126 Quotes by Mark Waid

I broke into comics by working as a press reporter for the industry, for a trade press in comics, and reporting on events and reporting on books and so forth, and I got to know some of the editors at DC Comics in the mid-'80s.

I was the last guy I imagined anyone would ever associate with 'Daredevil,' but once I gave the character some thought, much like with the 'Fantastic Four,' I found my hooks and, I think, some angles on the series that have never been explored.

A superhero is someone who, at some point or in some way, inspires hope or is the enemy of cynicism.

I think superheroes are about flying. They're not about moping.

All of us who grew up reading comics love the memory of sitting under an apple tree with a comic book in one hand and a peanut butter sandwich in the other; the tactile sensation of the paper on the skin and so forth is part of the experience.

You don't want to hit readers over the head like they're completely incapable of picking up on subtlety.

I think there are things that digital can't do as well as print thus far. Even an iPad is only 80% the size of a standard comics page, so the images are going to be smaller. You don't get your big, whopping two-page spreads.

Find me anybody in comics who has a longer history of yanking defeat from the jaws of victory than Bruce Banner.

Dialogue is one of the easiest ways to get character conflict across immediately in comics.