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Words with Mark Millar. Mark Millar is perhaps one of the best-known comic-book writers in the world at the moment, having written comic-book characters as diverse as Judge Dredd, Superman, Batman, Swamp Thing, X-Men and Spider-Man. 
Posted on Wednesday 11 February 2004  The Copydesk: What would you like to do if you were presented with the opportunity to work on any character or entity from any sphere of the world media? Mark Millar: The weird thing about this is that, as any kind of creative person, you always have this Holy Grail you aspire towards. However, when you actually write it you realize that it's really just a step towards something much more interesting and rewarding and that's creating your own shit. Superman, for me, was the pinnacle of my ambition since the age of four of five and writing him was a nostalgic joy, but we'd be stunted as a creative community if we just followed our childhood ambitions. Even the guys who created Superman and Batman would just have written stories about Hercules and Sherlock Holmes if their ambitions had been limited by their ten year old day-dreams. Likewise, Speilberg and Lucas would have just made another Bond movie if they hadn't failed to secure the rights, but ended up actually adding something to cultural mythology with their brilliant Indiana Jones trilogy. What I mean by this is that writers, artists and film-makers will do nothing but their retard themselves and their culture by looking backwards when the body as a whole needs a constant supply of fresh blood to stay alive. That said, as soon as I finish my current batch of creator-owned comic-book and movie projects I'm jumping into Spider-Man for a couple of years, so don't listen to me. To find out more about Mark Millar, visit his personal website. |
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