Brian Stelfreeze

Illustration is commercial. It's work that we produce, and I think what you can do is you can draw from the pool…

— Brian Stelfreeze

Oddly enough, Black Panther's almost like an analog to Tarzan.

— Brian Stelfreeze

Much like every artist or every creator, I got into comics as a kid, and the most important thing was the 'bang…

— Brian Stelfreeze

I'm always a little nervous when someone comes from other media into writing comics. It's a unique storytelling form, and it requires…

— Brian Stelfreeze

I try to place what I creatively have to say above who I am.

— Brian Stelfreeze

In a collaborator, I always look for someone who's going to push me a little bit.

— Brian Stelfreeze

I believe monthly comics and the extended miniseries are the true hallmarks of comic art and storytelling.

— Brian Stelfreeze

Wakanda was allowed to develop freely, specifically on its own. Wakanda pushed back all the invaders. So they maintained all their traditions;…

— Brian Stelfreeze

'Day Men' provides a magnificent challenge in that it deals with a secret society within a secret society.

— Brian Stelfreeze

When I do actual sequential work, I really want a story I can get a behind: a story that really holds my…

— Brian Stelfreeze

I don't consider what I do 'art.' It's 'storytelling.'

— Brian Stelfreeze

There's an attitude that I have where I bring the art to the table and the writer brings the writing to the…

— Brian Stelfreeze

Wakanda is the Marvel world's most technologically advanced nation, and offensives there can have ramifications everywhere, so that leaves open great possibilities…

— Brian Stelfreeze

I never really thought about the fact that most of the times I saw Black Panther, he was in New York or…

— Brian Stelfreeze

I like it when I'm watching a movie which has a harmonious feeling to it. It's as if the environment puts you…

— Brian Stelfreeze

Writing comics and drawing comics is a really very specific art form. It's a lot easier to get it wrong than it…

— Brian Stelfreeze

There is a profound gap between meeting a person and knowing a person, and that holds true for the difference between visiting…

— Brian Stelfreeze

I decided that in Wakanda, the royal family would have extremely dark complexions, like so black they're blue. My attitude was, because…

— Brian Stelfreeze

I've always liked the simplicity of the Black Panther costume. I've never liked when people give him flashy capes and other adornments.

— Brian Stelfreeze

I'm trying to have Wakanda represent all of Africa.

— Brian Stelfreeze

Most established comic writers have a fixed style or methodology, so what you get on page one of the first issue is…

— Brian Stelfreeze

When you're an artist, you're generally working at home alone in a studio. It's just really good to get with other guys…

— Brian Stelfreeze

I see every project I take on as significant, and I try to pour a lifetime of experience into it.

— Brian Stelfreeze

I think of Wakandan technology as organic technology. Most of their tech mimics nature because it comes from nature.

— Brian Stelfreeze

I think when you're being creative, you still attach it to reality somehow.

— Brian Stelfreeze