Mark Millar Reveals and Discusses His New Female African-American KICK-ASS
Mark Millar has unveiled a new black female version of Kick-Ass. The upcoming comic he's developing with artist John Romita Jr. will be called Kick-Ass: The New Girl. The original story followed a geeky teen named David Lizewski who transforms himself into a real-life superhero who learns the hard way that the life of a superhero isn’t easy.
I’m a huge fan of the Kick-Ass comics and films, and this new version of the character could be awesome. Millar doesn’t give any real details on the new character or the plot. However, it will be set in a different city with a new supporting cast of characters. While talking to THR, Millar said:
“Comics is not short of white males aged around 30; that demographic seems pretty well catered for in popular culture. I don’t think many blonde white guys around 30 feel under-represented when they pick up comic or watch a movie. Being older or younger or female or African-American just seems more interesting to me as a writer because this character is quite unique and opens up story possibilities that haven’t been tried in almost eighty years of superhero fiction. This woman has a completely different take on Kick-Ass.”
He went on to explain that he sees Kick-Ass as a legacy character, where it doesn’t matter who is wearing the suit. It’s all about the story being told.
“Kick-Ass is like James Bond or Doctor Who, where with a new face and a new situation and it suddenly feels very exciting. Every four volumes or so I want a different person in the mask. Sometimes it might even only last a single volume or even a single issue.”
Millar then explained why he had the desire to come back to Kick-Ass and write more stories:
“I really just missed Kick-Ass. It was a funny book because it was about a guy who had no powers, no gadgets and wasn’t very good and yet it was massive. We had two movies in our first five years, games merchandise and so on. It’s been three years and Johnny and I both just really missed the concept. It’s fun to write and after all the fantasy and space opera and vast budget superheroes it’s actually been amazing to get into something grounded again.”
I can’t wait to see what he has in store for this new character and the violent adventures that await her.