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Brian K. Vaughan
Brian K. Vaughan
American Writer
Born: Jul 17, 1976
About Always Being Comics Think You
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After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well. Brian K. Vaughan
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The biggest inspiration for everything I do is, of course, my wife, playwright Ruth McKee. Brian K. Vaughan
Wife Playwright Everything Ruth Inspiration Course Biggest
By the time you have your protagonist attempting to assassinate the Pope, you've sort of signaled that everything is on the table. Brian K. Vaughan
Time You Everything Table Attempting Protagonist Sort Your Pope Assassinate By The Time
It's cool because I think 'Ex Machina' is a little bit under the radar, which is always when I do my best work - when I feel like no one's paying attention. Brian K. Vaughan
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Even though I was trained in play writing and screenwriting, when I sat down to write a comic book for the first time, Alan Moore was first and foremost in my mind. Brian K. Vaughan
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I sort of jumped out of movies and into the lifeboat of comics. I loved it right away. It was the opposite of film school. Whatever was in my imagination could end up in the finished product. There were just no limitations. Brian K. Vaughan
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I never liked working on editorial-driven comics. I just didn't see what was the point. They don't pay well enough for me to write other people's ideas. Brian K. Vaughan
Me People Pay Other Enough See Point Write Never Ideas Liked Well Well Enough Comics Just Working
I am a big theater fan. It's mostly just being pretentious, I think, and trying to look smart. Brian K. Vaughan
Smart Pretentious Big Think Look Mostly Am Trying Just Being Fan Theater
Print and digital comics will always coexist. Brian K. Vaughan
Digital Will Print Always Comics Coexist
For a lot of arcane shipping reasons, new comics, even digital ones, have a long history of only being released on Wednesdays. Brian K. Vaughan
History Digital Long Released Arcane Only Long History New Comics Lot Shipping Being Reasons Even
I never like to talk about my own politics, but whether you're left, right or center, the 2008 race was definitely good drama. Brian K. Vaughan
Politics Good You Own Drama Definitely About My Own Never Like Talk Left Center Whether Race Good Drama Right
I don't think anything connects with an audience as deeply as a long-form serialized drama, and much as I love television, I've always found a good ongoing comics series to be much more immersive. Brian K. Vaughan
Love Good Think Drama Television Ongoing More Audience Always Comics Anything Much Connects Series Found Deeply
Fantasy/science-fiction stories have been around almost as long as each genre, but every hybrid now lives in the shadow of 'Star Wars.' Brian K. Vaughan
Long Every Shadow Hybrid Almost Genre Around Been Stories Wars Each Star Star Wars Now Lives
In film, you have the luxury of accomplishing what you need in 24 frames every second. Comics, you only have five or six panels a page to do that. Brian K. Vaughan
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There are probably writers who are much more visual than I am and some who are less. I like to think of myself as a happy medium. Brian K. Vaughan
Myself Happy Think Medium Visual Some More Writers Like Am Than Much Less Who
It's interesting - I think superheroes get much more unfair derision. There are so many good superhero books being done. Science fiction is almost more reputable, I guess, at least a step up from poor superheroes. Brian K. Vaughan
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I love doing research. I'm a film-school geek. Brian K. Vaughan
Love Research Geek Doing
I like animal sidekicks. They seem to be a pretty cool trope of post-apocalyptic fiction - just because if you're going to have this lone protagonist, they're going to need someone to talk to. Dogs are overused, and cats are dumb. So that leaves monkeys. Brian K. Vaughan
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I guess my journey with comics began with stuff like Spider-Man and Batman. I started off with mainstream superhero stuff, which I've never abandoned. Brian K. Vaughan
Journey My Journey Guess Batman Abandoned Spider-Man Superhero Never Mainstream Stuff Like Comics Off Began Which Started
As much as I'm enjoying stuff out here in Hollywood, I will always think of myself as a comic-book writer who does film and television, not a film and TV writer who occasionally does comics. Brian K. Vaughan
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I love other movies that have been made since, but I think more than any comic book movie, 'Superman' just totally seemed to capture superheroes in ways that others have not. Brian K. Vaughan
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Fans of my books have just been supremely nice. Brian K. Vaughan
Fans Nice Books Supremely Been Just
Not many people read my stuff, but I really like the ones that do. Brian K. Vaughan
People Stuff Like Read Really Many
I think there is a possible future where maybe we do just take a hard turn away from the Internet and we do start valuing our privacy again. Brian K. Vaughan
Future Privacy Internet Think Our Valuing Possible Take Maybe Just Where Again Turn Hard Away Start
I never want readers to be comfortable, to feel like we're in a comedy or a drama. Life is never just one of those things. Life is a balance of all those things. Brian K. Vaughan
Life Balance Comedy Life Is A Drama Those Never Feel Like Readers Comfortable Just Want Just One Things
Comics brought me to the dance. It'll always be my first loyalty. Brian K. Vaughan
Loyalty Me Dance First Brought Always Comics

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