Just as he did with
Kick-Ass,
Nemesis,
Superior and
The Secret Service; Mark Millar has announced a charity auction for his latest creation,
Supercrooks. Whoever wins will have the comic's main supervillain (The Bastard) named after them. The previous auctions have made a total of $30,000 for worthwhile causes, and the proceeds from this one will once again be donated to St. Bartholomew's Primary School in Scotland. Here's a message from Mark about the upcoming auction.
"We've put the money to various causes in the past, but The Secret Service auction was very special for me because the cash late last year paid for all the kids at my old primary school to go to the theatre and see a Christmas pantomime. There were over 160 kids and staff bussed from the pretty modest area where I grew up into the city and for a lot of the kids it was the only time they've ever been in a theatre before. We had some money left over and were able to buy them all some drinks and chocolate treats too (which they loved) and this made me realise we could get a little thing going for them EVERY Christmas. I'd like to stockpile this over the next year with a couple of auctions and the second will be closer to Christmas. Obviously, the excitement from the comic's big launch and Nacho and Marc Platt attached to the movie makes this a nice prize so I'm sure this will be a nice prize for somebody."
The big screen adaptation will be directed by Nacho Vigalondo and is currently expected to be released in 2014. This really is a great opportunity for one lucky fan to both be immortalized in a comic book (the first issue of which has been the biggest selling Millarworld book so far) as well as helping out a very worthwhile cause. So, what are you waiting for?
Click HERE to place your bid in the auction.