American - Author | 1970 -
The direct market has evolved into a machine that is very good at selling corporate-owned superhero titles published by two main companies: DC and Marvel.
Chris Roberson
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I'm doing a couple books at Dynamite. I'm writing Doc Savage over there.
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Superman has been my favorite character since I was six years old, and I have more comics featuring Superman than any other single character.
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Studios might not be able to figure out my leanings, but anyone who visits my blog or reads my Twitter feed or meets me in person will realize right away that I am a huge superhero fan and a fanatic about Superman in particular.
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I'm always amused when people point out that Benjamin's naivety about the publishing process is just so unbelievable in Starborn #1 since, of course, no aspiring writer in reality could ever be so naive.
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I have consumed so many Weisinger-era Superman comics that they ooze back out through my pores!
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My 7-year-old daughter is not shy of telling me she can draw better than me, and she's right.
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Getting the chance at 40 to make up stories that other people would draw and other people would then read is pretty weird.
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I started a publishing company just so I could get the phone numbers of everyone that I'd ever admired.
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It's hard to point to any single inspiration for 'iZombie' since, in actuality, it's made up from elements inspired by all kinds of different thing all mashed up together.
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I grew up in the '70s and '80s, at a time that I'd argue was the absolute golden age of American popular culture. Because not only did we have all of the fantastic new stuff in print and on screens, but we had a constant supply of everything that came before, as well.
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There was an enormous revival of pulp fiction that started in the '60s and continued into the '70s, which in large part gave rise to things like 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones,' among others. But I developed an appetite for the original stuff at the time, and that appetite has never really abated.
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