“I think that the superhero-as-metaphor involves a superhero being some sort of intellectual, emotional, or other such concept writ large. But I don't know that it's a necessary part of the appeal that the superhero be superior.” ThinkingKnowsEmotionalIntellectualConceptsMetaphorSuperiorsAppealsSuperhero Author:Kurt Busiek
“I'm not building each one character around one metaphor, so much as trying to build a heroic archetype that can be used to express the kind of metaphors that I find in each story.” TryingKindCharacterStoriesUsedBuildingMetaphorHeroicArchetype Author:Kurt Busiek
“The characters are, by their nature, archetypes that can serve different metaphors.” DifferentCharacterMetaphorArchetype 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
