Everyone knows that the Fantastic Four is the greatest comic book ever, just like everyone knows Scotland is the greatest country ever. Therefore, a FF story set in Scotland should be the greatest comic of all time.
Not quite, but FF #564 and 565 were still cracking reads. Originally intended as a Christmas special, this two-parter [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Mark Millar’
March 26, 2009
Review of Fantastic Four #564 and #565!
March 26, 2009
Ultimate University! Comic book writers lecture students!
Recollections of my time at Edinburgh’s Napier University (where I learned how to be a mild-mannered reporter) revolve around having just that one more Guinness, throbbing hangovers and lurching in late for class, but even I might have made it in for 9am if I was being lectured on comics.
The coolest thing about Napier back [...]
February 9, 2009
Justice League of America Newspaper Strip: Chapter 46
Last week it looked as though the Justice League was self-destructing as Wonder Woman walked out on the heroes. Upset that Superman and Batman called her ability to fight crime into question just because she was a woman, she stormed off. Will she return? Read on!
You can click here for a larger version of the [...]
December 25, 2008
Mark Millar interview! Part 2: Kick-Ass, Wanted, Superman and being called a “F****** punk” by one of your heroes!
Seasons’ greetings! It’s Christmas Day, and even though I’m not really here because this is an automated post and I’m most likely pissed as a fart by now, I’d like to wish you all the very best for Christmas. Have a drink for me. I’ll certainly be having one for you.
This is the second part [...]
December 1, 2008
Mark Millar wins a Spirit of Scotland award!
Proof of the growing legitimacy of comics came last week when Mark Millar won one of his country’s top tributes, a Spirit of Scotland award.
Of course, people like you and me (and by that I mean geeks) have known for decades about how cool comics are, but it’s terrific to see civilians come round to [...]
October 8, 2008
Mark Millar interview! Part 1: Kick-Ass movie special!
Luckily this interview with Mark Millar was not conducted during last weekend’s marathon bevvy session when the Scottish-based members of his MillarWorld website hit a boozer in Airdrie, because the pish we ended up talking was quite something to behold. Guinness will do that to you. No, this wee blether with Coatbridge’s finest exponent of [...]
July 1, 2008
Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, Mark Millar, the sequel to Wanted and a cracking pair of tits
The Sun’s Page 3 (not work safe) is a particularly British institution that may be lost on foreign readers to the blog, but I like to take a wee peek at it every day for reasons that will become clear if you click that link.
Anyways, turns out none other than Mark Millar was on Page [...]
June 30, 2008
Box office sensation! Everyone Wanted to see Angelina Jolie over the weekend!
Great news for fans of comic book movies after the adaptation of indie hit Wanted starring Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy set the box office alight over the weekend with an estimated $51,118,000. Even better news for the title’s writer (and the movie’s producer) Mark Millar, who is celebrating by going to the seaside. In [...]
June 23, 2008
Mark Millar Wanted interview!
If you’re any kind of film and/or comic geek then you’ll know the big news this week is that Wanted hits cinema screens on Friday.
It’s adapted from the six-part, record-breaking series of the same name by writer Mark Millar and artist JG Jones, and in a summer that’s already seen the release of Iron Man [...]
