That’s the thing about comic strips and their creators, they don’t age the same way. It’s hard for creative people to keep going back to what’s best about […]
Today’s superhero is too much like an action hero who participates in non-stop violence; he’s aggressive, sarcastic and rarely speaks to the virtue of doing good for humanity. […]
There are comics that are for kids, yes. But saying comics are for kids is like saying movies are for kids, or books, or magazines, or music. It […]
Comics and graphic novels can be read as a medium for rapid prototyping for new content strategies that will soon reshape the rest of the entertainment industry.
If we [gaming industry/game developers] don’t break out of the big buff guys with swords, and guys in tights, and space marines in armor, we’re going to get […]
Comics lull you into a false sense of security. You think, this will be funny or at least unserious. Then we hit you with the explosions and the […]
I sometimes think of my industry like those old 100% Colombian Coffee TV commercials. Do you remember those? The ones that showed Juan Valdez coming down the side […]
The bigger comics publishers are really property libraries. If a title loses money but generates a film or TV series, that’s okay. The more properties that are created, […]
I don’t think readers should confuse comics and classic literature; the mediums ultimately have each a different purpose (with many exceptions) and comics should never replace books completely […]
I used to be embarrassed because I was just a comic-book writer while other people were building bridges or going on to medical careers. And then I began […]
What superhero comics have largely become – in the last 10, 20 years in particular – are sort of like WWF wrestling matches between good guys and bad […]
Since “Superman” was created by a couple of Jewish kids from Cleveland, that makes him Jewish. Raised in a small town by a “Goyisha” couple, he probably never […]