Mark Millar–the comics writer who co-created Kick-Ass and Wanted as comics before they turned into movies, and has lately been working on a cluster of comics at various publishers under the loose umbrella of “Millarworld”–was the central figure of Kapow Comic Con, held this past weekend in London. Millar announced four new comics projects, Comic [...]
Details about Kick-Ass and Wanted creator Mark Millar’s next movie – and directorial debut – have finally been released after months of teases, and… it sounds more than a little underwhelming, to be honest.
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up talking about what we picked up. This week, Douglas Wolk, Lev Grossman, Mike Williams and Graeme McMillan discuss The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Inside Man and Ultimate Avengers 3 #1.
Evil may get a second ass-kicking sooner than we’d hoped.
Kick-Ass pulled in a decent haul at the box office over the weekend, and I saw it for a third time in New York’s Union Square. I think I might have loved it even more the third time around the bend.
Only a couple days left, until Kick-Ass mania finally descends on unsuspecting movie fans. We’ve written plenty about the film – from our interview with Mark Millar himself to our spoiler-free review around the time of the film’s world premiere at South By Southwest – and we have interviews with the cast going up this week as well.
Douglas Wolk: I hate to keep picking on Mark Millar–although maybe I should, since a guest poster on Firedoglake thought I was defending the parts of Kick-Ass that bugged me most–but Nemesis #1 kept reminding me of that old Onion headline, “Marilyn Manson Now Going Door-to-Door Trying to Shock People.” It’s the first issue of [...]
I believe it was Herzog who said that we are a culture starved for new images. I’d go even further, and say that what we’re really grasping for are new experiences. Something that skews against the routine, that mashes together familiar elements into something wholly fresh and unexpected.
Last week I spoke with John Romita Jr on the phone about his involvement in the upcoming film Kick-Ass. The film, for those of you who don’t know is based on a comic book that was drawn and co-created by Romita Jr. (There’s even a making-of book from Titan.) The book was written by Mark [...]
Part 1 was Wednesday. This is the second and final part.
Spoilers for Punisher Max and Justice League: Cry for Justice are lurking below. Consider yourself warned.
