https://consumerist.com/2017/08/07/netflix-is-now-in-the-comic-book-business-buys-company-behind-kick-ass-kingsman/ >Comic book characters are a big business, responsible for billions of dollars a year in movie and TV revenue. Netflix knows this fact first-hand from its various, exclusive Marvel shows, but now the streaming video giant has gone a step further, actually popping off to the shop and picking up a comic book company to call its own. >Netflix announced this morning that it has purchased Millarworld, the comic book publisher created by award-winning writer Mark Millar, creator of the Kick-Ass and Kingsman comics, which have thus far spawned a total of four feature films. The terms of the sale were not made public.