I’ve always thought of fantasy as a genre of best-case scenarios, and horror as a genre of worst-case scenarios.
BRIAN K. VAUGHANWe 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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Fans of my books have just been supremely nice.
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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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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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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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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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The longer I’ve been writing scripts, the more I find that you have to give the artist more leeway or else you’ll just be disappointed. You can’t force them to draw every image that’s in your head.
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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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A comic script is basically a love letter from you to your artist.
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I’m not afraid of the world. I’m afraid of a world without you.
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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 think some people are just very passionate that things remain the way they were when they were kids.
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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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Yeah, that’s right. Flee in terror, bitches!
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Next up, I’m going to grow a big, disgusting beard, just so people will start talking about Alan Moore and me in the same breath.
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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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