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* ThisLoserIsYou:
** ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'' has Wesley Gibson, an [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Eminem look-a-like]] who is saddled with a dead end job, and an annoying, cheating girlfriend, bullied by assorted townfolk, and in general is shown to be practically spineless in regards to his life. Of course, afterward he [[NoFourthWall breaks the fourth wall]] to tell you that [[TakeThatAudience you suck even more than he does]]. The idea is that Gibson is one of the people making life ''actively worse'' for anyone who isn't a super-villain - and yet the structure of the story encourages you to root for him as the underdog hero. He's reminding you, metatextually, that [[VillainProtagonist he's the bad guy.]]
** ''ComicBook/KickAss'' is not subtle about this. The story is about a comic book fan trying to be a superhero, and follows as he starts off getting his ass kicked, constantly humiliates himself and only manages by sheer luck and the intervention of the more successful heroes, Hit-Girl and Big Daddy. His crush only pays attention to him because she thinks he's gay, [[spoiler:and when she finds out he's not, she tosses him aside, after he gets beat up by her boyfriend and left with a picture of her going down on said boyfriend for him to wake up to]]. The story is designed as a deconstruction on the teen superhero concept, but it crosses into this in how mean spirited it is in making the Dave as 'normal' as it can. His friends, who're also comic fans, aren't shown any better, and even Big Daddy, [[spoiler:revealed to be a comic book fan himself instead of being an ex cop, is depicted as a pathetic loser who decided to become a superhero and train his daughter to be one after his marriage broke down.]]
** ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'' has Wesley Gibson, an [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Eminem look-a-like]] who is saddled with a dead end job, and an annoying, cheating girlfriend, bullied by assorted townfolk, and in general is shown to be practically spineless in regards to his life. Of course, afterward he [[NoFourthWall breaks the fourth wall]] to tell you that [[TakeThatAudience you suck even more than he does]]. The idea is that Gibson is one of the people making life ''actively worse'' for anyone who isn't a super-villain - and yet the structure of the story encourages you to root for him as the underdog hero. He's reminding you, metatextually, that [[VillainProtagonist he's the bad guy.]]
** ''ComicBook/KickAss'' is not subtle about this. The story is about a comic book fan trying to be a superhero, and follows as he starts off getting his ass kicked, constantly humiliates himself and only manages by sheer luck and the intervention of the more successful heroes, Hit-Girl and Big Daddy. His crush only pays attention to him because she thinks he's gay, [[spoiler:and when she finds out he's not, she tosses him aside, after he gets beat up by her boyfriend and left with a picture of her going down on said boyfriend for him to wake up to]]. The story is designed as a deconstruction on the teen superhero concept, but it crosses into this in how mean spirited it is in making the Dave as 'normal' as it can. His friends, who're also comic fans, aren't shown any better, and even Big Daddy, [[spoiler:revealed to be a comic book fan himself instead of being an ex cop, is depicted as a pathetic loser who decided to become a superhero and train his daughter to be one after his marriage broke down.]]
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain:
** Close to all of the villains in ''Comicbook/{{Wanted}}'' are this. The Future is definitely the worst though, as he is an unapologetic Nazi and misogynist.
** In ''ComicBook/TheSecretService'', James Arnold gives horribly offensive nicknames for his disabled henchmen. For example his {{Dragon}} with leg prosthesis is nicknamed Gazelle.
** Close to all of the villains in ''Comicbook/{{Wanted}}'' are this. The Future is definitely the worst though, as he is an unapologetic Nazi and misogynist.
** In ''ComicBook/TheSecretService'', James Arnold gives horribly offensive nicknames for his disabled henchmen. For example his {{Dragon}} with leg prosthesis is nicknamed Gazelle.
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** He has powers of ten show up a lot. Someone will be ten times smarter than someone else or something will be calculated to the tenth decimal point or will be miscalculated by misplacing the decimal.
** He also had a tendency to use Nazis repeatedly in his works until someone called him out on it with ''ComicBook/TheUltimates''. He hadn't even realized he was doing it.
** When writing ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'', he would often have his characters pointing out obvious PlotHoles and FridgeLogic. It's unclear if he did this as a sort of SelfDeprecation, or as a way of apologizing for his own mistakes.
** He has powers of ten show up a lot. Someone will be ten times smarter than someone else or something will be calculated to the tenth decimal point or will be miscalculated by misplacing the decimal.
** He also had a tendency to use Nazis repeatedly in his works until someone called him out on it with ''ComicBook/TheUltimates''. He hadn't even realized he was doing it.
** When writing ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'', he would often have his characters pointing out obvious PlotHoles and FridgeLogic. It's unclear if he did this as a sort of SelfDeprecation, or as a way of apologizing for his own mistakes.
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* VulgarHumour: He gets this on occasion.
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* VulgarHumour: He gets this on occasion.occasion.
* YouBastard: He likes this trope almost as much as he hates his readers, whom he's argued use comic-book violence as a substitute for the emptiness and meaninglessness of their lives. ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'' is particularly explicit about this.
* YouBastard: He likes this trope almost as much as he hates his readers, whom he's argued use comic-book violence as a substitute for the emptiness and meaninglessness of their lives. ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'' is particularly explicit about this.
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** After he left Ultimate Comics, a continuation of his title TheUltimates was given to Creator/JephLoeb, who created the terrible ''Ultimates 3'' and the even worse ''{{Ultimatum}}''. After that he returned to writing comics in UltimateUniverse. The ''very first page'' of his ''Ultimate Comics Avengers'' starts with Comicbook/NickFury looking at the mess caused by Ultimatum and saying "What the #$%^&? I leave for ten minutes and everything goes to hell." He gives another one towards Loeb (and possibly towards mainstream Marvel) in issue four of ''Ultimate Avengers vs New Ultimates''. Tony Stark gives ten million dollars to charity in exchange for Thor promising to talk like a normal person again. He started using the whole "Faux Shakespearean" thing during Loeb's run.
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** After he left Ultimate Comics, a continuation of his title TheUltimates was given to Creator/JephLoeb, who created the terrible ''Ultimates 3'' and the even worse ''{{Ultimatum}}''. After that he returned to writing comics in UltimateUniverse. The ''very first page'' of his ''Ultimate Comics Avengers'' starts with Comicbook/NickFury looking at the mess caused by Ultimatum and saying "What the #$%^&? I leave for ten minutes and everything goes to hell." He gives another one towards Loeb (and possibly towards mainstream Marvel) in issue four of ''Ultimate Avengers vs New Ultimates''. Tony Stark gives ten million dollars to charity in exchange for Thor promising to talk like a normal person again. He started using the whole "Faux Shakespearean" thing during Loeb's run.run.
* VulgarHumour: He gets this on occasion.
* VulgarHumour: He gets this on occasion.
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* StealthParody: Some people view his works (i.e. Comicbook/{{Wanted}}, ComicBook/TheUnfunnies, ComicBook/KickAss) as being satirical mockeries of the use of [[{{Gorn}} Extreme Violence]], VulgarHumor, and Shock Value [[LowestCommonDenominator to sell comic books]]. The same people also see them as [[YouBastard mocking people]] who buy comic books for those reasons. Millar's open [[TakeThatAudience disdain toward his audience]], definitely adds credibility to this.
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* CrapsackWorld: The setting of ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'' plays with this: the villains who finally beat the heroes changed reality to make it a CrapsackWorld... in other words, ''[[TruthInTelevision ours]]''.
** Except it's worse than our world, because it's our world secretly ruled by a conspiracy of supervillains, who can do everything they want, we have no power to change the situation and it wasn't always this way. At least our world isn't (I hope)
** And even worse, ''Wanted'' shares the world with two other comics - ''Chosen'' and ''ComicBook/TheUnfunnies''. So it means that [[spoiler: The president of the United States is an Anti Christ and Satan is very real and actively trying to bring the Apocalypse]] and that people can enter the worlds they wrote by switching places with their characters, exposing completely innocent beings to general crappiness of their world.
** Except it's worse than our world, because it's our world secretly ruled by a conspiracy of supervillains, who can do everything they want, we have no power to change the situation and it wasn't always this way. At least our world isn't (I hope)
** And even worse, ''Wanted'' shares the world with two other comics - ''Chosen'' and ''ComicBook/TheUnfunnies''. So it means that [[spoiler: The president of the United States is an Anti Christ and Satan is very real and actively trying to bring the Apocalypse]] and that people can enter the worlds they wrote by switching places with their characters, exposing completely innocent beings to general crappiness of their world.
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* TheProblemWithPenIsland: He deliberately invoked this trope with his British comics magazine ''[=CLiNT=]'', launched in September 2010.
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* IJustWantToBeBadass:
** In ''{{Kick-Ass}}'', two characters become superheroes: the title character because he wants to help people... and in a straighter version of this trope, [[spoiler:Big Daddy because he was frustrated with his marriage and thought his life was boring. He even creates a fake BackStory to enhance his new identity.]]
** This is the basic idea of ''Comicbook/{{Wanted}}'', both the original comic and the movie adaptation. The protagonist is a loser guy who becomes a BadAss when he finds out he has a badass gene inherited from a father he never knew. The comic book (but not the movie) also [[spoiler:attempts to deconstruct this trope by scolding the reader for identifying with the main character, who's essentially a violent sociopath]].
** In ''{{Kick-Ass}}'', two characters become superheroes: the title character because he wants to help people... and in a straighter version of this trope, [[spoiler:Big Daddy because he was frustrated with his marriage and thought his life was boring. He even creates a fake BackStory to enhance his new identity.]]
** This is the basic idea of ''Comicbook/{{Wanted}}'', both the original comic and the movie adaptation. The protagonist is a loser guy who becomes a BadAss when he finds out he has a badass gene inherited from a father he never knew. The comic book (but not the movie) also [[spoiler:attempts to deconstruct this trope by scolding the reader for identifying with the main character, who's essentially a violent sociopath]].
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* CaptainErsatz:
** Zauriel was created by him and Creator/GrantMorrison as a stand-in for Comicbook/{{Hawkman}}, who had been {{retcon}}ned so badly that [[ContinuitySnarl he was unusable]]. Morrison made it a point to lampshade this so readers would get the point, too. The first time he sees Zauriel, Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} momentarily mistakes him for Hawkman. Later on, Franchise/{{Superman}} invites him to join, saying, "there's always room in the Justice League for, well...a big guy with wings like you."
** ''Comicbook/{{Wanted}}''. Originally it was a Legion of Doom Reboot and got shut down. So he made it DarkerAndEdgier and changed the names. It's really obvious who most of the characters are supposed to be.
** ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' faced off against Ersatzes of classic Marvel heroes in his inaugural arc. The Americans were obviously Avengers pastiches with named ones being the Commander (Captain America), Tank Man (ComicBook/IronMan), Hornet (Wasp) and Titan (Giant Man) while the rest were clearly based on Thor, Hulk, ComicBook/BlackPanther, ScarletWitch, Hawkeye, and the Vision. Later, they took down unnamed Ersatz teams resembling the X-Men, ComicBook/TheInhumans, Fantastic Four (with additional Silver Surfer, Galactus, Watcher and H.E.R.B.I.E. knock-offs, all of which are most famously associated with the FF) and the Howling Commandos while other Wildstorm heroes fought Ersatzes of Spider-Man, ComicBook/ThePunisher, Daredevil, ComicBook/{{Elektra}}, Doctor Strange, Namor and others. The story's BigBad, Jacob Krigstein, was an evil ersatz Creator/JackKirby.
** Zauriel was created by him and Creator/GrantMorrison as a stand-in for Comicbook/{{Hawkman}}, who had been {{retcon}}ned so badly that [[ContinuitySnarl he was unusable]]. Morrison made it a point to lampshade this so readers would get the point, too. The first time he sees Zauriel, Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} momentarily mistakes him for Hawkman. Later on, Franchise/{{Superman}} invites him to join, saying, "there's always room in the Justice League for, well...a big guy with wings like you."
** ''Comicbook/{{Wanted}}''. Originally it was a Legion of Doom Reboot and got shut down. So he made it DarkerAndEdgier and changed the names. It's really obvious who most of the characters are supposed to be.
** ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' faced off against Ersatzes of classic Marvel heroes in his inaugural arc. The Americans were obviously Avengers pastiches with named ones being the Commander (Captain America), Tank Man (ComicBook/IronMan), Hornet (Wasp) and Titan (Giant Man) while the rest were clearly based on Thor, Hulk, ComicBook/BlackPanther, ScarletWitch, Hawkeye, and the Vision. Later, they took down unnamed Ersatz teams resembling the X-Men, ComicBook/TheInhumans, Fantastic Four (with additional Silver Surfer, Galactus, Watcher and H.E.R.B.I.E. knock-offs, all of which are most famously associated with the FF) and the Howling Commandos while other Wildstorm heroes fought Ersatzes of Spider-Man, ComicBook/ThePunisher, Daredevil, ComicBook/{{Elektra}}, Doctor Strange, Namor and others. The story's BigBad, Jacob Krigstein, was an evil ersatz Creator/JackKirby.
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* RealityEnsues:
** ''ComicBook/KickAss'' starts with repeated uses of this, but moves away from reality as the story continues.
** The second issue of ''Superior'' has a kid testing out the superpowers of his favorite Superman {{Expy}}. He attempts to use his "super-breath" to put out a house fire, only to ''demolish'' the house and spread the fire over a much larger area.
** Before ''Kick-Ass'' and ''Superior'', he had fun {{Deconstructing}} street-level heroes in an issue of ''TheUltimates''. Franchise/{{Batman}} [[CaptainErsatz clone]] Nighthawk tries to stop a gang of teenagers, only to ''break his ankle'' during his {{Dynamic Entr|y}}ance and end up beaten to a bloody pulp.
*** In the same issue it even deconstructs the concept of a RagTagBunchOfMisfits by showing how badly a group of people, inexperienced at superheroing, with the exception of one, performs during their first outing as superheroes.
** ''ComicBook/KickAss'' starts with repeated uses of this, but moves away from reality as the story continues.
** The second issue of ''Superior'' has a kid testing out the superpowers of his favorite Superman {{Expy}}. He attempts to use his "super-breath" to put out a house fire, only to ''demolish'' the house and spread the fire over a much larger area.
** Before ''Kick-Ass'' and ''Superior'', he had fun {{Deconstructing}} street-level heroes in an issue of ''TheUltimates''. Franchise/{{Batman}} [[CaptainErsatz clone]] Nighthawk tries to stop a gang of teenagers, only to ''break his ankle'' during his {{Dynamic Entr|y}}ance and end up beaten to a bloody pulp.
*** In the same issue it even deconstructs the concept of a RagTagBunchOfMisfits by showing how badly a group of people, inexperienced at superheroing, with the exception of one, performs during their first outing as superheroes.
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** ComicBook/KickAss is about as cynical as it gets, even more so than Watchmen. Dave is a [[ThisLoserIsYou loser]], Big Daddy is [[spoiler: a complete fraud]], Hit Girl is [[spoiler: lied to by her father about her mother dying, and not allowed to have a normal childhood]], and everyone else except for maybe Dave's father is a scumbag of one sort or the other (Katie is a shallow bitch, Red Mist is completely unsympathetic unlike in the film, his father is a evil, etc). Despite all this, it's incredibly funny. Many people preferred the movie adaptation since it toned down the utter bleakness of the comic book, but taken on its own terms, the comic is a great BlackComedy.
** His other most famous work was {{ComicBook/Wanted}} which also falls in the far end of the Cynical side as well as ComicBook/TheAuthority.
** His other most famous work was {{ComicBook/Wanted}} which also falls in the far end of the Cynical side as well as ComicBook/TheAuthority.
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** ComicBook/KickAss ''ComicBook/KickAss'' is about as cynical as it gets, even more so than Watchmen. Dave is a [[ThisLoserIsYou loser]], Big Daddy is [[spoiler: a complete fraud]], Hit Girl is [[spoiler: lied to by her father about her mother dying, and not allowed to have a normal childhood]], and everyone else except for maybe Dave's father is a scumbag of one sort or the other (Katie is a shallow bitch, Red Mist is completely unsympathetic unlike in the film, his father is a evil, etc). Despite all this, it's incredibly funny. Many people preferred the movie adaptation since it toned down the utter bleakness of the comic book, but taken on its own terms, the comic is a great BlackComedy.
** His other most famous work was{{ComicBook/Wanted}} ''{{ComicBook/Wanted}}'' which also falls in the far end of the Cynical side as well as ComicBook/TheAuthority.''ComicBook/TheAuthority''.
** His other most famous work was
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: He is a very cynical comic book author.
** ComicBook/KickAss is about as cynical as it gets, even more so than Watchmen. Dave is a [[ThisLoserIsYou loser]], Big Daddy is [[spoiler: a complete fraud]], Hit Girl is [[spoiler: lied to by her father about her mother dying, and not allowed to have a normal childhood]], and everyone else except for maybe Dave's father is a scumbag of one sort or the other (Katie is a shallow bitch, Red Mist is completely unsympathetic unlike in the film, his father is a evil, etc). Despite all this, it's incredibly funny. Many people preferred the movie adaptation since it toned down the utter bleakness of the comic book, but taken on its own terms, the comic is a great BlackComedy.
** His other most famous work was {{ComicBook/Wanted}} which also falls in the far end of the Cynical side as well as ComicBook/TheAuthority.
** Probably the one book he did that falls squarely on the idealistic side is Superior, a book about a 12-year-old boy suffering from multiple sclerosis who gets super powers, loses them, and in the process, learns to come to terms with his disability.
** ComicBook/KickAss is about as cynical as it gets, even more so than Watchmen. Dave is a [[ThisLoserIsYou loser]], Big Daddy is [[spoiler: a complete fraud]], Hit Girl is [[spoiler: lied to by her father about her mother dying, and not allowed to have a normal childhood]], and everyone else except for maybe Dave's father is a scumbag of one sort or the other (Katie is a shallow bitch, Red Mist is completely unsympathetic unlike in the film, his father is a evil, etc). Despite all this, it's incredibly funny. Many people preferred the movie adaptation since it toned down the utter bleakness of the comic book, but taken on its own terms, the comic is a great BlackComedy.
** His other most famous work was {{ComicBook/Wanted}} which also falls in the far end of the Cynical side as well as ComicBook/TheAuthority.
** Probably the one book he did that falls squarely on the idealistic side is Superior, a book about a 12-year-old boy suffering from multiple sclerosis who gets super powers, loses them, and in the process, learns to come to terms with his disability.
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*** He hated UsefulNotes/BillClinton, and so in his run on the series and the Jenny Sparks mini-series had several jabs against him. One of the issues of the mini-series even goes so far as to implicitly compare Clinton to UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.
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* ShoutOut: Early in his career, he did a stint writing ''Comicbook/SonicTheComic''. He credited this gig with helping to pay for his wedding, and thus there are references to Sonic in several of his works, including ''Secret History of the Authority'' and ''Wanted'' mini-series.
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* ShoutOut: Early in his career, he did a stint writing ''Comicbook/SonicTheComic''. He credited this gig with helping to pay for his wedding, and thus there are references to Sonic in several of his works, including ''Secret History of the Authority'' and ''Wanted'' mini-series.mini-series.
* TakeThat:
** In ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'', the major villain on his first arc is Creator/JackKirby; he's specifically described as "the guy who would've created all your favorite comic books" if he hadn't been hired by the US government. The series has a ''lot'' of AuthorAppeal, and [[{{Anvilicious}} they're not subtle about it either]]. He even takes shots at Charles Atlas bodybuilding ads. Also;
-->'''[[LawyerFriendlyCameo Legally-distinct-parody]]-of [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk The Hulk]]:''' Comics are for retards.
*** He hated UsefulNotes/BillClinton, and so in his run on the series and the Jenny Sparks mini-series had several jabs against him. One of the issues of the mini-series even goes so far as to implicitly compare Clinton to UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.
** One of the supporting characters in ''Marvel 1985'' is an obnoxious {{Hipster}} who keeps talking about how stupid people who like superhero comics are, and how the only ''good'' comics are indie fare like ''Comicbook/{{Cerebus|TheAardvark}}'' and ''Comicbook/LoveAndRockets''. Accordingly, you can imagine how humiliated he is when Comicbook/IronMan saves his ass near the end of the book.
** After he left Ultimate Comics, a continuation of his title TheUltimates was given to Creator/JephLoeb, who created the terrible ''Ultimates 3'' and the even worse ''{{Ultimatum}}''. After that he returned to writing comics in UltimateUniverse. The ''very first page'' of his ''Ultimate Comics Avengers'' starts with Comicbook/NickFury looking at the mess caused by Ultimatum and saying "What the #$%^&? I leave for ten minutes and everything goes to hell." He gives another one towards Loeb (and possibly towards mainstream Marvel) in issue four of ''Ultimate Avengers vs New Ultimates''. Tony Stark gives ten million dollars to charity in exchange for Thor promising to talk like a normal person again. He started using the whole "Faux Shakespearean" thing during Loeb's run.
* TakeThat:
** In ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'', the major villain on his first arc is Creator/JackKirby; he's specifically described as "the guy who would've created all your favorite comic books" if he hadn't been hired by the US government. The series has a ''lot'' of AuthorAppeal, and [[{{Anvilicious}} they're not subtle about it either]]. He even takes shots at Charles Atlas bodybuilding ads. Also;
-->'''[[LawyerFriendlyCameo Legally-distinct-parody]]-of [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk The Hulk]]:''' Comics are for retards.
*** He hated UsefulNotes/BillClinton, and so in his run on the series and the Jenny Sparks mini-series had several jabs against him. One of the issues of the mini-series even goes so far as to implicitly compare Clinton to UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.
** One of the supporting characters in ''Marvel 1985'' is an obnoxious {{Hipster}} who keeps talking about how stupid people who like superhero comics are, and how the only ''good'' comics are indie fare like ''Comicbook/{{Cerebus|TheAardvark}}'' and ''Comicbook/LoveAndRockets''. Accordingly, you can imagine how humiliated he is when Comicbook/IronMan saves his ass near the end of the book.
** After he left Ultimate Comics, a continuation of his title TheUltimates was given to Creator/JephLoeb, who created the terrible ''Ultimates 3'' and the even worse ''{{Ultimatum}}''. After that he returned to writing comics in UltimateUniverse. The ''very first page'' of his ''Ultimate Comics Avengers'' starts with Comicbook/NickFury looking at the mess caused by Ultimatum and saying "What the #$%^&? I leave for ten minutes and everything goes to hell." He gives another one towards Loeb (and possibly towards mainstream Marvel) in issue four of ''Ultimate Avengers vs New Ultimates''. Tony Stark gives ten million dollars to charity in exchange for Thor promising to talk like a normal person again. He started using the whole "Faux Shakespearean" thing during Loeb's run.
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** [[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2009/10/01/the-mark-millar-tie-up-athon-spoilers/ This article]] suggests that all of his later Marvel works (''1985'', ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', ''KickAss'', and ''OldManLogan'') is all interconnected. (Three of those are automatically canon to each other anyway, of course, but ''Kick Ass'' is more of a surprise.)
** Even earlier he estabilished connections between three comics published by different companies - ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'', ''{{Chosen}}'' and ''ComicBook/TheUnfunnies''. The reason why at the end of the ''Chosen'' [[spoiler: media doesn't report Antichrist's miracles is that they're controlled by supervillains from ''Wanted'']]. And Troy Hicks from ''Unfunnies'' [[spoiler: helped Satan rape Antichrist]]. Never published ''Run!'' was supposed to be set in that world too.
** [[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2009/10/01/the-mark-millar-tie-up-athon-spoilers/ This article]] suggests that all of his later Marvel works (''1985'', ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', ''KickAss'', and ''OldManLogan'') is all interconnected. (Three of those are automatically canon to each other anyway, of course, but ''Kick Ass'' is more of a surprise.)
** Even earlier he estabilished connections between three comics published by different companies - ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'', ''{{Chosen}}'' and ''ComicBook/TheUnfunnies''. The reason why at the end of the ''Chosen'' [[spoiler: media doesn't report Antichrist's miracles is that they're controlled by supervillains from ''Wanted'']]. And Troy Hicks from ''Unfunnies'' [[spoiler: helped Satan rape Antichrist]]. Never published ''Run!'' was supposed to be set in that world too.
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* ShoutOut: Early in his career, he did a stint writing ''Comicbook/SonicTheComic''. He credited this gig with helping to pay for his wedding, and thus there are references to Sonic in several of his works, including ''Secret History of the Authority'' and ''Wanted'' mini-series.
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Millar's writing style is known for pretty much taking the concept of DarkerAndEdgier and [[{{Satire}} letting it]] [[BlackComedy off the leash.]] His stories involving popular superheroes are sometimes cynical, [[BlackandGrayMorality forcing heroes to deal with darker moral themes than usual.]] On the other hand, some Millar's earlier super-hero work (on ''Superman Adventures'') and even some of his more recent projects like ''1985'' are more optimistic in tone. He also runs his own little slice of the internet known as [=MillarWorld=], a comic news/forum where he's more than happy to dole out his opinion on whatever, and has been involved with charity work for children with disabilities.
Similar to other comic book writers and artists known for dark and gritty matter, he's got a significant {{Hatedom}}, with many resenting his writing for its sociopathic take on characters and often focusing on their worse character traits, as well as his [[TakeThatAudience tendency to mock and insult his audience]]. He's got a MisaimedFandom as well, with folks who cherish characters WordOfGod [[http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114150/mark-millar-kick-ass-2-author-comics-sickest-mind# says are meant to be seen as completely insane.]] Despite that, there's a number of fans who enjoy his more gritty take on superheroes and darker subject matter, and his comics frequently sell very, very well.
Similar to other comic book writers and artists known for dark and gritty matter, he's got a significant {{Hatedom}}, with many resenting his writing for its sociopathic take on characters and often focusing on their worse character traits, as well as his [[TakeThatAudience tendency to mock and insult his audience]]. He's got a MisaimedFandom as well, with folks who cherish characters WordOfGod [[http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114150/mark-millar-kick-ass-2-author-comics-sickest-mind# says are meant to be seen as completely insane.]] Despite that, there's a number of fans who enjoy his more gritty take on superheroes and darker subject matter, and his comics frequently sell very, very well.
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Millar's writing style is known for pretty much taking the concept of DarkerAndEdgier and [[{{Satire}} letting it]] [[BlackComedy off the leash.]] His stories involving popular superheroes are sometimes cynical, [[BlackandGrayMorality forcing heroes to deal with darker moral themes than usual.]] On the other hand, some of Millar's earlier super-hero work (on ''Superman Adventures'') and even some of his more recent projects like ''1985'' [[ALighterShadeOfGray are more optimistic in tone. tone.]] He also runs his own little slice of the internet known as [=MillarWorld=], a comic news/forum where he's more than happy to dole out his opinion on whatever, and has been involved with charity work for children with disabilities.
Similar to other comic book writers and artists known for dark and gritty subject matter, he's got a significant {{Hatedom}}, with many resenting his writing for its sociopathic take on characters and often focusing on theirworse worst character traits, as well as his [[TakeThatAudience tendency to mock and insult his audience]]. He's got a MisaimedFandom as well, with folks who cherish characters WordOfGod [[http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114150/mark-millar-kick-ass-2-author-comics-sickest-mind# says are meant to be seen as completely insane.]] Despite that, there's a number of fans who enjoy his more gritty grittier take on superheroes and darker subject matter, and his comics frequently sell very, very well.
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Similar to other comic book writers and artists known for dark and gritty matter, he's got a significant HateDom, with many resenting his writing for its sociopathic take on characters and often focusing on their worse character traits, as well as his [[TakeThatAudience tendency to mock and insult his audience]]. He's got a MisaimedFandom as well, with folks who cherish characters WordOfGod [[http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114150/mark-millar-kick-ass-2-author-comics-sickest-mind# says are meant to be seen as completely insane.]] Despite that, there's a number of fans who enjoy his more gritty take on superheroes and darker subject matter, and his comics frequently sell very, very well.
Not to be confused with FrankMiller or [[WaysideSchool Mark Miller]]
Not to be confused with FrankMiller or [[WaysideSchool Mark Miller]]
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Similar to other comic book writers and artists known for dark and gritty matter, he's got a significant HateDom, {{Hatedom}}, with many resenting his writing for its sociopathic take on characters and often focusing on their worse character traits, as well as his [[TakeThatAudience tendency to mock and insult his audience]]. He's got a MisaimedFandom as well, with folks who cherish characters WordOfGod [[http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114150/mark-millar-kick-ass-2-author-comics-sickest-mind# says are meant to be seen as completely insane.]] Despite that, there's a number of fans who enjoy his more gritty take on superheroes and darker subject matter, and his comics frequently sell very, very well.
Not to be confused with FrankMiller or [[WaysideSchool MarkMiller]]
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Millar's writing style is known for pretty much taking the concept of DarkerAndEdgier and letting it off the leash. His stories involving popular superheroes are sometimes cynical, forcing heroes to deal with a darker world than the one their stories are normally set in. On the other hand, some Millar's earlier super-hero work (on ''Superman Adventures'') and even some of his more recent projects like ''1985'' are more optimistic in tone. He also runs his own little slice of the internet known as [=MillarWorld=], a comic news/forum where he's more than happy to dole out his opinion on whatever.
Similar to other comic book writers and artists known for dark and gritty matter, he's got a significant HateDom, with many resenting his writing for its sociopathic take on characters and often focusing on their worse character traits, as well as his [[TakeThatAudience tendency to mock and insult his audience]], especially the more mean spirited the jab. Despite that, there's a number of fans who enjoy his more gritty take on superheroes and darker subject matter, and his comics frequently sell well, so he's not without his fans. There's also his support of disabled children, which generally softens up the view on him, but many still consider him a psychopath. If that's a good thing or a bad thing is up to you.
Similar to other comic book writers and artists known for dark and gritty matter, he's got a significant HateDom, with many resenting his writing for its sociopathic take on characters and often focusing on their worse character traits, as well as his [[TakeThatAudience tendency to mock and insult his audience]], especially the more mean spirited the jab. Despite that, there's a number of fans who enjoy his more gritty take on superheroes and darker subject matter, and his comics frequently sell well, so he's not without his fans. There's also his support of disabled children, which generally softens up the view on him, but many still consider him a psychopath. If that's a good thing or a bad thing is up to you.
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Millar's writing style is known for pretty much taking the concept of DarkerAndEdgier and [[{{Satire}} letting it it]] [[BlackComedy off the leash. leash.]] His stories involving popular superheroes are sometimes cynical, [[BlackandGrayMorality forcing heroes to deal with a darker world moral themes than the one their stories are normally set in. usual.]] On the other hand, some Millar's earlier super-hero work (on ''Superman Adventures'') and even some of his more recent projects like ''1985'' are more optimistic in tone. He also runs his own little slice of the internet known as [=MillarWorld=], a comic news/forum where he's more than happy to dole out his opinion on whatever.
whatever, and has been involved with charity work for children with disabilities.
Similar to other comic book writers and artists known for dark and gritty matter, he's got a significant HateDom, with many resenting his writing for its sociopathic take on characters and often focusing on their worse character traits, as well as his [[TakeThatAudience tendency to mock and insult hisaudience]], especially the more mean spirited the jab. audience]]. He's got a MisaimedFandom as well, with folks who cherish characters WordOfGod [[http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114150/mark-millar-kick-ass-2-author-comics-sickest-mind# says are meant to be seen as completely insane.]] Despite that, there's a number of fans who enjoy his more gritty take on superheroes and darker subject matter, and his comics frequently sell well, so he's not without his fans. There's also his support of disabled children, which generally softens up the view on him, but many still consider him a psychopath. If that's a good thing or a bad thing is up to you.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The t-shirt should have tipped you right off. Although it may have been when he was described as Scottish.]]
'''Mark Millar''' is a prominent Scottish writer of comic books. Millar has written for many a character, particularly those within the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, as well his own creations in the form of ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'', ''ComicBook/KickAss'' and so forth.
Millar's writing style is known for pretty much taking the concept of DarkerAndEdgier and letting it off the leash. His stories involving popular superheroes are sometimes cynical, forcing heroes to deal with a darker world than the one their stories are normally set in. On the other hand, some Millar's earlier super-hero work (on ''Superman Adventures'') and even some of his more recent projects like ''1985'' are more optimistic in tone. He also runs his own little slice of the internet known as [=MillarWorld=], a comic news/forum where he's more than happy to dole out his opinion on whatever.
Similar to other comic book writers and artists known for dark and gritty matter, he's got a significant HateDom, with many resenting his writing for its sociopathic take on characters and often focusing on their worse character traits, as well as his [[TakeThatAudience tendency to mock and insult his audience]], especially the more mean spirited the jab. Despite that, there's a number of fans who enjoy his more gritty take on superheroes and darker subject matter, and his comics frequently sell well, so he's not without his fans. There's also his support of disabled children, which generally softens up the view on him, but many still consider him a psychopath. If that's a good thing or a bad thing is up to you.
Not to be confused with FrankMiller or [[WaysideSchool Mark Miller]]
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'''Selected bibliography:'''
* ''{{The Authority}}''
* ''Comicbook/CivilWar''
* ''ComicBook/KickAss''
* ''1985''
* ''Comicbook/{{Nemesis}}''
* ''SonicTheComic''
* ''ComicBook/{{Superior}}''
* ''[[{{Superman Red Son}} Superman: Red Son]]''
* ''{{Ultimate Marvel}}''
** ''{{The Ultimates}}''
** ''{{Ultimate Fantastic Four}}''
** ''{{Ultimate X-Men}}''
* ''ComicBook/TheUnfunnies''
* ''Comicbook/{{Wanted}}''
* With Creator/GrantMorrison:
** ''Comicbook/SwampThing''
** ''ComicBook/{{Aztek}}''
** ''TheFlash''
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[[caption-width-right:350:The t-shirt should have tipped you right off. Although it may have been when he was described as Scottish.]]
'''Mark Millar''' is a prominent Scottish writer of comic books. Millar has written for many a character, particularly those within the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, as well his own creations in the form of ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'', ''ComicBook/KickAss'' and so forth.
Millar's writing style is known for pretty much taking the concept of DarkerAndEdgier and letting it off the leash. His stories involving popular superheroes are sometimes cynical, forcing heroes to deal with a darker world than the one their stories are normally set in. On the other hand, some Millar's earlier super-hero work (on ''Superman Adventures'') and even some of his more recent projects like ''1985'' are more optimistic in tone. He also runs his own little slice of the internet known as [=MillarWorld=], a comic news/forum where he's more than happy to dole out his opinion on whatever.
Similar to other comic book writers and artists known for dark and gritty matter, he's got a significant HateDom, with many resenting his writing for its sociopathic take on characters and often focusing on their worse character traits, as well as his [[TakeThatAudience tendency to mock and insult his audience]], especially the more mean spirited the jab. Despite that, there's a number of fans who enjoy his more gritty take on superheroes and darker subject matter, and his comics frequently sell well, so he's not without his fans. There's also his support of disabled children, which generally softens up the view on him, but many still consider him a psychopath. If that's a good thing or a bad thing is up to you.
Not to be confused with FrankMiller or [[WaysideSchool Mark Miller]]
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'''Selected bibliography:'''
* ''{{The Authority}}''
* ''Comicbook/CivilWar''
* ''ComicBook/KickAss''
* ''1985''
* ''Comicbook/{{Nemesis}}''
* ''SonicTheComic''
* ''ComicBook/{{Superior}}''
* ''[[{{Superman Red Son}} Superman: Red Son]]''
* ''{{Ultimate Marvel}}''
** ''{{The Ultimates}}''
** ''{{Ultimate Fantastic Four}}''
** ''{{Ultimate X-Men}}''
* ''ComicBook/TheUnfunnies''
* ''Comicbook/{{Wanted}}''
* With Creator/GrantMorrison:
** ''Comicbook/SwampThing''
** ''ComicBook/{{Aztek}}''
** ''TheFlash''
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