In the world of comics, Jack Kirby and Will Eisner may have been more influential artists, but Joe Kubert was its most influential man. Even if he we….

Marvel has always been to a large extent the world around us. It has to be evocative of the world around us, the feelings people are feeling. You tak….

Each time I think I've made a connection with someone... once they find out what I can do, whether it's hours or days later, everything changes. Inva….

Does Batman ever NOT have a plan...?.

One of the greatest sins in any story is false suspense. The kind of 'suspense' that disintegrates the moment you give your reader one second to thin….

Not since Walter Gibson has anyone been better suited to The Shadow than Howard Chaykin.

Comics are expensive. Don’t make me resent the money I spend buying yours. Every single moment in your script must either move the story along or dem….

It's not often that I get to remember and use phrases like "on out my farm" or "powerful ugly" in modern scripts..

I like the brighter, shinier, happier comic-book material on a personal level, but I also think the best stories are told where you just don't know f….

Socrates should have written comics..

When you give me something that I love, then I spend a long time drilling down on it and figuring out what it is I love about it..

Artists are not helper monkeys; they’re not in it to visualize 'your' story, because it stopped being 'your' story the moment you engaged in a collab….

Super-heroes were created to represent the best in all of us. We should aspire to match their nobility, not their ability to shoot big chrome guns..

In the long run, the quality of your work is all that matters. That is your only resumé. Be professional. Make sure your editor or publisher can alwa….

The best comics editors have the smallest egos. The worst ones feel like they have to justify their salaries by making changes just so they can leave….

You're a superhero. Shut up and enjoy having superpowers. This makes me crazy. This is why the Marvel movies kick DC movies' asses right and left. Be….

I was a teenager, and I went to see the Superman movie, and up to the point I walked into that movie, I was a kid with no direction and no real purpo….

Gillen and McKelvie shared their upcoming The Wicked + The Divine with me, and its amazing. Please tell your retailer this week to order!.

A superhero is someone who, at some point or in some way, inspires hope or is the enemy of cynicism. Even if you bog it down with political allegory,….

Never forget that at the end of the day, as a creative person, your résumé is all you've got..

The most basic definition of a story is 'Somebody wants something and something's in his way,' and I'm more likely to be engaged if I at least think ….