Know what your characters want, know what they need most, know what they fear most, and don’t be fearful of facing it, no matter how unpleasant it may be. Mark Waid Read Quote
I love the challenge of taking established, iconic comics characters and showing readers why they remain contemporary. Mark Waid Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
If I wanted to write a bunch of comics about 50-year-olds sitting around having a conversation about politics, that would be realistic, but it’d be the dullest comic in the world. Mark Waid Read Quote
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 Read Quote
You can do all of the world-building you want; at the end of the day, what’s important is the heart and the drive of the story and the heart and the drive of the characters. Mark Waid Read Quote
