Quotes from Kurt Busiek

I'm a writer. I just love telling stories." -Interview with Tasha Robinson, avclub.com February 14, 2001.

Marvel's got a crowded universe, and there are already so many characters hogging the spotlight that it's hard to break through that. First off, whatever character you're creating, odds are, there's already someone similar in one way or another.

Between 'Avengers,' 'JLA/Avengers,' and 'Trinity,' I've gotten down and dirty in the big universes and had a hell of a time playing in those sandboxes.

Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.

That's the way it happens - some characters you set out to use, some are happy accidents. As long as it works, it doesn't really matter how you got them.

I've always been positive about superheroes.

I don't view Twitter as a promotional tool but as a really, really, really cool cocktail party.