Friday, August 3, 2012

Animated Nemesis "trailer" & Nemesis 2 scheduled!


an impressive animated trailer of sorts and as Mark Millar tweeted "it's really quite awesome" - check it out if you have a few moments!

The new Nemesis series will be released in January!




from the Marvel / Icon press release:

Millar & McNiven’s NEMESIS RETURNS – Launching January 2013!

Millarworld Ltd., have announced today that they will reschedule the release of Nemesis Returns, by the blockbuster creative team of Mark Millar & Steve McNiven. Both Millar and McNiven are committed to ensuring the new series hits a regular schedule and with the new launch date, fans worldwide can expect an experience like they never thought possible! In order to help facilitate the timeliness of the Nemesis Returns, Steve has teamed up with two exciting new talents and opened a new studio endeavor, Carbon Sun Studios.

“Nemesis means a lot to me and I want it to be the best of my stuff out there,” said McNiven. “I want it done right, and we’ll make sure Nemesis gets his due.”

Millar adds, “Did I mention that the series opens with a car driving out of an airplane and landing in a swimming pool?”

Nemesis Returns is a follow-up to Millar and McNiven’s 2009-2010 series Nemesis, which is currently available in comic shops and bookstores across the globe.

NEMESIS RETURNS #1
Written by MARK MILLAR
Art & Cover by STEVE MCNIVEN
ON SALE THIS JANUARY

Monday, June 18, 2012

Steve illustrates New York Times Magazine story

Steve McNiven illustrates an article about the Mexican drug trade; colour by R. Kikuo Johnson: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/magazine/how-a-mexican-drug-cartel-makes-its-billions.html?_r=2&ref=drugtrafficking

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Cap's back!

Cap's out of the bag now - the new series debuts July 13th, the week before the Captain America movie opens. Written by Ed Brubaker and illustrated by Steve; this series marks the first time Steve has worked with Ed and all signs point to a sure-fire hit!



You can see more of the pencils from the first issue on Marvel's site here.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Fear Itself cover and other stuff

Fear Itself, Marvel's "big event" book for the summer of 2011 will have covers by Steve, the first of which is shown here:



Written by Matt Fraction and illustrated by Stuart Immonen and Wade von Grawbadger with covers by Steve and variant covers by Stuart. More info on the series can be found at MTV GEEK.

Steve's cover for 4 #1 has become somewhat iconic, having been used on shirts, calendars, books and now on a comic for Taco Bell! Details here. Hope these are available in Canada, I want to check out some of these comics! Colleen Coover is awesome.

The Nemesis hardcover collection is out now at your local comic or book store!

Go get a copy then you can give away your issues to someone who hasn't read it yet! Get someone new hooked on comics. Your mission for 2011.

That's it for now - talk at you soon.

Saturday, December 5, 2009

a New York Times best-seller!

Steve and Mark Millar's Old Man Logan hardcover leapt onto the NYTimes list of best-selling comics this week, or "graphic books" as the Times likes to call them.



and the big news is all over the interwebs about Steve and mark's new project that will debut in March 2010 - Nemesis!
Read all about it here.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Old Man Logan concluded!


This Wednesday, Sept. 23rd, will see the release of Giant-size Old man Logan! The final chapter in the Old Man Logan storyline by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven. For a preview of some of the interior pages, click here and scroll down a bit.

Steve will be signing copies of Giant-size Old Man Logan at Strange Adventures on Wednesday, Sept. 23rd from 5-6PM.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

scream-o-vision


Hiya, folks,

Did you know Steve is one of the nominees in Spike TV's Scream awards? Well, he is!

Steve is one of several remarkable artists nominated for "Best Comic Book Artist", the nominees are:
Tony Harris & Jim Clark, Ex Machina
Steve Mcniven, Wolverine
Eric Powell, The Goon
Frank Quietly, All-Star Superman, Batman and Robin
Ivan Reis, Green Lantern
John Romita JR., Amazing Spider-man, Kick-Ass

"Old Man Logan" was also nominated in the "Best Comic Book" category along with "Green Lantern, Hack/Slash, Kick-Ass, Thor, and The Walking Dead. There are several comic book categories at the Scream awards. Here are a couple more:

Best Comic Book Writer
Brian Michael Bendis
Joe Hill
Grant Morrison
Geoff Johns
Mark Millar
Brian K. Vaughan

Best Comic Book Movie
Dragonball Evolution
Punisher: War Zone
The Spirit
Watchmen
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Voting is done by fans who submit their votes via the Spike TV website here.