Nemesis #1 ( writer Mark Millar, art Steve McNiven)
Mark Millar is a currently a comic PR machine with a two movies under his belt (Wanted and Kickarse), a website called MillarWorld (guarded by a legion of nerd moderators); he is probably one of the less subtle writers in the industry. The shock jock of comics, well he attempts to be, scant dialogue with great visuals (courtesy of some accompanying artists like John Romito Jnr). But a lack of subtleness in comic book writing somehow gets boring, why? Because comics aren't cheap (yes blame inflation), so you need substance, minimalism can work unless it's crafted with distinct style to sell. Yeah he is a popular now, but writers should work harder for their bread. Millar doesn't have a distinct style per se, his style is like hardcore fucking in porn, or like chewing gum that losses it's flavour so you pop another one in in your mouth (or buy another porno...you get the idea). But eventually it becomes mundane.
To me what makes comic interesting is the frustration of a writer that would like to be an artist and an artist that would like to be a writer, there is a kind of friction within the story with what the writer and artist is trying to portray. A rawness in emotion, ideas and so on. Nemesis doesn't have this, it's got 'Hollywood please make a movie out of me' written and drawn all over it; so it's a sell job to a producer.
So what do I think of Nemesis? Jeez, go back 20+ years this would be drawn in black and white and released by some obscure comic book company in the States. It would be cool. It's kinda not now.
Still the art is top notch.
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