"I wrote the series three years ago and Dave Johnson is somewhere past half-way through it. Q: In November 1999 in another interview you did with me you stated: The book is suddenly very topical and I was delighted to explore this in detail as I went back and tweaked my early drafts. Just as this was a commentary on the Reagan years, Superman: Red Son is an Orwellian examination of what happens when the balance of power tilts in the world and one country finds itself the only world superpower. It's very, very political, very much an allegory of what's happening with the USA at the moment and a very, very mainstream project aimed at the same people who picked up the first Dark Knight book. Stylistically, it's quite unlike the way I work now (in that it relies quite heavily on captions), but this really has proved to be a strength because it's unlike any other superhero book out there at the moment. I finished book three and then, quite recently, went back and tightened up the dialogue for the entire project. I wanted to come at this with a fresh eye and this is what I did when Killian Plunkett was brought in to finish it around early 2002. Six months later (around half-way into the final book) I stopped because I saw that the art was slowing down and I didn't want to complete something that might be out of date by the time it appeared. Three years later, I sold it and started writing. I came up with this idea when I was a little kid after re-reading Superman #300 and a scene where baby Kal-El's rocket landed in neutral waters and both Russia and America were both racing to retrieve the spacecraft. I first pitched it to DC in the 1980s (when I was thirteen) and later pitched it when I was twenty three and had just been given Swamp Thing at Vertigo. can you tell us what, if anything, has changed in your above statement?Ī: God, every time I see the dates attached to this project my heart freezes. Truth, Justice and the American Way? No thanks, Comrade!"Ī lot has happened since that time. The basic premise is Superman's rocket landing in the Soviet Union in 1938 and Superman growing up in a triumphant USSR. It's incredible and, hopefully, will be out by the end of this year. This is Superman's "Dark Knight" and is a three issue, prestige format Elseworlds series which Wildcats' Dave Johnson has been drawing for three years. Q: In an interview we did together back in April 1999 you had this to say about Superman: Red Son: The Superman Homepage would like to thank Mark for agreeing to do this interview, and for fitting it into his busy schedule. Mark Millar graciously agreed to an interview with the Superman Homepage in regards to his 3-part Prestige-format miniseries "Superman: Red Son". Interviews Exclusive Mark Millar Interview
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