If you’re writing about a character, if he’s a powerful character, unless you give him vulnerability I don’t think he’ll be as interesting to the reader.
Superheroes in New York, Give me a break!
You can read a Shakespeare play, but does that mean you wouldn’t want to see it on the stage?
Reading is very good. And you can quote me!
If Shakespeare and Michelangelo were alive today, and if they decided to collaborate on a comic, Shakespeare would write the script and Michelangelo would draw it. How could anybody say that this wouldn’t be as worthwhile an artform as anything on earth?
Comming from your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
We’re living in a world where everything moves very quickly. We’ve become a very visual society, so I think it’s a very natural thing that people are captivated with the illustrations in a story.
I never thought that Spider-Man would become the world wide icon that he is. I just hoped the books would sell and I’d keep my job.
I thought it would be fun to take the kind of character that nobody would like, none of our readers would like, and shove him down their throats and make them like him.
In the beginning Marvel created the Bullpen and the Style. And the Bullpen was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the Artists. And the Spirit of Marvel said, Let there be The Fantasic Four. And there was The Fantasic Four. And Marvel saw The Fantasic Four. And it was good.
No matter how good a story is, if you’re at a newsstand and you see a lot of comic books, you don’t know how good the story is unless you read it. But you can spot the artwork instantly, and you know whether you like the artwork, whether it grabs you or not.
Wives should be kissed – not heard.
I love Marvel and the people there. Im glad I m still part of it.
I always thought it was more interesting to think about Reed Richards. As you know, he had the ability to stretch, and sexually, that would seem to be a great asset in many areas.
In a sense, the artwork is the most important thing in getting somebody to buy a book. The person probably won’t buy a book if he doesn’t like the artwork. Once you buy it for the artwork, you hope that the story will also be good.
The only time I go on the set is when I have a cameo to do in the picture. I go to the set and I do my little cameo and I meet all the people. It’s a great way to spend the day. And then I go back to my own world.
A superhero’s catchphrase should be like a really memorable advertising slogan. It sticks in your head and you can’t stop humming it. And let’s face it, superheroes are just really selling themselves as products.
I work with people and we come up with ideas for movies, television and things like that. It’s fun and I love doing it.
I’m very proud of being a hack. It’s why I’ve lived as long as I have, I think.
I had a publisher who felt comics were just for little kiddies, so he never wanted me to use words of more than two syllables.