Certainly, your characters - whether they are superheroes are not - should have foibles. They should have problems; they should have things that their powers can't solve. That's what makes them nuanced, interesting characters. They can have intense motivations. They… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
You can do all of the world-building you want; at the end of the day, what's important is the heart and the drive of the story and the heart and the drive of the characters. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
