Alan Moore isn’t a misogynist but fuck, he’s obsessed with rape. I managed to do thirty years in comics without any rape!
I can’t take on those Comics Journal guys, they flattened me, as they did, it’s just defensive, smartass kids.
When a fan commented that he was “exhausted” of reading Superman’s origin over and over again, [Grant] Morrison recommended that maybe he take a break from superhero comics, […]
Let the artists go crazy, let the writers go crazy, and we will see a return to the values of comics, the imaginative values. Because for the last […]
Bruce Wayne is a rich man. He’s an artistocrat. Superman grew up as Clark Kent on a farm bailing hay, and he’s got a boss that shouts at […]
I’ve been close to nervous breakdown, sheer exhaustion, or profound existential crisis several times doing this stuff, and somehow, I always bounce back refreshed with new ideas. “Bend, […]
Burnout is grist to the mill. I write every day, for most of the day, so it’s just about turning into metaphor whatever’s going on in my life, […]
A lot of artists are naturally wary of fan pressure and the excessive criticism that come with a higher profile, so they put their all into a project, […]
I find it incredible that drawings on paper can make people laugh or cry or get angry. You know these primitive, occult marks that really quite magically come […]
Comics, with their minimal budgets, can afford to take risks and break rules in this area that Hollywood and TV producers are generally afraid to do. We’re at […]
I’m fascinated by the “reality” of comic book characters like Superman and Batman, who are really much bigger than we are. They’ll be around when we’re dead. In […]
For me, the only essential question of a superhero universe – and a good superhero story – is not “How did that happen?” or “Why did that happen?” […]
I’ve always liked to leave resonant spaces, gaps and hints in stories, where readers can do their own work and find clues or insert their own wild and […]