Like many comic book writers and artists, Mark Millar’s love of comics began as a young child when his older brother would take him to comic book shops. Dave Gibbons, one of Britain’s most respected comic book artists whose works include Watchmen, began working with Millar in 2012. Millar was a 16-year-old comic book obsessive when he wrote Gibbons a letter, though the pair wouldn’t formally meet and collaborate until decades later. I went off and did the X-Men.”Millar began creating his own characters and storylines and in 2004 left Marvel to launch his own comic book company. However, his most successful jump from comic book to screen came with Kick Ass, in 2010, which he adapted with director Matthew Vaughn.

Source: The Guardian August 08, 2017 19:35 UTC