Steve Yeowell, in #968–969, 1995) collected in Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files Volume 24 (tpb, 320 pages, Rebellion, 2015, ISBN 1-7810-8339-8)
      • "The Big Hit" (with Graham Stoddart, in #1029–1030, 1997) collected in Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files Volume 26 (tpb, 320 pages, Rebellion, 2016, ISBN 1-7810-8431-9)
    • Robo-Hunter:
      • "Sam Slade: Robo-Hunter" (with Jose Casanovas, in #723–734, 1991)
      • "Return of the Puppet Master" (with Simon Jacob, in Sci-Fi Special '91, 1991)
      • "Killer Grannies" (with Graham Higgins, in Yearbook '92, 1991)
      • "Escape from Bisleyland" (with Anthony Williams, in #750–759, 1991)
      • "The Return to Verdus" (with Jose Casanovas, in #792–802, 1992)
      • "Aces of Slades" (with Anthony Williams, in #813–816, 1992–1993)
      • "The Succubus" (with Simon Jacob, in Yearbook '93, 1992)
      • "Serial Stunners" (with Jose Casanovas, in #819–822, 1993)
      • "Keith the Killer Robot" (with Ron Smith, in #825–827, 1993)
      • "The Robotic Revenge of Dr. Robotski" (with Simon Jacob, in #881–884, 1994)
    • Red Razors:
      • Red Razors (tpb, 144 pages, DC Comics, 2004, ISBN 1-904265-18-9) collects:
      • "The Secret Origin of Comrade Ed" (with Steve Yeowell, in Judge Dredd Mega-Special #5, 1992)
      • "Doctor's Orders" (with Steve Yeowell, in Judge Dredd Yearbook '93, 1992)
      • "Rites of Passage" (with Nigel Dobbyn, in #971, 1995)
    • Judge Anderson: "The Most Dangerous Game" (with Dermot Power, in Judge Dredd Yearbook '92, 1991) collected in Judge Anderson: The Psi Files Volume 4 (tpb, 304 pages, Rebellion, 2014, ISBN 1-7810-8236-7)
    • Tales from Beyond Science (with Rian Hughes, in #774, 776, Winter Special '92, Sci-Fi Special '94, 1992–1994) collected in Tales from Beyond Science (hc, 88 pages, Image, 2013, ISBN 1-60706-471-5)
    • The Spider: "Vicious Games" (with John Higgins and David Hine, in Action Special, 1992)
    • Rogue Trooper:
      • "House of Pain" (with Brett Ewins and Jim McCarthy, in Sci-Fi Special '92, 1992)
      • "G.I. Blues" (with Chris Weston, in #901–903, 1994)
    • Purgatory (with Carlos Ezquerra, in #834–841, 1993)
    • Tharg's Terror Tales:
    • Maniac 5:
      • "Maniac 5" (with Steve Yeowell, in #842–849, 1993)
      • "War Journal" (with David Hine, in Sci-Fi Special '93, 1993)
      • "Maniac 6 (prelude)" (with Richard Elson, in Winter Special '93, 1993)
      • "Maniac 6" (with Steve Yeowell, in #956–963, 1995)
    • Big Dave (co-written by Millar and Grant Morrison):
      • "Target: Baghdad" (with Steve Parkhouse, in #842–845, 1993)
      • "Monarchy in the UK" (with Steve Parkhouse, in #846–849, 1993)
      • "Young Dave" (with Steve Parkhouse, in Yearbook '94, 1993)
      • "Costa del Chaos" (with Anthony Williams, in #869–872, 1994)
      • "Wotta Lotta Balls" (with Steve Parkhouse, in #904–907, 1994)
    • Canon Fodder (with Chris Weston, in #861–867, 1993)
    • The Grudge-Father (with Jim McCarthy, in #878–883, 1994)
    • Babe Race 2000 (with Anthony Williams, in #883–888 and Yearbook '95, 1994–1995)
    • Janus: Psi-Division (with Paul Johnson):
      • "A New Star" (in #980–984, 1996)
      • "Faustus" (co-written by Millar and Grant Morrison, in #1024–1031, 1997)
  • Revolver Horror Special: "Mother's Day" (with Phil Winslade, anthology, 1990)
  • The Comic Relief Comic (among other writers and artists, one-shot, 1991)
  • Sonic the Comic (anthology):
    • Sonic the Hedgehog:
      • "Robofox" (with Woodrow Phoenix, in #2, 1993)
      • "Mayhem in the Marble Hill Zone" (with Jose Casanovas, in #3, 1993)
      • "Lost in the Labyrinth Zone" (with Woodrow Phoenix, in #5, 1993)
      • "Time Racer" (with Ed Hillyer, in #11, 1993)
      • "Hidden Danger!" (with Carl Flint, in #12, 1993)
      • "Double Trouble" (with Mike Hadley, in #13, 1993)
      • "The Green Eater" (with Mike Hadley, in #15, 1993)
      • "Happy Christmas Doctor Robotnik!" (with Brian Williamson, in #16, 1993)
      • "A Day in the Life of Doctor Robotnik" (with Mike Hadley, in #42, 1994)
      • "Odour Zone" (with Mike Hadley, in #72, 1996)
      • "Spinball Wizard" (with Keith Page, in #73, 1996)
    • Streets of Rage (with Peter Richardson):
      • "Streets of Rage" (in #7–12, 1993)
      • "Skates' Story" (in #25–30, 1994)

DC Comics

Marvel Comics

Ultimate Comics

Icon Comics

Image Comics

Other US publishers

Feature films based on his works

Film adaptations of Mark Millar comics
Year Title Director(s) Studio(s) Based on Budget Box office Rotten Tomatoes
USD$
2008 Wanted Timur Bekmambetov Universal Studios Wanted by Millar and J. G. Jones $75 million $341,433,252 71%[78]
2010 Kick-Ass Matthew Vaughn Lionsgate Films
Universal Studios
Marv Films
Plan B Entertainment 		Kick-Ass by Millar and John Romita Jr. $30 million $96,188,903 76%[79]
2013 Kick-Ass 2 Jeff Wadlow Universal Studios
Marv Films
Plan B Entertainment 		Kick-Ass 2 and Hit-Girl by Millar and John Romita Jr. $28 million $60,795,985 29%[80]
2014 Kingsman: The Secret Service[81] Matthew Vaughn 20th Century Fox
Marv Films 		Kingsman: The Secret Service by Millar and Dave Gibbons $81 million $413,998,123[82] 73%[83]
2016 Captain America: Civil War[84] Anthony and Joe Russo Marvel Studios
Walt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures 		Civil War by Millar and Steve McNiven $250 million $1.132 billion[85] 91%[86]
2017 Logan James Mangold 20th Century Fox
Marvel Entertainment
The Donner's Company 		Old Man Logan by Millar and Steve McNiven $97 million $616.8 million[87] 93%
Kingsman: The Golden Circle Matthew Vaughn 20th Century Fox
Marv Films 		Kingsman: The Secret Service by Millar and Dave Gibbons $104 million $410.8 million 52%
2021 The King's Man

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "The Third Degree: Mark Millar". Jupiter's Legacy #1 (April 2013). p. 27 Image Comics.
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