I broke into comics by working as a press reporter for the industry, for a trade press in comics, and reporting on… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
Jan. 26, 1979, was the most important day of my life. Because that's the day that I saw 'Superman: The Movie.' I… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
I like the brighter, shinier, happier comic-book material on a personal level, but I also think the best stories are told where… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
I'm a big veteran of being able to, in one comic, explain to you everything that you need to know to get… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
Certainly, your characters - whether they are superheroes are not - should have foibles. They should have problems; they should have things… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
I think comics are really - superhero comics are at their best and most primal when they're about joy and flying, and… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
I got taught a lot of great lessons by superhero comics as a kid about virtue and self-sacrifice and responsibility. And those… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
A superhero is someone who, at some point or in some way, inspires hope or is the enemy of cynicism. Even if… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
The best comics editors have the smallest egos. The worst ones feel like they have to justify their salaries by making changes… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
I don't know if you'd do a Marvel story on Ferguson, because it trivializes what the real flesh-and-blood people on the ground… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
Maybe this is because I'm a comics historian as much as anything else, but I really have a deep-seated respect for the… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
Marvel has always been to a large extent the world around us. It has to be evocative of the world around us,… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
In the long run, the quality of your work is all that matters. That is your only resumé. Be professional. Make sure… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
The nice thing about working with BOOM! on 'Irredeemable' and 'Incorruptible,' man, was they let me have my head. No one said boo about… — Mark Waid Copy Share
Captain America is an interesting character because it makes you ask those questions in yourself as a writer. What do we want as a… — Mark Waid Copy Share
Real science is the greatest, most exciting springboard I have available to me as a writer, and I don't feel the least bit constrained… — Mark Waid Copy Share
To my mind, a mix of veterans and rookies is number one on the list of 'things that make a good Avengers team.' — Mark Waid Copy Share
There have been many days when I have had to work up to writing 'Irredeemable' because I just didn't feel like wallowing in that… — Mark Waid Copy Share
Artists are not helper monkeys; they’re not in it to visualize 'your' story, because it stopped being 'your' story the moment you engaged in… — Mark Waid Copy Share
Serial fiction is a conceit of comic books and soap operas. As one goes, so goes the other in terms of public consciousness. — Mark Waid Copy Share
In a 22-page comic, figuring an average of four to five panels a page and a couple of full-page shots, a writer has maybe… — Mark Waid Copy Share
You're a superhero. Shut up and enjoy having superpowers. This makes me crazy. This is why the Marvel movies kick DC movies' asses right… — Mark Waid Copy Share
If you go back and look at the first issue of 'Indestructible Hulk,' if you have a sharp eye, you'll catch something that I… — Mark Waid Copy Share
Teaching is good for me. It forces me to articulate ways of doing things or rules of thumb that I've sort of taken for… — Mark Waid Copy Share
