Of What Import Are Brief, Nameless Lives

The Cliché I Tried To Avoid Was I Hated "teenage Sidekicks." I Always Figured If I Were A Superhero, There's No Way On God's Earth That I'm Gonna Pal Around With Some Teenager. So My Publisher Insisted I Have A Teenager In The Series, Because They Always Felt Teenagers Won't Read The Books Unless There's A Teenager In The Story; Which Is Nonsense.

I'm No Prophet, But I'm Guessing That Comic Books Will Always Be Strong. I Don't Think Anything Can Really Beat The Pure Fun And Pleasure Of Holding A Magazine In Your Hand, Reading The Story On Paper, Being Able To Roll It Up And Put It In Your Pocket, Reread Again Later, Show It To A Friend, Carry It With You, Toss It On A Shelf, Collect Them, Have A Lot Of Magazines Lined Up And Read Them Again As A Series. I Think Young People Have Always Loved That. I Think They Always Will.

I Have Always Tried To Have A Message, Not To Be A Preacher, But A Message That Shows It's Better To Be A Good Guy Than A Bad Guy, And I Try To Make It Clear That Doing The Right Thing Is More Attractive Than Not.

Everybody Is Excited About Their Projects And I'm Excited Too. It's Not Like Working. It's Like Playing With Your Friends. When I Was A Kid, I'd Say To My Mother, "can I Go Out And Play With The Kids Now?" Now I'm Out Playing With The Kids All Day Long.

I Don't Think You Ever Outgrow Your Love For Things That Are Bigger Than Life And More Colorful Than The Average Life. And Somehow I Feel That These Comic Book Stories Are Like Fairy Tales For Older People, Because They Have The Same Qualities.