I don't know if I can lighten up on Mark Millar.
I was talking LOGAN with my buddy and had to admit the depiction of Professor X was very Millaresque -- the cursing, the extremities, the finality. I hate Mark Millar's writing because it smacks of easy fan-fiction, and he's stumbled his way into writing for actual intellectual properties. And when he's not twisting them into perversions of themselves, he's lifting ideas wholecloth from other places. Sometimes, even, it's raw pandering.
But watching Professor X in LOGAN, having to admit to myself it's a very Millar-type, I began to see mitigating nuances that softened the gonzo, anything-goes feel. I had to wonder if I went back to read Millar's work, could I then see beyond the histrionics and extremities and bear witness to what he intended, even if lazily. I was able to find more shape and dimension to Matthew Vaughn's work, with the help of Dragon and Film Crit Hulk, but Millar appeal still eludes me. It feels too vacuous, and I don't know why. He usually picks great art partners. The genius isn't flying off the page for me.