Joe Madureira Quotes

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

I loved the idea of Spider-Man as a kid, and I loved the Todd MacFarlane run in the 1990s, and the first Raimi movies were released when I was in film school. Those were big.

My favorite artists from comics were early ones like Jack Kirby or Steve Ditko who had a real heavy ink style. Captain America, co created by Jack Kirby, was a favorite of mine and I sometimes use an altered version of his costume on some of my characters.

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

Venom first made his appearance some years ago in a Spider-Man book, and was a huge best-seller.

There are so many versions of Batman that I love so much from different artists that I had to almost stop trying to draw those versions and get past that and just draw the Jeff Lemire version of Batman eventually.

I think The Hulk really hit a chord with me, I love the Hulk. But, I never dreamt I'd be playing Doctor Doom.

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

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.

Doing graphic novels is cool! It's fun! You get to write something, and then see it visually page by page, panel by panel, working with the artist, you get to see it fleshed out.

I thought Daredevil was kind of cool because he couldn't do anything. I mean, he's blind. It wasn't that he could fly. His major power was an impediment. So I was intrigued. When I took over he was kind of like Spider-Man-lite, but I was able to project a lot of my Catholic imagery onto it. And I'd always wanted to do a crime comic.

Everyone in the world knows 'Spider-Man.' And to be accepted into such a large franchise was overwhelming.

'Ghost Rider' definitely has an appeal that's far beyond comics.

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

I'll continue doing 'Jingle Belle' as long as I've got a good story for her.

I'd love to play Moon Knight. I don't know if anybody's doing a Moon Knight animated series any time soon.

I just remember how cool and exciting and crazy it seemed when Marvel was giving this new 'Ultimate Spider-Man' title to this crime writer Brian Michael Bendis who had never really done any superhero stuff before.

I love 'Captain America.' I love those fight sequences, but I've seen them multiple times.

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

I grew up really into comic books, and I actually thought I was going to be a comic-book artist. That was my ambition before I realized I couldn't keep characters looking the same from panel to panel.

I'm a comic book writer, so I work with a lot of artists. Sometimes, you get art back, and you're like, 'Oh, no.' Sometimes, you get art back and you're like, 'That's exactly what I imagined in my head,' and you're happy about that.

I'd love to do a Marvel movie.

I reckon I had 30 Spider-Man costumes over the years since I was a little baby. I had Spider-Man bed sheets.

All of the characters at Marvel were my ideas, but the ideas meant nothing unless I had somebody who could illustrate it.

My father spent his entire early career as an illustrator for comic books: EC Comics like 'Tales from the Crypt' and 'Creepshow,' then moving on to such magazines as 'Mad' and 'Weird Science.'