BRITISH COMIC BOOK WRITERS

Alan Moore was born on 18 November 1953 in Northampton, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), From Hell (2001) and Watchmen (2019). He has been married to Melinda Gebbie since 12 May 2007. He was previously married to Phyllis B. Dixon.

Neil Gaiman is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. He is best known for the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book.

As a child and a teenager, Gaiman read the works of C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, Mary Shelley, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe, and Alan Moore.

Gaiman also wrote episodes of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, during Matt Smith's as the Doctor.

Chris Claremont was born on 25 November 1950 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019).

Grant Morrison was born on 31 January 1960 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Grant is a writer and producer, known for Happy! (2017), Brave New World (2020) and All-Star Superman (2011).

Brendan McCarthy is known for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Lost in Space (1998) and Highlander II: The Quickening (1991).

Mark Millar is the New York Times best-selling writer of Jupiter's Legacy, Kick-Ass, Kingsman, The Magic Order, Wanted, Old Man Logan, Marvel Civil War and Superman: Red Son.

He is also President of Netflix's Millarworld Division in Los Angeles and serves as an executive producer on all his Hollywood properties.

Marvel and DC In Summer 2000, Marvel brought Millar in as part of a new team to revitalise their comic-book line. He worked with the best artists in the industry and launched his X-Men revamp at number one with Ultimate X-Men, re-thinking The Avengers next and shattering his own sales numbers with The Ultimates before creating the Marvel Civil War storyline in 2006, remaining Marvel's most financially successful event of the 21st century and their best-selling graphic novel of all time.

Screen-writer Zak Penn credits The Ultimates as his template for the 2012 Avengers movie and both Civil War and his classic Wolverine: Old Man Logan provided the inspiration for two blockbuster movies of the same name.

His Superman book, Red Son, is the highest-selling Superman graphic novel in history and was adapted by Warner Bros as an animated movie in 2020.

Millarworld On the advice of Stan Lee, Mark decided to branch out from Marvel and create his own characters while still working at the company.

Wanted was his first comic-book under the Millarworld banner, a huge hit that spawned the 2008 movie starring Angelina Jolie. Wanted grossed $342 million on a $70 million budget and paved the way for the successful adaptation of his Kick-Ass comic in 2010, starring Nicolas Cage.

Quitting Marvel soon after, Millar focused all his attention on Millarworld and co-created properties which include Jupiter's Legacy, The Magic Order, American Jesus, Super Crooks, Sharkey The Bounty Hunter, Empress, Superior, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Chrononauts, Starlight, Nemesis, Space Bandits, MPH and Huck.

Kingsman was released as a movie in 2015 and, like Kick-Ass has spawned at least one sequel. The most recent Kingsman movie, The King's Man, is released on March 12th, 2021.

Netflix Netflix bought Millarworld in 2017 and now owns the full rights to all 17 properties purchased, later hiring Mark and his wife Lucy to act as President and CEO of their Millarworld line and help develop these comic-books into big-budget original movies, shows and animated series.

The first of these to be streamed is Jupiter's Legacy in 2021, Super Crooks, Huck, Sharkey The Bounty Hunter, Space Bandits, The Magic Order, Prodigy and more are all either in production now or in active development.

The only franchises excluded from this sale were Kick-Ass and Kingsman, which Mark still co-owns independently.

Awards and honours Mark has received or been nominated for numerous industry honours over the years including Eagles, Eisners, UKCAC, Speakeasy and Wizard awards.

Outside of comics, he has won the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland award for writing, the Scottish Press Awards Hall of Fame, the SFX Award for Best Comic, Time Magazine's Comic-Book of the Decade (for The Ultimates) and two GLAAD awards for excellence.

He was awarded and honorary doctorate for literature from Glasgow Caledonia University in 2012 and in 2013 received an MBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace for services to Film and Literature.

Personal life Mark was born in Coatbridge, Scotland, on December 24th 1969. He is the youngest of six children and married to Lucy Millar, CEO of Netflix's Millarworld Division. He has three daughters.

Warren Ellis was born on 16 February 1968 in Essex, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Iron Man 3 (2013), Red (2010) and RED 2 (2013).

Brian Bolland was born on 26 March 1951 in Butterwick, Lincolnshire, England, UK. He is a writer, known for Batman: The Killing Joke (2016), Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death (2003) and The Killing Joke (2016). He has been married to Rachel S. Birkett since 1981. They have one child.

Dave Gibbons was born on 14 April 1949 in England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Watchmen (2009) and The King's Man (2021).

Garth Ennis was born on 16 January 1970 in Holywood, Northern Ireland, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Gen V (2023), The Boys (2019) and The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022).

John Byrne was born on 6 July 1950 in Walsall, England, UK. He is a writer, known for New Warriors (2017), My Adventures with Superman (2023) and Young Justice (2010). He was previously married to Andrea Braun.