Brian Azzarello Quotes

'Deadpool Bad Blood' is a book that long-term fans of Wade Wilson can appreciate it along with newcomers and movie fans. We gave this book everything we had, and I think it shows.

The Creeper in the 'Katana' series is the same Creeper that will be in 'Villains Month.'

I wrote the original Mike Hammer as a comic, Mike Danger.

It's always been a dream for me to play a comic book character.

I have some shorter stories coming out in other books early next year. I might be pitching a re-vamp of Ghost Rider in the spring. We'll see.

Over at Marvel, I have a five-part series coming out very soon. The books or chapters will appear weekly. It's called '5 Ronin' and features some iconic Marvel heroes as you've never seen them.

My character is Toni Topaz, and she's from the new-generation Archie Comics. I will be rocking the signature pink hair.

With 'Mutant Ninja Turtles,' I wanted to play a character who lives more in the real world, although yes, I grant you, he immediately encounters, um, turtles, of the teenage mutant ninja variety.

Venom is such a great character, it will be fun to see who he tangles with along the way.

From the get-go, 'Original Sin' was always as much a Nick Fury story as anything else.

'100 Bullets' is such a post-modern noir; there are certain rules you gotta follow.

As you have two more huge characters as Cable and Domino, 'Deadpool' is growing, and it's making 'X-Force' franchise bigger and bigger.

Deadpool does not exist in any way, shape, or form without me.

'Midnight Nation' is really interesting.

One of the best decisions we made on the 'Arrow' pilot was to have the Deathstroke mask. Within 30 seconds, you knew you were watching a DC comics show.

I think 'The Avengers' is a Black Widow movie. She saves the day. And if you take her out, the plot does not function.

When I first got the audition for Shado, I went online and subscribed to DC Comics and read a bunch on Shado and the Yakuza, just to get to know her character better.

I happen to like dark, and I like the fact that 'Arrow' is a pretty dark show, particularly for a network show.

Most crime fiction, no matter how 'hard-boiled' or bloodily forensic, is essentially sentimental, for most crime writers are disappointed romantics.

I believe that pop culture is just, like, so ready for 'Watchmen.' We tried so hard to ride that wave between satire and reality, and all the things that make you still care about the character, but you don't miss the commentary about them.

I met a bunch of comic-book writers at the Metropolis convention and there was such an interesting discussion about the story of 'Supergirl' and trying to get it right. It can be a challenge, because you don't want it to be the same as the Superman story.

Christopher Nolan's 'Batman Begins' set the bar very high for the superhero movie, as it showed that you could get a great cast for these movies and take a real filmmaker's perspective.

I don't want to see Superman replaced with Superboy.

I've always slightly preferred Spade to Marlowe, probably just because I thought Hammett was cooler than Chandler. He was leftwing, his name shortened to Dash rather than Ray, and he didn't smoke a pipe or like cats.

The Dark Satirist, like the Dark Knight - that could be a good name for a superhero.