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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.

Brian K. Vaughan

Everyone had a mother, even if she had to leave us on a stranger’s doorstep. No matter how we’re eventually raised, all of our stories begin the exact same way. They all end the same, too.
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Eventually Everyone Same Strangers
A comic script is basically a love letter from you to your artist.
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Artists Letters Scripts
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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Better Feel Good Mom Relationship
I’m not afraid of the world. I’m afraid of a world without you.
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Afraid Love Without World
We’ve all seen lots of stories about a young protagonist having adventures, and usually they’re all boys, [and] there is sometimes a token female, or two.
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Adventure Boys Female Two
I know I’m a grumpy old man, but I’m always more delighted by readers talking about the actual comics than people talking about how eager they are to have their favorite comics be “elevated” into another medium.
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Adaptation Men People
I think some people are just very passionate that things remain the way they were when they were kids.
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Kids People Thinking
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.
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Knowing Life Stand True
Every issue, the characters and I duke it out. They usually win.
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Character Issues Winning
What cruel creatures men are. Our bodies tell us to love so many, but there’s room in our hearts for so few.
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Body Heart Men
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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Mean Past People
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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Childhood Girl Stand
Doesn’t matter if it’s personal or professional, a good partnership takes work.
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Good Matter Partnership
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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Leader Superhero Writing
I’m still digesting the ’90s. It takes some time to get perspective.
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Perspective Stills
Yeah, that’s right. Flee in terror, bitches!
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Bichest Terror Yeah

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