The small press circuit is, well, small and I have seen a lot of folks who have had very promising beginnings making comics – but then they sort […]
The single image is the vital component of the comics medium, just as the single note is the vital component of music, the single frame the vital component […]
It is and remains my contention that the true lover of the medium is not the sycophantic fan who adores the good and the bad with equal fervor, […]
I read Johnny Ryan a lot. I like Dan Clowes, too, of course. Chris Ware, I know he’s a great artist, but I can’t afford the emotional depression.
American comics are powerful and cool. European comics seem very intellectual. And Japanese comics are very light-hearted. If you could combine the best of all three, you could […]
I had one [pitch] where Batman went completely broke. His corporation went completely broke. He was like, ‘should I throw this Batarang? These cost me $550 each. I’m […]
And I will Crip Weezy, Crip Jones, and Crip you Now I’m the Doggfather, walking with a Shih Tzu Mad that DC comics overlooked me ‘Cause Captain America’s […]
Stan Lee is, in some ways, a businessman. He doesn’t really think that comic books are an art form. For him, it’s an industry. […] Superman makes me […]
In the time before jets, when the last shuttle left La Guardia at eleven, I flew home to Logan on a virtually empty DC-7 and one of the […]
A superhero movie, by definition, you know, it’s comic book. It’s for kids. It’s adolescent in its core. That has always been its appeal, and I think people […]
Joe McCulloch Relatedly, I’ve noticed that many of your comics are attentive to individual albums as unique pieces of storytelling. For example, each chapter of The Metabarons is […]
I’ve noticed with the British writers there’ll be a political edge that’s not in the American stuff. Writing superheroes in particular, we’re very suspicious of people in uniform; […]
My feeling about mainstream, monthly superhero books is that they should contain more invention, be more daring, take more chances… because they can.