Comic book writer and movie producer Mark Millar is holding another international comic book talent hunt. Launching today, this year's Millarworld talent search follows in the footsteps of "The Millarworld Annual 2016," which featured the work of 13 winners. The Millarworld talent search is looking for aspiring creators -- six writers, six artists and one cover artist -- to work on existing Millarworld properties like "Kick-Ass" and "Nemesis." The winners' work will be published in next year's "Millarworld Annual 2017."

"I've always been very precious about letting other people do my creations, but the industry always need new blood and last year's entries were just beyond stellar," said Mark Millar in the press release. "Comics have been really good to me and I want to do what I can with my limited time to help other creators get into print."

Here are the winners of the previous contest, whose work was published in "The Millarworld Annual 2016."

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The aspiring creators can work on Millarworld properties like "Kick-Ass & Hit-Girl," "Empress," "Nemesis," "Huck," "Supercrooks" and "Superior." The chosen creators will all be paid rates similar to Marvel and DC's starter rates: $90/page for writers and $200/page for artists. Profits for the annual will be donated to the Hero Initiative.

The deadline for entries is November 30, 2016, with winners being announced on December 23, 2016. Additional information and submission guidelines will be posted at millarworld.tv and can also be seen in the full press release, posted below.

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