Speaking with Comic Book Resources, Kick-Ass creators Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr.  announced plans to speed up the publishing schedule of the schlump turned costumed vigilante's second comic series. Part of what is motivating the acceleration is a planned spin-off mini-series focusing on the 10 year old, unstoppable killer Hit-Girl.

Between last October and today, two issues of Kick-Ass 2 have shipped to comic shops, but Millar is now promising "we're going to be on a very strict six-week schedule. It won't deviate from that at all, because a plan has been carefully worked out with Marvel to make sure we never have any further problems."

Romita added "There were a couple of reasons why all of a sudden I got a rocket in my ass. Number one is that Mark was just saying, 'Hey stupid -- get a rocket in your ass.' [Laughter] The second reason was a chance to work on the Hit-Girl series. "

Millar followed "we should be finished with Kick-Ass 2 # 8 early in the new year and will plunge straight into Hit-Girl immediately afterwards. The eight issues of Kick-Ass 2 and the six issues of Hit-Girl should be completely done by the end of next summer."