There’s just something about that late ’80s that suddenly feels like it has something to teach us.
BRIAN K. VAUGHANIt was interesting looking back at the ’80s and trying to find newspaper headlines from the time – the cliché of history repeating itself.
More Brian K. Vaughan Quotes
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Doesn’t matter if it’s personal or professional, a good partnership takes work.
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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 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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I like being around teenagers. It’s good for drama; they feel everything much more intensely than adults do, their lives are much more interesting than ours. They’re mutants. They have these weird bodies that are rebelling against them and changing every day. Teenagers always equal good drama.
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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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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 grew up in the suburbs of Cleveland in 1988 and there was just one year where suddenly all of the delivery kids that used to be boys were suddenly girls. It happened at our church too. Altar boys were suddenly altar girls.
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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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Adaptations are great, but for me, comics have always been the destination, not a stepping-stone to get somewhere else.
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It was interesting looking back at the ’80s and trying to find newspaper headlines from the time – the cliché of history repeating itself.
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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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Every issue, the characters and I duke it out. They usually win.
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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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If a good editor will let me tell my story with the right artist, I’m happy.
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I’m not afraid of the world. I’m afraid of a world without you.
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