“Dracula, if he could see modern corporations, wouldnt like them much. He took care of his people, at least as he saw it. They had very little freedom, but they had a protector.” PeopleIfsLittlesCareSawsModernCorporationsProtector Author:Kurt Busiek
“I think the purpose of deconstruction is to take something apart and see how it works. If you're not going to put it back together again and watch it go, what's the point?” IfsThinkingTogetherPurposeWatchesBack TogetherTogether AgainDeconstructionBack Together Again Author:Kurt Busiek
“Superhero creators who engage in deconstruction fall into two categories: There are the guys who do it because it's easy, because it gets an audience reaction if you point out that superheroes must be a bunch of psychotic nuts. And there are the guys who do it because they're actually interested, and they're trying to get at what's going on underneath. They're interested in the process and the results.” IfsTryingTwoGuyFallEasyProcessResultsAudienceCreatorReactionsBunchCategoriesNutsSuperheroPsychoticDeconstruction Author:Kurt Busiek
“If there's ever a character who can only serve one metaphor, I'll probably tell one story with that character and be done with it.” IfsDoneCharacterStoriesMetaphor Author:Kurt Busiek
“If I won the lottery tomorrow - which would be a real trick, since I haven't entered - and was independently wealthy for the rest of my life, I'd write comic books, because it's what I like doing.” IfsWritingBookRealWould BeHavensTomorrowTricksComicWealthyComic BookLottery Author:Kurt Busiek
“I could name you a dozen superheroes whose powers I'd like to have. But if I could have any power in the world, it would be the power to read or watch a creative work and absorb the technical skill of the people who made it. Because then I could have even more fun writing. That's my core identity.” PeopleIfsWorldWritingMadeWould BeNamesFunWatchesCreativeIdentitySkillsCoreMade ItIf I CouldDozenSuperheroCreative WorkTechnical Skills 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
