A while back, Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. held a benefit auction to earn money for charity while giving one lucky fan the chance to earn his place in comic book history by naming the main character in Kick-Ass. Well, with he and Steve McNiven's new book Nemesis, he's doing it again. The Civil War team is offering fans a chance to bid on an auction for the chance to name the lead character, and the proceeds will go to a fund that assists handicapped children.
"My older brother, Dr. Bobby Millar, works with these children every day and he explained to me what a difference it would make if they could get a new bus," Millar said. "Resources are tight at all schools and hospitals in the current economic climate, but we had a great success with the Kick-Ass auction and feel hopeful that comic-book readers will dig deep again and they can build towards this pretty hefty amount of cash they need for the vehicle. Steven and I have had an amazing run of luck with Civil War and Old Man Logan and we're hoping Nemesis will be similarly massive. To star as a comic-book hero is pretty cool and the intense movie-studio and production-company interest for Nemesis before the book even hits the stands should bode well that whoever wins this auction will get their name out there in many other media too, just like Dave Lizewski. I really hope people get behind this as the staff at the school do a terrific job and the kids would be delighted with this nice, new bus everyone has their eye on."
Nemesis follows a battle between the sharpest cop in America and the only supervillain in the entire world. As you might expect, the character the potential winner would be naming is the cop. The auction is live now and can be found on eBay, ending Thursday. Happy bidding, everyone!
