"I saw the comics in the East Village Other, and they weren't superhero comics, they were all about hippies and all about things hippies were interested in. And there was one page in particular, a full page strip called "Gentle's Trip Out" signed "Panzika", and it was totally, totally psychedelic, and really, I don't know if it made any sense at all but it looked so great, and I thought, "This is what I want to do, this is my big influence," and it was."
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"Avengers was cool. I liked it. But I feel like we haven't seen this side of the superhero universe. So I think fans want to see it, too. If everything is perfect and shiny and everybody has Quinjets and mansions, it just gets a little... I don't know. I'm ready for something different."
"The superhero aesthetic is all about the human form and showing the body, whether they be female or male."
"Superpowers, don't always make you a superhero. - Duck"
"There's no such thing as a superhero, but together we can world in a new direction."
"I've always really loved action films, but I don't see myself as a superhero girl."
"I'm not even against superheroes. It's not my cup of tea. But there's just this endless stream of them and they are so repetitious and suspend certain rules in a way that I don't find dramatically helpful. The imperviousness can be too much."
"I had tried to come up with a superhero comic, but it didn't work 'cause I wasn't a superhero artist, and I left it unfinished."
"The public always loves anything that's different, as long as it's well-made, if it's well-done. You never know what to expect when you go to one of these so-called superhero movies."
"The thing to me that's fun is trying to make the characters seem believable, or realistic. And it's especially challenging when you're doing fantasy stories, when you're doing superhero types of things."
"It's amazing what these superhero movies have become."
"I couldn't say no when I received that offer [to re-invent the DC characters]... How can any writer say no to the opportunity of redoing every one of DC's top superheroes?"
"I was in the beginning when [comic book superheroes] started, but not anymore. Now I expect it. I've gotten very used to it."
"A superhero's catchphrase should be like a really memorable advertising slogan. It sticks in your head and you can't stop humming it. And let's face it, superheroes are just really selling themselves as products."
"I'm as excited as a kid with a new toy to be able to create a unique, exciting, urban superhero for a magazine that I respect as much as VIBE."
"I think kids love superheroes, and the more you can crowd into a story, the more excited they get."
"I want to be a superhero, I want to be Spider-Man or Batman. Will you let me know if you have any connections? Let's make it happen."
"The media need superheroes in science just as in every sphere of life, but there is really a continuous range of abilities with no clear dividing line."
"If I had to choose a superhero to be, I would pick Superman. He's everything that I'm not."
"As you get older you realise your parents aren't these superheroes. They're actually people."