Mark Millar

At the moment, I have it planned as a six or seven year experiment, but the books will only ever appear in bursts like this every couple of years and only with the best quality artists.

I don't see one as bring better or more literate than the other and there's a real buzz to not only writing about a character I love like Superman, but also writing something that kids can enjoy.

The animated books pay the lowest rates at the Big Two and you can forget about royalties.

All the books I was reading as a teenager were about individuals having adventures. So I thought that was what writers were supposed to do: to go out on the road.

People say if you're doing an art project, that's different from a book, but I honestly don't see it. I try and try, and I just don't.

I am happy to the spokeswoman for this French youth that tomorrow will be spearhead new hope in the shape of the National Front.