I was on the set of the first Powers pilot, and an actor of color came up to me and said, "When I was a kid, my friends wouldn't let me play Batman or Superman, because I wasn't their color. But they would let me play Spider-Man. And that's the difference." And I realized I had heard this story a hundred times from different people, but I wasn't there in my head yet.
I was there when Sam Raimi showed Stan Lee the first cut of the first Spider-Man movie. I was on a couch next to Stan, watching how special effects h… - Brian Michael Bendis
I was there when Sam Raimi showed Stan Lee the first cut of the first Spider-Man movie. I was on a couch next to Stan, watching how special effects h…
- Brian Michael Bendis
Artists are not your art monkeys. They are your collaborators. They should be given all due consideration to follow their journey. - Brian Michael Bendis
Artists are not your art monkeys. They are your collaborators. They should be given all due consideration to follow their journey.
One similarity I see between peers and some of the people who read my books is that comics were definitely an outlet for us. - Brian Michael Bendis
One similarity I see between peers and some of the people who read my books is that comics were definitely an outlet for us.
This is something I learned when I was working at a newspaper: when you put something on paper, whether it's words or pictures, and it's staring back… - Brian Michael Bendis
This is something I learned when I was working at a newspaper: when you put something on paper, whether it's words or pictures, and it's staring back…
In the history of comics and movies and music too, it's always when things are at their bottomed-out, either creatively or financially, there's more … - Brian Michael Bendis
In the history of comics and movies and music too, it's always when things are at their bottomed-out, either creatively or financially, there's more …
I was listening to the inclusiveness of Spider-Man, and why he's so appealing to so many people, but I didn't connect it all at first. - Brian Michael Bendis
I was listening to the inclusiveness of Spider-Man, and why he's so appealing to so many people, but I didn't connect it all at first.
If you loved everything you were writing, you would be deluding yourself or a complete and absolute narcissist. It's not about liking what you write,… - Brian Michael Bendis
If you loved everything you were writing, you would be deluding yourself or a complete and absolute narcissist. It's not about liking what you write,…
It also helps that what Dan Slott is doing with Peter Parker in the comics has elevated him to something else, so that Miles Morales at the moment is… - Brian Michael Bendis
It also helps that what Dan Slott is doing with Peter Parker in the comics has elevated him to something else, so that Miles Morales at the moment is…
You're as good as the people you're with. - Brian Michael Bendis
You're as good as the people you're with.
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