Mark Millar is lowering expectations for his plans in 2012, as he normally does:
It’s me, DAVE GIBBONS, FRANK QUITELY, STEVE McNIVEN, JOHN ROMITA JR and LEINIL YU… six little tykes with a plan for a comic book revolution not seen since… well, six little tykes set up Image exactly 20 years before. I can’t even BEGIN to describe you the stuff you’re about to hear over the next two weeks.
Between the mention of the creation of Image Comics and the “The Big Two Just Became The Big Three” advertising slogan he’s adopted for Millarworld this year, I keep finding myself wondering whether or not Millar’s planning to switch up existing plans and launch MW as an actual publisher this time around. I tend to doubt it – At least three of his upcoming projects already have publishers announced, right? – but it’s not impossible; with Millar no longer writing for Marvel, I’ll be interested to see how long Nemesis and Kick-Ass remain Marvel Icon titles, after all. Perhaps Titan will extend the Clint publishing agreement to a wider Millarworld line…?
Elsewhere in the same thread, Millar teases his project with Quitely a little bit more:
This stuff is on a whole new level. Seriously. The Quitely project in particular has potential to be as big as Civil War, but still creator-owned superhero. Nobody’s ever done anything like this before.
Typical Millar hyperbole or hint at something people should get excited for? We can decide for ourselves soon; the reveals are due to start coming at the end of this week.
January 4th, 2012 at 10:28 am
Has ANY bit of Millar hype ever turned out to be anything other than overblown self-promotion? He’s long been the boy who cried wolf, and his last several projects have ranged from disappointing to awful — except perhaps in the eyes of whatever producers he’s managed to con into paying attention to him.
His announcements will all boil down to “Here comes more nicely-drawn shite!”
January 4th, 2012 at 10:50 am
I would be interested if he were comparing it to the Image that has new and interesting titles by a wide variety of talent. Less interested if he’s referring to the Image group that can’t release titles on time, and can’t complete their hyped-up crossover “Image United.”
January 4th, 2012 at 2:09 pm
I notice no mention of Tony Harris anywhere.
So War Heroes I guess won’t be appearing in 2012 either.
January 4th, 2012 at 7:17 pm
Millar is a one trick pony that can’t come up with anything original or interesting.
January 4th, 2012 at 9:37 pm
To quote the great Tom Atkins:
“Turn it off. Turn it off. Stop it. STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT”
January 5th, 2012 at 1:58 am
before taking on the Big Two …maybe he should just put out good comics…….
there a quite a few publishing houses to leapfrog before he gets to #3 Image,Dynamite,Dark horse,IDW….. those 4 alone should present a hurdle i doubt he’ll reach.
Maybe he should focus on content instead of being a poor man’s Quesada being a Poor man’s Jemas being a Pooorer man’s Shooter being a dicklike Stan Lee.
January 5th, 2012 at 7:52 am
“Nobody’s ever done anything like this before.”
One of these days, he may actually be right.
January 5th, 2012 at 10:44 am
You know, A LOT of people said the same sorts of things when the Founding Fathers of Image broke away and when Robert Kirkman produced his Green Screen Video…
…Millar knows how to promote his books. He knows how to captivate his audience. As a young voice trying to make my mark…I admire what he’s done and the success he’s attained.
Most people who remark negatively to a guy like this typically haven’t attained success in the comic book industry or they haven’t done ANYTHING at all in the way of creating a comic book of any sort.
To quote Warren Ellis, “Do Something.”