Quotes from Jim Lee

I have to say, self-servingly, I downloaded my own comics. I downloaded 'Batman: Hush.'

Any time you change something classic or iconic, you're going to have some part of the fan base up in arms.

Costumes are all about identifying which force in a conflict you're on. That's where banners and flags came from - so people rushing into battle knew who to follow and who was on their side.

The great thing about having digital comics is that it is like having a comic-book shop on your digital device. It has turned comics from a destination buy to an impulse buy.

Whether it be in comics, games or film, you can trace the art direction and influences back to some earlier, real-life historic period or artistic movement.

One of the reasons I never had a problem handing over my characters to other creators is that I knew that they would add their own influences and takes on the characters and make them better for it.

The downside to becoming a doctor, I think, is it's a very long process; four years of medical school, three years of internship, two years of residency, umpteen years of specialization, and then finally you get to be what you have trained almost all your life for.

When you try to do something bigger and more grandiose, a lot of times it's more apt to fall apart. It's a lot easier to lay down a bunch of singles than it is to get a home run.

There was something special and unique about the love triangle that existed between Clark Kent, Superman and Lois Lane.

I always figured Metropolis was north of New York, actually. Between New York and Boston, in my mind.

One of the key characteristics of the comic book medium is that it is not brought to life by just one voice.

When I was a kid, I never felt that what I was drawing really represented me; it was just something I enjoyed.

There are a lot of global decisions that you can make as a co-publisher, and only publishers can make those kind of decisions. At the same time, there are some things you can do only as a penciler or creator. I want to keep my hands in both pots, so to speak.

No true fan wants to go to Comic-Con and get assaulted with a marketing blitz about just any old show.

I love the fact that I get something new to do almost every day and have new challenges.

So much of comics are dictated by characters talking to one another - or in focused spaces where 'the camera' has to stay in pretty close on what's going on.

When you have a Green Lantern mixing with a foil like Batman, you get scenes that are comic-book history. There's the epicness of it all.

As an artist, as I design and lay out a page, the less-important things, things I want you to spend less time looking at, I draw them very small, maybe even silhouette them. The more-important pivotal scenes, I draw them larger, maybe even a double-page spread.

Gene Colan was like no other artist of his generation. His ability to create dramatic, multi-valued tonal illustrations using straight India ink and board was unparalleled.

Superman tends to stand very upright, and he's very symmetrical, and those are actually the most difficult poses for me to draw.

Creating and producing creative work, to me those are all happy accidents.

I tend not to look at my work after I've done it. In fact, the only time I typically get to review it is when the fans bring up comics at shows, and I kind of flip through it and be like, 'Oh, I remember doing this!'

I think sometimes with new characters, you can kind of hit a creative valley, and it's important to recognize when you're in that valley so you can get back out and get back to that peak.

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