If I hadn't had the outlet of writing and drawing comics, I guess there's a good chance I wouldn't be around today. — Jim Starlin Chance Copy Share Image
There are forces at work you do not perceive. I weave a delicate strategy which rash actions could rend. Patience , please. — Jim Starlin Action Copy Share Image
Thanos was the first character I ever created professionally. He's always been the baby I return to whenever I work with Marvel. — Jim Starlin Copy Share Image
Thanos came to me while I was taking a psychology class in college after coming out of the service; the ol' Thanos/Eros… — Jim Starlin Class Copy Share Image
I've been influenced by so many different writers along the way - from Charles Dickens, Roger Zelazny, Michael Moorcock, John D. McDonald,… — Jim Starlin Copy Share Image
I didn't like characters that were one- or two-dimensional. I liked a guy to have a lot of different levels to him… — Jim Starlin Comic Copy Share Image
If you look closely, you'll see that Marvel basically has three Thanoses. There is the 1970s Thanos appearing in the movies. This… — Jim Starlin Copy Share Image
If you look back on my career with Marvel, you will see that I don't really return to the House of Ideas… — Jim Starlin Copy Share Image
Vietnam affected everything in life while it went on. My time in the service made it clear to me that what we… — Jim Starlin Copy Share Image
My well-meaning parents decided to send me to a Catholic grade school to get a better education than I probably would have… — Jim Starlin Copy Share Image
Thanos and Adam Warlock are two of a kind because they're both sort of out of the norm: out of the circle… — Jim Starlin Copy Share Image
I'd like to have had a bigger piece of Thanos than I do, but when the first 'Avengers' movie came out, Marvel… — Jim Starlin Avengers Copy Share Image
My father worked in Chrysler's drafting department and used to bring home tracing paper, No. 2 pencils, and masking tape from the… — Jim Starlin Copy Share Image