“What really matters is not how well a character fits a definition, but how strongly he or she resonates. Characters with strong, resonant ideas at their core will have more of an impact on the cultural consciousness than a character who's just an empty collection of attributes.” WellsIdeasMatterCharacterStrongConsciousnessFitEmptyImpactDefinitionsCoreCollectionsAttributes Author:Kurt Busiek
“There are a lot of discussions where people will decide that James Bond is a superhero, because he's a larger-than-life hero who beats the bad guys by doing larger-than-life things. And I don't think that's a useful definition.” PeopleThinkingGuyHeroBeatsDefinitionsDiscussionSuperheroBad GuysLarger Than Life Author:Kurt Busiek
“"Superhero" is a term that's been borrowed in order to say "big and larger than life and loud and active and dumb." And I don't think that's a useful definition. That's more a dismissal.” ThinkingBigsOrderTermDefinitionsActiveDumbLoudSuperheroBorrowedLarger Than LifeDismissal Author:Kurt Busiek
“At one point, I worked up a list of five requirements for a superhero: superpowers, a costume, a code name, a mission, and a milieu. If the character had three out of the five, they were a superhero. But that's just my definition.” IfsCharacterThreeNamesFiveDefinitionsMissionsListsCodeRequirementsCostumesSuperheroSuperpowerMilieu Author:Kurt Busiek
