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 from page to page or moment to moment when the sucker-punches are coming.
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… - Mark Waid
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…
- Mark Waid
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… - Mark Waid
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…
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… - Mark Waid
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…
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… - Mark Waid
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…
Does Batman ever NOT have a plan...? - Mark Waid
Does Batman ever NOT have a plan...?
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… - Mark Waid
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…
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,… - Mark Waid
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,…
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… - Mark Waid
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…
It's not often that I get to remember and use phrases like "on out my farm" or "powerful ugly" in modern scripts. - Mark Waid
It's not often that I get to remember and use phrases like "on out my farm" or "powerful ugly" in modern scripts.
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