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Brian K. Vaughan

(1976) Screenwriter United States

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Brian K. Vaughan is a screenwriter from the United States, best known for Saga, Volume 12.

Quick Facts About Brian K. Vaughan

Born: July 17, 1976
Nationality: United States
Profession: Screenwriter
Notable works: Saga, Volume 12
Known for: Runaways, Saga, Paper Girls, Lost, Y: The Last Man

About Brian K. Vaughan

Brian K. Vaughan is an American writer and producer. He is best known for the comic book series Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Runaways, Pride of Baghdad, Saga, and Paper Girls.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Harvey Award for Best Continuing or Limited Series Harvey Award for Best New Series Harvey Award for Best Online Comics Work Harvey Award for Best Single Issue or Story Ringo Award for Best Writer Shuster Award for Outstanding International Creator Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series

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Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic Best foreign work published in Spain Harvey Award for Best Writer Eisner Award for Best New Series Eisner Award for Best Writer

Quotes by Brian K. Vaughan · Page 3

Your own creations are your own children; you gave life to them, so you'll always have, if not more passion to them,…

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Children

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I was embarrassingly well-versed in Marvel lore, so it was pretty easy to slip into that world. But really, already, by the…

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By the time

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I start with something that makes me angry or confused, and then I write about it. It's a form of self-help.

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About

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If a good editor will let me tell my story with the right artist, I'm happy.

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Art

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“They can't hurt us, you big babies! We're intangible! Why are you guys acting like you just died yesterday?”

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Hurt U

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There are probably writers who are much more visual than I am and some who are less. I like to think of…

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Am

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We describe [Paper Girls] as Stand By Me meets Terminator.It's a story about nostalgia and childhood, but with an action-packed, sci-fi bent.

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Action

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Life is mostly just learning how to lose.

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Learning

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It's TV shows like 'Buffy' and 'Angel' that usually have an incredible cliffhanger every commercial break that amaze me.

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Angel

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I never want readers to be comfortable, to feel like we're in a comedy or a drama. Life is never just one…

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Balance

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I remember seeing Stand by Me, when I was around 12, and just feeling like, "This is so refreshing to see kids…

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Childhood

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Comics are essentially films with fewer frames per second.

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Fewer

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“The more you care about someone, the more likely it is that your eventual parting of ways will be as sudden as…

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I grew up with a sister I was very close with and a mom who was a powerful influence on my life.…

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Always

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We've all seen lots of stories about a young protagonist having adventures, and usually they're all boys, [and] there is sometimes a…

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Adventure

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“Gert: What... what just happened? Chase: I don't know, but guess who totally stole Cookie Monster's glasses! Gert: Whew, for a second…

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Beast

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“I'd never felt anything quite like it. For the first time in my life, everything was as it should be. Because the…

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First time

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I'm totally open to it being a movie or a television series or whatever, but truthfully, if no one wants to do…

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Also

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All writing is the same: It's just making up lies until it starts to sound like the truth. That's what I do.

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Just

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Yeah, that's right. Flee in terror, bitches!

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Terror

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I wanted to write a story about a future where everyone has a secret identity, in part because the Internet no longer…

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About

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“Readers love fantasy, but we need horror. Smart horror. Truthful horror. Horror that helps us make sense of a cruelly senseless world.”

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Books

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Just go out there and get your heart broken in, so it'll be ready when you really need it.

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Broken

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Reef aquariums are definitely the pinnacle of the hobby.

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Aquariums

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“Everything good in New York used to be something awful, I guess." "And everything awful used to be something good.”

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Evolution

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