In the lead-up to Kick-Ass, we were able to score an interview with the writer, Mark Millar.  While we don’t have the full interview ready yet, we thought we’d transcribe this little bit of news from the Ultimate Avengers front that came out during the interview.

Check back later in the week for the story about Kick-Ass.

“For Ultimate Avengers I’m revamping Blade which is a character I’ve loved since I was a little kid.  And I’m revamping The Punisher and so on.  So it’s all characters that we’ve never really seen in the Ultimates and I’m having a lot of fun doing that.  The next story line…the one that’s running just now is all about Captain America and his son, The Red Skull, and the second story arc is called “Crime and Punishment” and it’s where the Punisher  is captured, has an implant put in him and is forced to work for S.H.I.E.L.D.  And you see Ghost Rider.  I’ve done this with Ultimate Ghost Rider, Punisher, and I’ve got the African-American Hulk who was Bruce Banner’s mentor and the first Hulk, the guy who taught him everything he knows and he’s probably the character I’m most excited about.”

Then he said something in his accent that seems unintelligible about Blade and something called Vampire X.  We asked him about the artists on the Ultimate Avengers books, too.

“The first arc is Carlos Pachecho’s thing and that story is called The Next Generation.  The next one was called Ultimates Black, but I changed it to Crime and Punishment and the guy who’s doing that is Leinil Francis Yu.  Above that, I’m not sure.  I’ve written four of the six issues, but I haven’t decided upon an artist yet, because the guy who I originally was gonna use I’ve ended up pulling away and using on a creator owned property, you know? So, I’m meeting Marvel next week and I’ll finalize that next week.  And we’re thinking about Steve McNiven for the final arc.  We’ll see the Hulks versus, and see Punisher versus Captain America, you know the African-American Hulk versus the regular Hulk and so on.”

Check back soon for the full interview to talk about the future of Kick-Ass, the Kick-Ass movie and why Mark Millar would ever pour whiskey into his eyes on purpose.