Mark Millar Auctions off the Role of the Villain in Nemesis!
Last week, Mark Millar and Dynamic Forces held a charity auction to allow a lucky fan to have their name used for the the hero of his upcoming new series, Nemesis, drawn by best-selling artist Steve McNiven (see here). The bidding closed a $8,400, and the money raised will go towards buying a new bus for a special need school.
With quarter of the money raised for the bus, Mark Millar has decided to auction off the opportunity for fans to have their name used as the alter-ego of the titular villain, Nemesis!
Bidding has only been open for one day, and the highest bid is already at $4,050 The auction can be found here: http://cgi.ebay.com/WIN-TITLE-ROLE-NEMESIS/270528673787
Here is the full press release:
MARK MILLAR AND DYNAMIC FORCES ANNOUCE BENEFIT AUCTION
WIN THE VILLAINOUS ROLE IN THE UPCOMING “NEMESIS” Comic Book Series! Benefit auction debuts Monday, February 8th, 2010 for a special cause.
February 8, 2021 — In 2008, Mark Millar made comic-book history when he offered fans a chance to be the superhero, Kick-Ass! Last week, Mark Millar again gave fans the opportunity to be the hero of his upcoming new series, “Nemesis,” drawn by best-selling artist Steve McNiven. “Nemesis” is about the fight between America’s smartest cop and the world’s one and only super-villain.
Now that America’s smartest cop has a name, Dynamic Forces will once again host an auction for “Nemesis,” but this time the winner’s name will be used as the secret identity of the villainous Nemesis! And again all proceeds raised from this once-in-a-lifetime event will go directly into a special fund that will assist handicapped children.
“Can I just say a huge thank you to everyone who participated in the first auction,” said Mark Millar. “The kids and staff at my brother’s school were delighted and the $8,400 raised means a quarter of their target has been reached already. I had chosen a good secret identity for Nemesis himself, but it seems almost selfish not to auction this now too and possibly reach the halfway line the kids need for this bus. I’m amazed how much cash was raised the first time around, but am hoping the auction to name the TITLE character raises even more. Dave Lizewski loves the fact he’s the lead in the Kick-Ass comic, movie and upcoming video-game and I’m hoping whoever wins this new auction is equally delighted. A huge thanks to them for finding the cash in these difficult times.”
“I’d like to say thank you to the readers of Mark’s comic books and to all those who have supported this cause by participating in the Nemesis auction,” stated Bobby Millar. “The money raised will go a long way towards helping the school buy a much-needed minibus for our youngsters. Many thanks also to the team behind the auction who have volunteered their talents in order to make the auction a huge success!” ,p>Millar has had amazing success with his creator-owned characters being picked up for movies and it was only a few years ago that Dave Lizewski was immortalized as the winning bidder for the Kick-Ass auction. Now, Dave will now be immortalized forever in comic books, movies, and upcoming video games and toys. Be sure to bid at (Insert Link) for one day only for your chance to be the next Dave Lizewski!
ABOUT MARK MILLAR:
MARK MILLAR is an award-winning Scottish comic-book writer and the highest selling British comic-book writer of the last decade. His best-known works include Kick-Ass, Wanted, The Authority, Ultimates 1 and 2, Marvel Knights Spider-Man, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Wolverine: Old Man Logan, and Civil War. Wanted was a smash-hit movie in 2008 starring Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman and the recently completed Kick-Ass movie (starring Nicolas Cage) is to be released in the US on the 16th of April.
ABOUT DYNAMIC FORCES:
DF is the comic-book and collectible industry’s top producer of limited-edition and autographed memorabilia, including comic books, lithographs. DF functions as a packager of comics, having ranked as high as one of the top 5 suppliers of Diamond Comic Distributors, and a premiere comic and entertainment supplier for United States and International TV Shopping Channels (including being instrumental in QVC US’ Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith Movie and DVD Release), having placed key items in QVC’s Batman: Begins Movie shows and more!
Active and previous licenses include: DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Aspen Entertainment MLT Incorporated, Top Cow Productions, Universal Studios Hit series Battlestar Galactica, and Classic Battlestar Galactica, Xena, and Darkman, Revolution Studios’ Hellboy, MGM’s Army of Darkness,
Pressman Films’ The Crow, Sony Pictures’ Underworld, T2, Hasbro’s G.I.Joe, Sandy Frank Productions’ Battle of the Planets (G-Force), Jim Starlin’s Dreadstar, Howard Chaykin’s American Flagg!, Frank Miller’s Sin City Frank Miller & Simon Bisley’s Bad Boy, Classic Media’s Lone Ranger, Magnus Robot Figher and Solar, Man of the Atom — and many other entertainment industry giants. DF continues to set the pace in the comic collector and comic memorabilia markets. Recent product line expansions includes: action figures, vinyl and poly resin statues, tin collectibles, mini-deformed characters, lunchboxes, trading cards, lithographs, giclees, apparel and much more!
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