Despite his pretty striking success in both comics and Hollywood, Mark Millar tends to be a polarizing figure within the industry for essentially taking what some consider "I could have thought of that" ideas and unapologetically exploiting them to their fullest financial potential.

His upcoming "Nemesis" series with artist Steve McNiven through Marvel's Icon imprint is already being criticized as the ultimate extension of this notion with a premise straight from a comic shop conversation - "What if Batman was The Joker?"

I've caught criticism of the story idea and Millar's alleged writing strategy from message boards, Tweets from his fellow creators and especially within the blogging community, but a new Twitter account called "Mark Millar Ideas" might be one of the most blatant.

The most obnoxious (and funny) of the profile's tweets so far reads: "What if instead of KILLING KILLERS, the Punisher RAPED RAPISTS?"

Now, I personally don't have a problem with most of Millar's work. I loved his first two runs on "The Ultimates" (although his latest...), I thought his run on "The Authority" was great, "Kick-Ass" is my cup of tea, the list goes on. Given my higher ratio of amusement to annoyance, I think a little criticism goes a long way with his catalog.

I mean, labeling Millar a hack isn't really fair or deserved in my eyes. The dude is, in the words of more than one fan, "just in touch with his inner 15-year-old."

I can't accept the notion that what Millar's allegedly doing intrinsically harms the industry, devalues characters or takes a cheap shot at storytelling, partially because, aside from "Civil War" and a few other examples, he mostly takes his work outside of the mainstream comic book universes. Mostly, though? I just don't care either way. If he plops out a turd, there are other awesome comics to enjoy. Besides, if you don't know what you're getting into when you pick up a Millar comic by now, there's really not much anyone can do for you.

Whether you think his ideas are lame, or played out or just plain lazy, as long as he attaches top artistic talent and continues to sell (likely to half the people who claim to hate his work), the guy is going to be around doing what he seems to do best.

He knows it too, and he straight up confronts the issue in his recent interview over at CBR:
"Marvel President Dan Buckley sort of paid me a compliment, saying, "This is such a stupidly simple and obvious idea. I can't believe nobody's ever come up with it before. You are the master of the stupidly simple idea." Which I suppose is kind of flattering because everyone said that about "Kick-Ass" too. It's almost too simple."
So is the premise behind "Nemesis" too Mark Millar for even Mark Millar? I could easily change my mind after reading it once it drops, but for now I'm just going to accept the writer for who he is. As long as he's honest about his inspiration, stays consistent in his quality and doesn't hide behind pretension, there's little sense in hulking out.

I will say this, though. If a character so much as mentions a magical loom in the "Kick-Ass" film, I will openly weep as I exit the theater.