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Christopher Priest

American Writer

Born: Jun 30, 1961

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I quit comics in 1988 and trained as a bus driver. I used to drive those big Greyhound coaches out of New York Port Authority and down to Princeton, New Jersey. It was, hands down, the best job I ever had, and I profoundly regret having left it. I kept that job the entire time I was on staff at DC Comics in the '90s. Christopher Priest

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If you could access 90 percent of your brain, you'd be Charles Xavier. Christopher Priest

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I didn't want to write a 'black' book because black characters are a tough sell. Christopher Priest

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It made absolutely no sense to me why Panther would ever join a super-hero team; he's not a super-hero, and the record shows he did a whole lot of nothing most of the time. Christopher Priest

Literally everything that could be done with the 'Justice League' has been done with the 'Justice League.' Christopher Priest

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'Justice' actually means different things to different people. Christopher Priest

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In comics, my experience has been mostly artists whose visual storytelling chops are either weak or they're more invested in rushing to a paycheck than in doing work they can be proud of. Christopher Priest

I was trained in storytelling by Jim Shooter, Stan Lee, and Larry Hama. Doesn't make me a genius, and there really isn't anything fancy about the stage direction in my scripts. Christopher Priest

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Writing 'Deathstroke' presents a number of challenges to me. As a Christian, as a minister, it's difficult for me to write a comic book that all but glorifies violence. So my take on 'Deathstroke' has been to not so much celebrate violence but to deal with the consequences of violence. Christopher Priest

I think, personally, nothing comes from violence other than more violence. Christopher Priest

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I never really considered 'Quantum & Woody' a comedic book or a funny book. I never thought of it as a satire. Christopher Priest

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In my opinion, I feel like all versions of 'Deathstroke' are valid. Just like with 'Black Panther,' I felt like it wasn't good for a writer to say another writer's work was invalid or never happened. Christopher Priest

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In 'Black Panther,' I tried to preserve virtually all versions and interpretations of 'Black Panther' - including the Jack Kirby one, which was really tough to do - and make it work within current continuity. Christopher Priest

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Deathstroke,' in my view, is a family drama. It's like the 'Sopranos' with super villains. Christopher Priest

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Deathstroke is the dark-mirror version of Batman, basically. He is every bit as resourceful, every bit as ruthless, every bit as powerful as Batman. Christopher Priest

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I wanted to demonstrate that Deathstroke does not need to solve every problem with his fists. Christopher Priest

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I saw 'Get On Up' about a dozen times. I went every day. Every single day, I was standing outside when the movie theatre opened and bought my ticket. The theatre was usually empty. I live in a town that wasn't eager or very interested in a James Brown biopic, but I couldn't stop watching Boseman. Christopher Priest

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'Deathstroke' became an interesting challenge - not just because of his ethnicity, but because he's a villain. I've never written a villain as a protagonist of a series before. I thought this could be an interesting challenge. That's really what got my attention, and it just went from there. Christopher Priest

You go back to look over the body of my work, and there are no archetypal villains in my books. Christopher Priest

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The 'Black Panther' series was never really about the Black Panther at all. The State Department guy, Everett K. Ross, was the series protagonist, so politics was simply a logical part of the character's tool set. Christopher Priest

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I'm really not used to people paying attention to my writing. Christopher Priest

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