Whether you love him or hate him, you have to admit that Mark Millar has made some good books. From
Kick-Ass,
Old Man Logan,
Nemesis, as well as his work on the
Ultimates series Millar has some big titles. The writer spoke briefly with
IGN about the
DC prequel to
Watchmen. He is polarizing for a reason:
I guess it's what happens in comics. I'm lucky that I went off to do Millarworld so that nobody can come in and f*** up Kick-Ass. If anybody's going to f*** it up, it's me. And I like it that way. It's a shame, but in comics, there's a history of: if you create Batman or Superman or Spider-Man, somebody takes it off you for a relatively small amount of money, and makes millions off it. And that's historically what's happened in comics.
I'm so lucky that I was born in a time when me and the artist own everything. Between us we split it 50/50, down the middle. We own everything, so it will never happen to us. But poor Alan Moore was at the end of that generation of guys who got shafted, and Watchmen is owned by Time-Warner. And of course they're going to do something with Watchmen eventually.
When asked if he was interested enough in what they might do to actually read
Before Watchmen Millar answered:
The books might be good, they might not. But I sort of feel like if I want to read Watchmen, I'll read the original one. To me it feels unnecessary, and I'm saying this as a guy who wrote Superman, and Captain America, and The Ultimates. So we all do it I guess.
I'm loyal. I love Moore and I love Watchmen. My curiosity isn't so much that I'd pick it up. But I don't blame the guys for doing it. I guess we're all guilty of it in comics, but that's what's nice about creator owns. It feels a bit more honest - I make it up, I get the money, and nobody comes to take it off me.
Millar, always one to open his mouth on any number of topics, had
some points. What do you think? Do you agree, or is this just Millar just being Millar? Sound off below!
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