archway, created as part of the efforts to reinvigorate the canal, was inspired by Millar's work, depicting a superhero named Captain Coatbridge and two superheroines. In June 2013, Millar was appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to film and literature on the Queen's Honours Birthday list. Award nominations 2000 Eisner Award for Best Title for a Younger Audience — Superman Adventures (shared with Aluir Amâncio, Terry Austin, and others) 2000 Eisner Award for Best Writer — Superman Adventures 2001 Eisner Award for Best Writer — The Authority and Ultimate X-Men 2001 Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story — The Authority #13–16: "The Nativity" (shared with Frank Quitely and Trevor Scott) 2004 Eagle Award for Favourite Comics Writer 2005 Eagle Award for Favourite Comics Writer Influences Millar has cited Alan Moore and Frank Miller as the two biggest influences on his career, characterising them as "my Mum and Dad." Other comic book creators he names as influences include Dave Sim, Grant Morrison, Peter Milligan, Warren Ellis and Garth Ennis. In 2013, Millar listed Superman, Flash Gordon, The Spy Who Loved Me, Star Wars and The Incredibles as his five favorite films. Personal life Millar is a practicing Catholic who abstains from using profanity in his personal life. He met his first girlfriend Gill, who lived nearby in Coatbridge and attended the same school as him, at the age of 17. The couple married in 1993 and divorced in early 2009. They have one daughter, Emily, who was born in 1998. Millar's second wife, Lucy Unwin, gave birth to their first child in November 2011 and the second in March 2014. Millar and Unwin married in May 2016. They reside in Glasgow's West End. In 2005, Millar was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Political views Speaking about his political views, Millar has described himself thus, "I regard myself as traditionally left of centre and progressive, a Eurosceptic in the Bennite mould, and the policies espoused by the coalition formed under the Yes umbrella are the closest to my own particular ideology." Before the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, Millar was cited as a supporter of Scottish independence by groups such as the National Collective, and made comments interpreted in support of independence. However, in the run-up to the referendum, Millar stated that he was "genuinely undecided". In a January 2015 interview with The Herald, he