Mark Millar was born December 24, 1969 in Scotland. He began his official career as a comic book author in the mid-90s, when he began to receive offers from major publishers. As for such giants as MarvelComics and DC Comics, Millar managed to work with both of them. A series of comics called Wanted - one of his most popular works - received its adaptation in 2008 from the famous director Timur Bekmambetov (in Russian, the film was called "Especially Dangerous").
Early biography
Comics Mark Millar began to get involved in childhood. He decided to think about his own work after meeting with Alan Moore, whose work he always admired.
Millar decided not to graduate from university and dropped out of his last year, deciding to devote all his time to creating comics. He gained his first great experience in 1989 at TridentComics (a publishing house in the city of Leicester), and his first success came in the superhero comic strip Savior.
Work with DC Comics
Soon, Mark Millar's comic book projects began to attract industry giants. The first to notice British talent were DC Comics. It was they who invited Millar to the team of Grant Morrison to create the "Swamp critter." In parallel with DC projects, the author continued to work on his British series, entitled 2000 A.D. Other comic strips released by Mark Millard include The Adventures of Superman, The Flash, and The Justice League.
After some time, he was given the chance to replace Warren Ellis as the main author of the popular comics "Power". Despite a successful career development, Millar had to work under the constant supervision and censorship of the publisher. As a result, in 2002, he decided to leave DC Comics.
Work with MarvelComics
Shortly after leaving DC, Millar joined the Marvel team. Together with Brian M. Bendis, he began to prescribe an alternative universe of classic comics, transferring famous heroes to the modern realities of the 21st century. Specifically, Millar worked on the releases of X-Men and Ultimates, and in 2006 he created a unique crossover, which was called the Civil War. His joint series with Bendis was the Fantastic Four. The author continues to do this to this day.
Millar’s copyrighted comics created during his free voyage are owned by his personal company MillarWorld. Other small publishers occasionally publish them.
As for the film adaptations, in addition to Especially Dangerous, Mark Millar also sold the rights to several other popular series, such as Kick-ass, The Chosen One, The Secret Service and Heroes of War. Some of them have already managed to get their films.