The source of their falling out is said to be related to Morrison ghostwriting an issue of Millar’s final arc on The Authority. Millar’s big break came when he took over Warren Ellis’ seminal series The Authority, which led to his work on Marvel’s Ultimates line, which led to seemingly every creator-owned project he churned out becoming a feature film, which led to the Mark Millar we know today: the hyperbolic showman who never seems to be telling the truth, and displays utter obliviousness when presented with the inalienable truth that his work is bankrupt of decency and feels crafted by a horny, teenage sociopath.

Millar was something of a protege for Morrison, and it seemed Millar would follow in his mentor’s footsteps. Together the two were responsible for such 90s gems as Aztek, The Ultimate Man and Skrull Kill Krew, as well as an underrated run on The Flash. You know, in retrospect, maybe Morrison should have seen this coming.Īt one point in time, Morrison and Millar were were friends and collaborators. Mark Millar once wrote a comic where a villain forced his opponent’s son and daughter to copulate, then rigged the daughter’s womb with explosives so she couldn’t abort the child they conceived. His works are often sprawling and complex, full of a vibrant sense of life and told from a distinctly humanist, aspirational perspective. It’s not often that someone you once considered your closest compatriot turns out to stand for the opposite of everything you believe in, unless you are a character in Smallvillve, to which I say, “I am sorry.” Grant Morrison, legendary funnybook writer/former druggie sex shaman/conduit to the 5th dimension, largely tells stories that are full of hope and wonder and a sort of postmodern take on Silver Age super sci-fi. We have all had friends who turned their phones off when you had to move, or bedded someone you had expressed an interest in, or still have not returned your entire collection of Sandman trades. When asked about the current state of his relationship with his one time BFF, megastar comic scribe Mark Millar, during a series of interviews promoting his book Supergods, Grant Morrison said, “I wish him well, but there’s no good feeling between myself and Mark for many reasons, most of which are he destroyed my faith in human fucking nature.”

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