I think every time you take a female character, a black character, a Hispanic character, a gay character, and make that the point of the character, you are […]
If the character can do no wrong and is perfect in every way, he is not a terribly interesting character.
I’m probably the quintessential hack writer. I don’t get inspirations as such. And when I don’t have something to write, I’m not thinking about it at all. But, […]
I never thought that Spider-Man would become the world wide icon that he is. I just hoped the books would sell and I’d keep my job.
In comics, things are very different: words and pictures are far from being redundant. In comics, that is, words and pictures don’t just mirror one another, but interact […]
What sets the Marvel movies apart from a lot of the other superhero movies is they start with the comics. They don’t thumb their nose at the source […]
I collected every comic strip that existed, from Mickey Mouse to Superman. The next thing that arrived was rock and roll when I was around 10 or 12 […]
DISCOURSE was deemed Man’s noblest attribute, And written words the glory of his hand; Then followed Printing with enlarged command For thought – dominion vast and absolute For […]
I really think comics are more fun when they play to their strengths, and do the things that movies can’t do, and go to places in the imagination […]
There’s always room for more, there’s always room for further diversity. Whether it’s more Latino characters, or more Black characters, or more LGBT characters – you pretty much […]
Go to Germany kids. Maybe Budapest if you’re not Jewish. But this is something that I’m remembering from interviewing Al Hirschfeld. He had lived in Paris for a […]
Translating comics requires special skills beyond the purely linguistic. For a start, the space allocated to speech/ thought balloons and narrative captions both defines and confines what can […]