One of the reasons I never had a problem handing over my characters to other creators is that I knew that they would add their own influences and takes on the characters and make them better for it. — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
Back in the '30s, '40s and '50s, you had clear-cut heroes, clear-cut supervillains. Today, you have more of a blend, more of a gray area between the two. You have the rise of the sympathetic villain and the rise of… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
One of the key characteristics of the comic book medium is that it is not brought to life by just one voice. — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
I don't buy comics anymore, for the most part. I eat my lunch off of them. — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
“Mutants, super beings, gods, aliens, a guy who sticks to walls at one extreme, a creature who eats planets at the other; Each one… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
I like having pairs of characters to play off each other. I love drawing Batman, but he's more fun with Robin. Batman charges ahead,… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
The thing that weighs the most on how your final artwork turns out is the amount of time you have and the speed at… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
There's also a lot of punch you get from doing an extreme closeup and have it just be that image with nothing around it.… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
Part of running DC Comics is that it's much larger than Image Comics is, or was. There's a challenge to being one of the… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
No true fan wants to go to Comic-Con and get assaulted with a marketing blitz about just any old show. — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
As lifelong fans of comic books, Dan Didio and myself, we definitely have our own takes on what make for successful comics and the… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
There is the intent of the writer and the interpretation by the artist. What the writer intended and what the artist interprets is not… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
Whether it be in comics, games or film, you can trace the art direction and influences back to some earlier, real-life historic period or… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
