"Superhero" is a term that's been borrowed in order to say "big and larger than life and loud and active and dumb." And I don't think that's a useful definition. That's more a dismissal.
I tend to think that the best face of humanity is that we learn. We explore, we study, we think. - Kurt Busiek
I tend to think that the best face of humanity is that we learn. We explore, we study, we think.
- Kurt Busiek
I think James Bond is a spy. He's not superhuman. Calling him a superhero is like calling James Bond movies "comic-book movies." - Kurt Busiek
I think James Bond is a spy. He's not superhuman. Calling him a superhero is like calling James Bond movies "comic-book movies."
I'm a writer. I just love telling stories. - Kurt Busiek
I'm a writer. I just love telling stories.
Youve got to leave the reader with more than just a name and a costume - they need to know who the character is, what theyre like, what kind of attit… - Kurt Busiek
Youve got to leave the reader with more than just a name and a costume - they need to know who the character is, what theyre like, what kind of attit…
It's fun to take a piece of formula and go someplace else with it and see what happens. - Kurt Busiek
It's fun to take a piece of formula and go someplace else with it and see what happens.
I like superheroes. I like the drama of it, the stirring, larger-than-life aspect. - Kurt Busiek
I like superheroes. I like the drama of it, the stirring, larger-than-life aspect.
At one point, I worked up a list of five requirements for a superhero: superpowers, a costume, a code name, a mission, and a milieu. If the character… - Kurt Busiek
At one point, I worked up a list of five requirements for a superhero: superpowers, a costume, a code name, a mission, and a milieu. If the character…
I don't view Twitter as a promotional tool but as a really, really, really cool cocktail party. - Kurt Busiek
I don't view Twitter as a promotional tool but as a really, really, really cool cocktail party.
Superhero creators who engage in deconstruction fall into two categories: There are the guys who do it because it's easy, because it gets an audience… - Kurt Busiek
Superhero creators who engage in deconstruction fall into two categories: There are the guys who do it because it's easy, because it gets an audience…
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