Fantasy/science-fiction stories have been around almost as long as each genre, but every hybrid now lives in the shadow of ‘Star Wars.’
BRIAN K. VAUGHANThat 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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Immigration confuses and terrifies me, so why not try to write a comic and make some sense of it?
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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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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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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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Doesn’t matter if it’s personal or professional, a good partnership takes work.
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Fans of my books have just been supremely nice.
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Pacifists are like vegans, I’m more of a vegetarian. I enjoy fish and occasional maulings.
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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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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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Life is mostly just learning how to lose.
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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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A comic script is basically a love letter from you to your artist.
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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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Adaptations are great, but for me, comics have always been the destination, not a stepping-stone to get somewhere else.
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