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Mark Waid
Mark Waid
American Writer
Born: Mar 21, 1962
Comics Love Me Think World You
Related authors: Dale Carnegie Denis Waitley Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Ray Bradbury W. E. B. Du Bois William Arthur Ward
I'm a big fan of when you model a character as someone with a biological origin, doing deep dives and a lot of research. Mark Waid
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When you're a kid, regardless of the age you grew up, everything is high opera. With hormones raging, you have to fight external and internal battles that you've never had to deal with before. Unlike Tony Stark and Steve Rogers, who have seen it all and been through it all, everything heightens the drama. Mark Waid
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I am just tired of writing about heroes that we're dragging down to our level, and I want to write about heroes that we want to be. Mark Waid
Tired Writing Heroes Down Our About Write Am Just Want Level Dragging
The idea of lasting consequences isn't your usual 'Archie' trope. Mark Waid
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I love Jughead. I love his one-step-removed perspective on everything in Riverdale. And I love the fact that he wears that stupid hat. Mark Waid
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I knew I really wanted to work in comics in 1979. Mark Waid
Work Knew Comics Wanted Really
I broke into comics by working as a press reporter for the industry, for a trade press in comics, and reporting on events and reporting on books and so forth, and I got to know some of the editors at DC Comics in the mid-'80s. Mark Waid
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A superhero is someone who, at some point or in some way, inspires hope or is the enemy of cynicism. Mark Waid
Hope Enemy Way Some Superhero Someone Point Inspires Who Cynicism
You don't want to hit readers over the head like they're completely incapable of picking up on subtlety. Mark Waid
You Head Picking Over Like Readers Up Hit Want Subtlety Incapable
Find me anybody in comics who has a longer history of yanking defeat from the jaws of victory than Bruce Banner. Mark Waid
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If you go back and look at the first issue of 'Indestructible Hulk,' if you have a sharp eye, you'll catch something that I totally forgot to put in there. In my horror, I only realized after the fact that I took totally for granted that everyone in the world knows what triggers the transformation. Mark Waid
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I love 'Archie' comics. Mark Waid
Love Archie Comics
What's interesting is that younger characters just have a more vibrant, exciting point of view on the world. They are more emotional, they are more dramatic, and they are just electric. Mark Waid
World Dramatic Characters More Point Point Of View Emotional Exciting Just Vibrant Interesting Younger View Electric
I know my 'Archie' history. Mark Waid
History Archie Know
Certainly, your characters - whether they are superheroes are not - should have foibles. They should have problems; they should have things that their powers can't solve. That's what makes them nuanced, interesting characters. They can have intense motivations. They should have intense motivations to do what they do. Mark Waid
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Younger characters are just much more emotional. Mark Waid
Characters More Emotional Just Younger Much
I'm a great salesman when I believe in a product that somebody else is producing, but I always feel very awkward and clumsy asking for money for my work. Mark Waid
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When I first did 'Empire,' it was a severe break from everything I'd written up to that point, which is all very continuity-driven, super-heroic, and ethics and morals-infused. 'Empire' was a chance to break away from that. Mark Waid
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Style and entertainment tastes change, but the core emotions of being a kid - which, not coincidentally, are the core foundations of any good story - are constant. Mark Waid
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For me, it's infinitely more interesting to read or watch a character making decisions they think are right, but the audience knows differently, and seeing that disconnect. The only way characters can grow and learn is by making the wrong decisions and then learning from them. Mark Waid
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I'll still do print comics; as long as there's a market, I'll still be there. I just have a hard time believing that's the future. Mark Waid
Future Time Long Market Print Still Comics Just Hard Hard Time Believing
Serial fiction is a conceit of comic books and soap operas. As one goes, so goes the other in terms of public consciousness. Mark Waid
Other Books Conceit Terms Operas Comic Comic Books Goes Fiction Soap Soap Operas Public Serial Consciousness
What I need is for comics to not cheapen out and just do what they think a bunch of bloodthirsty 15 year old fans want. Mark Waid
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Years ago, I was asked to come up to do a store signing in Vermont. The short version is the two younger guys who own the store pick me up at the airport and start driving me around Vermont, showing me the sights and the textile mills and the restaurants, and the punchline is there's no store. There is no store! Mark Waid
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