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Comic Books To Me Are Fairy Tales For Grown-ups.

Superheroes? In New York? Give Me A Break!

I Remember When I Was A Kid, I Loved Sherlock Holmes. I Thought Arthur Conan Doyle Was One Of The Greatest Writers, Because I Felt I Knew Sherlock Holmes. He Existed To Me. When I Went To England The First Thing I Did Was Go To Baker Street To Look For His House. I Think You've Got To Try To Make All Of Your Characters As Empathetic And Realistic As Possible.

Marvel Is A Cornucopia Of Fantasy, A Wild Idea , A Swashbuckling Attitude , An Escape From The Humdrum And Prosaic. It's A Serendipitous Feast For The Mind, The Eye , And The Imagination, A Literate Celebration Of Unbridled Creativity, Coupled With A Touch Of Rebellion And An Insolent Desire To Spit In The Eye Of The Dragon.

From 1940 To About 1960, I Had Been Writing Just Regular Comics, The Way My Publishers Wanted Me Too. He Didn't Want Me To Use Words Of More Than Two Syllables If I Could Help It. He Didn't Want Me To Waste Time On Worrying About Good Dialogue Or Characterization. Just Give Me A Lot Of Action, Lot Of Fight Scenes.