These are the young women [in Stand by Me] that we grew up knowing and hopefully they feel a little rough around the edges, because it’s true to life.
BRIAN K. VAUGHANAfter 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well.
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I love that the book [Paper Girls ] gets to kind of evolve and change in each era. Our third storyline is our best so far.
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We describe [Paper Girls] as Stand By Me meets Terminator.It’s a story about nostalgia and childhood, but with an action-packed, sci-fi bent.
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Some people are haunted by their pasts, but not my family. I mean, how can you be haunted by something that never really dies?
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I’m not afraid of the world. I’m afraid of a world without you.
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After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well.
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Life is mostly just learning how to lose.
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Pacifists are like vegans, I’m more of a vegetarian. I enjoy fish and occasional maulings.
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I like things that are weirdly imaginative and couldn’t be real, but I also like stories that are recognizable and relatable.
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Doesn’t matter if it’s personal or professional, a good partnership takes work.
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Immigration confuses and terrifies me, so why not try to write a comic and make some sense of it?
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I genuinely am sort of an emotionally stunted man-child, so if I just write to the top of my intelligence, it sounds like a teenager.
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My mom once told me that a good relationship isn’t where the other person makes you feel better, but where they make *you* better.
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Every issue, the characters and I duke it out. They usually win.
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Adaptations are great, but for me, comics have always been the destination, not a stepping-stone to get somewhere else.
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No. No, first comes boyhood. You get to play with soldiers and spacemen, cowboys and ninjas, pirates and robots. But before you know it, all that comes to an end. And then, Remo Williams, is when the adventure begins.
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