Mark Millar and Netflix Gamble on ‘The Godfather II’ of Superhero Shows - The Ringer

It’s less cynical and violent than recent adaptations of independent comic book fare like Amazon’s The Boys and Invincible, but Jupiter’s Legacy still focuses on the idea of flawed supermen and a world that might be better off without them?

I thought, “If I’m going to get back and do more superheroes, I have to make it huge.”.

I thought, “That’s really interesting.” And I started to put notes together, but it was 2012 before I sat down and thought, “Right, I’m going to do this,” but I had Post-it notes all over my office.

It doesn’t refer to any other comic books, which is great because if you’re a comic book fan, you’re going to love it.

But if you’re somebody who’s not familiar with this stuff, it’s a great entry point.

Because one of the things some people find hard is comics are a bit like a club, and it’s, if you’re new, where do you pick up the first book.

Then a week later, we’d got on so well in the negotiations, other studios came in and bid for us and Netflix won the whole idea of owning Millarworld, kind of like Marvel getting bought by Disney.

There was part of me thinking, “Yeah, it’s really cool.

So I said, “Yeah, I’m going to do it.

People were like, “Are audiences ready for our organic web shooters?” Things like X-Men seemed unthinkable, like a team of superheroes that’s too much.

Recently, we’ve been inundated with new versions of a very old idea—this question of “What if Superman wasn’t completely good?” It’s something that you touched on in 2003 with Red Son, and now you see it in The Boys and Invincible.

Why do you think we’re so drawn to this idea of an evil Superman or a Superman that’s not perfect.

Our thing is, “What if that guy was a dad and he was married and he had a couple of kids and one of his daughters was on drugs all the time, his son is a disaster who’s never going to be as good as he is, and he knows he’s getting old and these people are going to be taking over the family business?” That’s scary if you can move mountains and you think, “My kids are kind of idiots.”.

You’re seeing all of these independent comics now competing with Marvel and DC properties, and people love them just as much.

Do you think there’s a way forward for independent comic book writers and artists that makes it a more equal industry within the Big Two.

Because the big company will reach more people than you will reach on your own, so you build up that massive audience and you take it with you whenever you go off and do your own thing and it means you’ve got really strong legs when you go out there and do something new.

You can still do it if it’s just you and you’ve never heard of it before, but how much easier is it to sail into bookstores and comic stores if you say, “Oh, this is the guy that did Dark Knight Returns or Watchmen or Civil War?”.

So, I got paid really well when I was at Marvel, it was great.

I think that the mistake some people make is to hang around too long and then only do the company-owned stuff.

I felt like I’m going to make a go of this, I’m going to give this a try.

And it’s a really hard one, because this isn’t like a bread-and-butter cookie-cutter superhero role.

He stuck out to me because it seemed like he had to inhabit what we know as Superman, but make him a little bit more complex.

Every problem we had in 1929, I’m looking at it, and it’s just still here.

I’m looking at this and it’s as big a mess as it ever was.” So that’s really interesting from an actor’s point of view because he’s essentially playing two characters who are one person?

And to get somebody who’s a great actor and looks like a superhero is really hard.

You would like it if it’s somebody people knew too.

So ticking all those boxes is very difficult because not many guys look like Superman, but can act like Anthony Hopkins.

When you’re writing a comic book, you have so much control over what happens and the flow of the story, but the TV show I would think is different.

Frank Quitely, to me, is one of the most talented comic book artists we’ve ever had, so how do you make sure you stay faithful to what he did.

And you’re like, “Why have you done this?” She looked at Frank’s designs and thought, “I’m leaning into his thing.” I mean, it looks pretty much exactly like the designs he did in the book.

For younger comic book writers, I think it’s been a really hard year with the pandemic and the comic book industry issues.

So you were hoping to try and get in on the independents because it cost hundreds, if not a couple of thousands, to put together a black-and-white self-published comic book and try and sell it and shows and everything.

And if you’ve done something interesting and people start talking about it, everyone can know about your book within 24 hours.

So what you’ve got is, as big a resource as Marvel and DC have got, your budget is almost the same online if you think about it.

It just has to be cooler than what Marvel and DC are doing to get people talking about your work

But I would still recommend going in that Marvel, DC route

I do think it’s actually a great way to get known

I think it’s a fantastic thing to do

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