Telling Stories: The Comic Book Creators

Bruce W. Timm:
There's no logical reason that costumed superheroes should appeal to me, but they just do.

Greg Rucka:
There's no logical reason that costumed superheroes should appeal to me, but they just do.

Howard Chaykin:
It's really the character in the middle then I build the stuff around it.

Geoff Johns:
When you add words to those pictures, you have the perfect method of communication, and that's what comics are.

Jimmy Palmiotti:
Every year now, we're going to see people doing more complicated and far out things with the combination of pencil and typewriter.

Trina Robbins:
I see my job as making people look forward to something.

Steve Englehart:
I do not try to think about the audience while I'm working. It's crowded enough during the creative process with all the voices in my head.

Adam Hughes:
Stories that don't emotionally connect aren't worth anybody's time.

Jimmy Palmiotti:
I just want to have enough success that I can do the next book. That's all I want.

Howard Chaykin:
For me, that blank page starts with structure and outrage.

Steve Englehart:
I try to put everything I can into the story. That's the deal.

Steve Englehart:
It's really the character in the middle then I build the stuff around it.

Trina Robbins:
When you add words to those pictures, you have the perfect method of communication, and that's what comics are.

Arnold Drake:
Every year now, we're going to see people doing more complicated and far out things with the combination of pencil and typewriter.

Geoff Johns:
I see my job as making people look forward to something.

Adam Hughes:
I do not try to think about the audience while I'm working. It's crowded enough during the creative process with all the voices in my head.

Greg Rucka:
Stories that don't emotionally connect aren't worth anybody's time.