New Art & Story Details For Mark Millar's THE SECRET SERVICE

Since its announcement in October of last year, 'The Secret Service', written by Mark Millar and drawn by Dave Gibbons (and based on ideas from Millar and director Matthew Vaughn), has gained a lot of of publicity due to the talent involved, but not much information has been dropped in terms of story. Millar has said it's a spy story at the end of the day, but anybody could come to that assumption just by looking at the title. Now, in an interview with Comic Book Resources, he reveals more of the story, how it came about, and gave us a look at finished art from the February launching series. According to Millar, the idea for 'The Secret Service' first came about during a conversation with Vaughn about the James Bond movie 'Casino Royale' (the 2006 reboot), and how it didn't feature any moments where he learned how to be James Bond. €œWe've (Millar and Vaughn) both got a couple of friends in special forces, both here and in the US, and even the real life training, without any artistic license, is really incredible set-piece stuff. If you ramp it up a little, it makes for some incredible scenes in a comic and in a movie.'The Secret Service' is about a number of things, but one of the central thrusts is about a young, wayward hoodie kid from North London learning how to be James Bond.€ Millar could say little else on the project, citing a non-disclosure agreement since Vaughn is currently writing the script to the upcoming movie adaption he intends to direct, but he did say, while it is a classic spy story, it will be imbued with the gritty and over the top style he is known for. €œI would say that this is our version of S.H.I.E.L.D. or U.N.C.L.E. or any of those brilliant super-spy concepts, but seen through that skewed perspective we brought to superheroes in 'Kick-Ass.' It feels very, very fresh. I don't think there's ever been a comic like this and all three of us are very excited about it.€