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.
BRIAN K. VAUGHANWhat 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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To try and imagine that I’m another person is always going to be hard – whether I’m writing about a truck driver or someone who is gay, who’s trans, who is of a different ethnicity or creed. But it would be boring if I always had to write about myself and my limited viewpoint.
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Victor: You guys have some kind of rallying cry? You know, “Avengers assemble?” “It’s clobberin’ time?” “Hulk smash?” Nico: “Try not to die.
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After ten years of toiling away in Hollywood, I realized that there’s no better place for new ideas than comics.
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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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I think some people are just very passionate that things remain the way they were when they were kids.
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I don’t start a story until I know where it’s going to end.
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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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I’m 40 now, and I have children of my own. Before I forget my own childhood completely, I want to take some time to take a look at the ’80s and think back.
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Doesn’t matter if it’s personal or professional, a good partnership takes work.
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I mean, do you know what you get when you call a suicide hotline in New York city? A busy signal. Literally.
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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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That was the appealing thing about comics: There literally is no budget in comics. You’re only limited by your imagination.
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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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I remember seeing Stand by Me, when I was around 12, and just feeling like, “This is so refreshing to see kids swear and smoke cigarettes like my friends.” It just felt much more real than the Sesame Street version of childhood that I’d been spoon-fed.
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Fantasy/science-fiction stories have been around almost as long as each genre, but every hybrid now lives in the shadow of ‘Star Wars.’
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