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Mark Millar (Comic Book Contributor)

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54 years old (December 24th, 1969)
Coatbridge Scotland


Mark Millar has written some of the most successful English-language comics of the last few years and has, for six years running, been the best-selling British writer working in America. His current projects are Ultimates 2 with artist Bryan Hitch, Ultimate Fantastic Four with artist Greg Land and Marvel Civil War with artist Steve McNiven. Civil War has been Marvel's best-selling series in over a decade and was featured on everything from CNN to MTV in June 2006 for the public unmasking of Spider-Man. Millar is also a senior writer/ story consultant at Marvel Entertainment in New York and the creator of his independent Millarworld line of books. Millarworld was launched in 2004 as a means of generating new, creator-owned properties for comics, TV and movies. The first of these titles, Wanted, was bought by Universal Pictures and is being produced as a motion picture by Marc Platt, Universal's former President.



Millar was born in Coatbridge, Scotland, on December 24th, 1969. Growing up, he was into all the same time-wasting pursuits you're into and so, when the opportunity arose, he dropped out of university in the final year of his degree and became a full time writer. After stints at 2000AD and DC Comics and a brief foray into British television, Millar's first real success was The Authority for Wildstorm Productions and a subsequent string of hits at Marvel. These started with the creation of Ultimate X-Men and The Ultimates before being followed by Marvel Knights Spider-Man, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Wolverine and Civil War. Outside of Marvel, he created the best-selling Superman: Red Son graphic novel, Wanted, Chosen and The Unfunnies. The next wave of Millarworld books launches in Spring 2007 with Kick-Ass, "the most violent comic in the history of the human race" where Millar re-teams with John Romita Junior, the artist on his smash-hit Wolverine run and co-creator of Frank Miller's Daredevil: Man Without Fear.



He is currently writing two major superhero screenplays and acting as an executive producer on one of his creator-owned properties. In his downtime, he writes a monthly Millarworld column for his friends at SFX magazine and occasional pieces for a variety of British newspapers and magazines. He lives with his wife, Gillian, his small daughter, Emily, and a menagerie of pets including two rabbits, two guinea pigs, a hamster and two goldfish.
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