We had the opportunity to go out to Lone Star Comics in Dallas yesterday afternoon and talk to Wanted / War Heroes / Wolverine scribe Mark Millar and War Heroes / Spider-man / X-Men artist Tony Harris. Both guys are top-notch and did their best to make everyone feel important and sign and do as many sketches as they could in two hours. It was very cool of them to come out to greet their fans, as they were on a layover on their way to Alabama for another stop on their War Heroes promotional tour. They could have just sat in the airport, drinking in a bar and hanging out, but decided to trek across town fighting traffic in the peak rush hours.
Mark Millar told us that he absolutely loved the Wanted movie and worked on the film all the way through the end of production. He stated that he even wrote some of the voice-overs for Wesley. When asked if he would be involved in the making of the sequel, he stated very strongly that of course he would. He said that he would basically write the original story and then hand it over to a team of writers for them to flesh out. He also seemed extremely pumped about Kick-A$! going into production. Item of interest: Mark seems to have a strange fixation on spongy American desserts (Twinkies, Hostess Cupcakes, etc).
Tony Harris insinuated that things were moving forward on the War Heroes film and everything looked good. He said that he really didn’t know how faithful to the comic they would stay, as he doesn’t know the extent of his involvement in the production yet and it’s too early in negotiations to really tell anything. He stated that in the end, the director basically does what he wants.
Overall, the signing went great. There was around 80 people in attendance and they all walked away happy with their sketches and autographs. Thanks to Mark Millar and Tony Harris for sharing some time with all us DFW fans and Lone Star Comics for hosting them.
I’ve posted a couple of photos I took with my phone camera. As is the case, our digital camera crashed out after two pictures were taken. You’ll have to excuse the rough quality. The guys were kind of pressed for time and couldn’t primp themselves for every picture. We’ll post a couple more later.
Mark Millar & Tony Harris at Lone Star Comics
