Mark Waid Quotes
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I was the last guy I imagined anyone would ever associate with 'Daredevil,' but once I gave the character some thought, much like with the 'Fantastic Four,' I found my hooks and, I think, some angles on the series that have never been explored.
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Style and entertainment tastes change, but the core emotions of being a kid - which, not coincidentally, are the core foundations of any good story - are constant.
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I respect people of faith, but I'm not one.
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If I wanted to write a bunch of comics about 50-year-olds sitting around having a conversation about politics, that would be realistic, but it'd be the dullest comic in the world.
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In Marvel Comics, the worst thing was always that your loved ones could be attacked, or you could be horribly beaten in a knock-down, drag-out fight, but in the Superman comics, you would be run out of town with people throwing rotten vegetables at you and waving a sign that said, 'Superman, Who Needs You?'
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The best stories, the most-fun 'Avengers' stories, explore the relationships between the characters.
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After ten years he has finally let free a wrath that would cower Satan himself. How can any man possibly calm the fury he feels towards his persecutors.
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A superhero is someone who, at some point or in some way, inspires hope or is the enemy of cynicism.
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What sets 'Archie' apart from the many, many times I've reworked and rebooted long-standing characters is that this time, it was really scary.
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I love Jughead. I love his one-step-removed perspective on everything in Riverdale. And I love the fact that he wears that stupid hat.
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I think someone like Jack Kirby, for instance, would suffer greatly in the transition from print to digital were he still around.
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The fun of writing established characters is that there's a rich mythology to draw from - you get to play with toys you loved as a kid.
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I love the challenge of taking established, iconic comics characters and showing readers why they remain contemporary.
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I love print comics.
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Indestructible does not mean utterly invincible.
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Especially in the digital age, people want everything now, now, now.
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Teaching is good for me. It forces me to articulate ways of doing things or rules of thumb that I've sort of taken for granted.
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I'd still love to work with John Romita Sr. at some point. That's the dream.
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I think there's a moral imperative when you're writing fictional heroes to give characters who somehow give us something to aspire to as opposed to dragging them down to our level.
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Dialogue is one of the easiest ways to get character conflict across immediately in comics.
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When you're writing a team book where every character already has his or her own series, you don't have dominion over them as individuals - but what you can exploit is their relationships with one another.
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I like being able to have a conversation. I like being able to do a vocal interview.
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I don't know if you'd do a Marvel story on Ferguson, because it trivializes what the real flesh-and-blood people on the ground are doing there. But you can make an allegory and deal with the bigger questions.
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Serial fiction is a conceit of comic books and soap operas. As one goes, so goes the other in terms of public consciousness.