If You Look At Marvel Comics, There

It's Nice To Be In A Situation Where The Two Books That I Write For A Sort Of Regular Monthly Income Are Also Works That I Enjoy Immensely, Rather Than Them Being Some Kind Of Bread And Butter, Do It Because You Have To Do It.

The Comics I Read As A Kid Were Much More Influenced By Tv And Movies. Encountering Superheroes As An Adult Without That Kind Of Childhood Sentimentality, It Just Doesn't Allow You, Or In My Case At Least, It Wouldn't Let Me Take The Characters Seriously.

Howard Chaykin Was One Of The Few Who Dared To Make Mainstream Comics Different Back In The Eighties; It Was Guys Like Him, Alan Moore And Frank Miller Who Made Sure There'd Be No Going Back. Howard's Work On The Shadow Is Amongst His Very Best: Razor-sharp Character Work, Sizzling Dialogue And An Unsurpassed Sense Of Layout And Design.

As The Scripts Come In They Are Sent To The Artists, And The Artists Are Either Very Busy, Or Ready To Start.

Wouldn't Want To Write The X-men, And I Suppose The X-men Is The Ultimate Marvel Comic, And I Really Wouldn't Want To Go Anywhere Near It At All, Although On The Other Had I Wouldn't Mind Having A Crack At Something Like The Punisher.