This is an interesting interview with Mark Millar — this coming from me who know I am not the biggest Millar fan due to Civil Bore and other yawns he has written but I do want to enjoy his issues of The Fantastic Four. I really do! 1985 really does nothing for me so I am wondering if that will make it more enjoyable since I will not have any real interest in the book and Millar could then surprise me.

A nice quote on Millar’s POV on Dr. Doom and Mister Fantastic, this makes sense to me:

” Two people who should have been best friends who fell out because Reed is 1% smarter and Doom couldn’t live with it. He’s spent his entire life trying to prove he’s Reed’s superior, totally embittered by Reed’s happiness and success, but Reed proves his superiority with his annual ass-whupping. Doom is a typical European, essentially.” – Mark Millar

I like that point of view of Reed and Victor as it makes sense to me. I still think that Doctor Doom is so under rated, often poorly written and always a scapegoat for [insert hero/team name] needs a win this week in a comic book — oh well, just have them beat Dr. Doom!

Here’s hoping that Millar had a strong run on the FF then maybe it starts a comeback to good solid storytelling. I ain’t holding my breath but I will be buying FF until Millar hits that wall of WTF or falls off the map like Civil Bore.

Oh right, here is the link if you want to go check it out yourself:
http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=151599