Mike S. Miller

Mike S. Miller (born 1971) is a

He did pencil and ink work for the comics adaptation of George R. R. Martin's Hedge Knight series (2003–2004, 2007) and for Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time: New Spring (2005–2010).

Miller created and co-wrote The Imaginaries, which was published in 2005 by

His 2005 comic book series Deal with the Devil was optioned in 2008 by Lionsgate Films,[4] but not produced.

Miller drew two

In the late 2010s he began producing his creator-owned Blacklist Universe, and solicited sales of Lonestar, the first book from it, through Indiegogo.^[8]

In 2020 he launched a comic through Indiegogo called The MAGAnificent 7. The comic features superhero characters such as "El Rushbo" and "Shap-Hero" fighting the leftist "Sorosian" to save President Trump.^{[citation needed]}

In 2021 he working on a graphic novel called Shadow of the Conqueror by Shad M. Brooks.

Controversies

Use of Mike Wieringo's art and name

In January 2019, Miller announced that he owned an old Spider-Man cover rough draft (a "breakdown") that had been done by Mike Wieringo, who had died in 2007, and that he proposed finishing it but making it into a cover for his Lonestar series. He tweeted, "Hahaha... I own it. I can throw it in the trash if I want to. If it stirs up controversy, all the better." After inking the breakdown and posting it, calling the work "The last Mike Wieringo original cover that may ever see print!", other creators criticized him for using the name of a renowned, deceased artist to promote his work. They also accused him of forging Wieringo's signature, inking it into the art and writing Weiringo's name in the artist credit space along his own. Mike Wieringo's executor, his brother Matt, insisted Miller had to remove the signature.^[9]

Miller initially agreed not to use it, and posted a video of him burning the paper, the title of which was a reference to the Final Solution.^[9] A few days later, Miller declared that he had burnt a fake copy to troll people.^[10]

Religious messages in comics

Comic book writer Joe Harris said that after Miller drew the comic book "X-Factor #147", Harris had to "try and artfully place caption narration to cover all the unscripted 'Jesus Saves!' and 'Evolution: A Theory In Crisis' type messages he'd scribbled and hidden throughout the damn thing." Harris recalls covering up messages with captions and word balloons.^[11]

In another comic drawn by Miller, "Wolverine #144", Miller successfully included a URL to a conservative Christian website and a reference to Jesus's final words in pieces of signage, a "choose life" bumper sticker, and a scene of Wolverine on a crucifix. In response to the articles, Miller tweeted that the story was not newsworthy and its reporter was "a hack".^[12]

Personal life

Miller lives in

Further reading

• Mike S. Miller at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• Younis, Steven (September 24, 2000). "Exclusive Mike S. Miller Interview". Superman Homepage. Retrieved 2020-11-03.