Gene Luen Yang Quotes

I didn't know the Green Lantern comics at all. I was a Superman reader.

If you look at Stan Lee and the Marvel comics, yes, there's a lot of awesome, serious and dramatic action that takes place.

I love other movies that have been made since, but I think more than any comic book movie, 'Superman' just totally seemed to capture superheroes in ways that others have not.

I am always a sucker for the underdogs. I love Batman and Superman, but when it comes to the guys who don't stand in the front of the line, Aquaman is one of the key guys for me. He's so much fun to work on.

I love 'The X-Men;' that was the first comic series that I was dedicated to, because I feel like you can pick your player. 'I'm the most like Gambit... or I'm totally a Storm.'

Everything I've done is an old Marvel comic in its' own way.

If you look at Marvel Comics, there are very few Marvel characters I would like to write.

I am always really respectful of anything that has the kind of longevity and fan base that something like DC Comics has and 'The Flash' series in particular has.

My favorite comics show the real-life struggles of heroes as well as the fantastical.

'Avengers' was a great comic-book movie. 'The Dark Knight Rises' is a great epic.

I was a huge fan of the Justice League growing up. I watched all of the cartoons, all of the animated series, all of the movies, superhero related, since my personal beginning.

I wasn't at all sure I could make that sort of leap into that sort of comic book reality.

'Animal Man' and 'Swamp Thing' have so many commonalities in tone and mood.

I had never come across the 'X-Men' comics till I was asked to play Magneto, so I just jumped into that job.

One of my favorite graphic novels of all time is Grant Morrison's 'Earth-2.'

The thing that's been exciting about 'Superman' is to see how the character has developed through generations.

One of DC's strengths is our archive of storylines ranging from 'Watchmen' to 'Arkham Asylum' to 'Sandman.'

I love every character in the DC universe, except for Rampage. Rampage is a She-Hulk rip-off, and I like She-Hulk.

I think about it, and I realize there's been some version of a Batman or Spiderman or Superman franchise since I was a boy, since before I was a boy.

I always loved Batman, the Michael Keaton 'Batman.' I loved those films, and Superman, but I was never a real comic book geek.

With 'Invincible', I wanted to create my own version of the Marvel or DC universe, with my own heroes and villains.

I actually feel like comic book movies need to be better than your average movie.

I was into Spider Man when I was a kid and that was the only comic I've ever read.

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.

I have consumed so many Weisinger-era Superman comics that they ooze back out through my pores!