‘What if Superman was your dad?’ Comics legend Mark Millar on Jupiter’s Legacy

The Kick-Ass and Kingsman creator is back with a TV series about a warring super-powered family.

The Scot reveals how Carrie Fisher helped inspire it – and why he’s delighted Covid scuppered his move to HollywoodMark Millar is remembering one of the best bits of advice he ever came across, something he read as a teenager that was said by Alan Moore, the legendary creator of such milestones in comics as Watchmen and V for Vendetta.

“Never believe that you’re a genius,” quotes Millar, himself the creator of such revered titles as Kick-Ass and Kingsman, “and also never believe you’re rubbish.” Speaking by Zoom from the office he keeps in his Glasgow home, Millar rounds this off with the words: “You’ve just got to do your best and enjoy it.”It’s a healthy rule to live by, given the sometimes toxic fandom that surrounds the comics world.

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