Gene Luen Yang Quotes

I'm very excited about taking over the reins on Vampirella. I've really been enjoying myself so far.

I want to work on the 'True Blood' comic for as long as they'll let me.

Since I began writing my new 'Bad Company' story, anyone who's connected with '2000 AD' has probably heard the sad news of the death of Brett Ewins, penciller and vital component of the original 'Bad Company' team.

I grew up reading a lot of superhero comics, so it's really fun to take a shot at one myself and see what happens.

I don't do a comic book thinking there is a movie. I just want it to be as good a comic book as it can be.

That's what I really wanted to do when I was 16, be in comics!

Wouldn't want to write the X-Men, and I suppose the X-Men is the ultimate Marvel comic, and I really wouldn't want to go anywhere near it at all, although on the other had I wouldn't mind having a crack at something like the Punisher.

Seth Meyers and I wrote a 'Spider-Man' comic.

It's absolutely a dream job to get to write for Gwen Stacy.

Writing a comic book series, you're so reliant on whoever the artist is. It truly is collaboration.

I actually put Jubilee in 'Squirrel Girl.' I made it a priority.

I would have really loved to have gone on a hiatus to write for Daredevil.

I love what Max Landis is doing with 'Superman: American Alien.' That's a really good book.

I would definitely, definitely love to do more comic work. I think, creatively, there's something that's differently rewarding about it than the rewards of filmmaking.

Coming from the world of comics, I was very surprised that writers and illustrators, for the most part, don't talk, and they don't collaborate.

I still do some inking here and there and I've actually got a book that I'm going to ink entirely.

If I get a chance to write a comic book or do a voice in an Adult Swim show, I do it. It's much more fulfilling to me and I get to work with people who I'm a fan of.

Especially with Elektra, because I'm doing a lot of the covers for the new version of Elektra.

I tend to like writing long stories in comics. I worked on 'Flash,' 'Teen Titans' and 'JSA' for years. I always like diving into characters.

I created lots of characters in high school and college, and the first character I created in pro comics was Liana, Green Lantern of M'Elu, for a backup story in 'Green Lantern #162,' my first professional sale.

I love comics and have since I was a kid. That is what gave me the idea to create my own.

I've been a Marvel reader since I was just a kid, and I've dreamed of being a Marvel writer for almost as long, so being tapped to officially join the team is truly something.

Spider-Man initially made me want to come to New York and work for Marvel; I wanted to be a comic book artist.

I'm honestly as happy writing Superman Adventures as I am writing Wanted.

I am thrilled to get the chance to write comics - and to tell Forgotten Realms tales, to boot!