A selection of some of the funniest, most interesting and strangest quotes from the past week:
“This is why I never joined The Avengers.”
– Stephen Strange, in Doctor Strange: The Oath #4*, apparently unaware of what Brian Michael Bendis has in store for him
“She’s a fish out of water. It’s basically Splash. I just took the script from Splash and changed some of the names. Not all the names; I like some of the names.”
– writer/director Joss Whedon, jokingly discussing his take on Wonder Woman
“Ultimately with comics, they don’t come out every week but every month. Whereas in show where every week it was something that would happen to you, a mystical version thereof, the comic book is going to be a little more sprawling with a lot of storylines going on and so you have to sort of fudge the numbers a little bit. You know, when will the rest of Reed Richards’ hair go gray? We don’t know. In fact, when I was talking to Marvel, I asked, ‘How long has Colossus been dead?’ and they’re like, ‘Never say, because time doesn’t exist.’ You could spend ten issues on something that happens in one night.”
– Joss Whedon, again, on “comic-book time”
“Um, you know I was never officially on the project so … it’s just something that most of the fan boys have felt like there’s a strong similarity between Ryan Reynolds and Wally West. So, I certainly know of Wally and have read all the comic books and I’d love to jump in there and play him. I don’t know where the direction of the Flash is going to go from here though. Shawn Levy is taking it over and they may decide that Barry Allen is the one that they want in there, an older version of the Flash, and that is something that I wouldn’t be interested in playing. But if it was Wally I would definitely be curious.”
– actor Ryan Reynolds, when asked what David S. Goyer’s departure from The Flash means to his involvement
“I wanted to try and commit to something big. When I was younger and started creating comics, I could never break the 20 page mark. I was really bad about that so I finally did Lost at Sea which was about 160 pages. When I finished that I was like, “Alright, I’m going to try and do something major.” I don’t want it to be the only thing I ever do, because I’ve got all this stuff planned after it. But I wanted to do something pretty hefty just to see if I can do it.”
– Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O’Malley, on deciding to tackle a six-volume series
“Readers aren’t particularly drawn to 22 page stories anymore for all kinds of reasons, but they’ve also been trained now to avoid mini-series, and they’re also resistant to anthologies and backup stories, which doesn’t leave publishers with a lot of options. As I’ve mentioned before, the logical step is a shift from many monthly, 22 page story comics to far fewer original graphic novels of varying length. It’s not quite here yet, but it’s not far off either. Monthly comics will always have a function – for keeping talent in the public eye, they’re apparently essential — but the 22 page story doesn’t, not really. It’s time to abandon the standard and let stories determine their own lengths — and publish/price accordingly.”
– columnist and comics writer Steven Grant, on the 22-page format
“I see her as being one of these cool, I don’t give a shiz, emo type kids you see running around. I mean obviously, how emo can she be wearing, red, yellow, and blue, and sporting a ton of blonde hair, and blue eyes? But I think if she could she’d dye her hair black, and sit in her room listening to songs about crying over old NES games.”
– new Supergirl artist Ale Garza, on the Maid of Might
* I know the issue came out Jan. 24, but I didn’t get my monthly comics shipment until Tuesday. So play along.
January 17th, 2011 at 5:33 pm
I was unaware that this item was tucked away in the Ciao cafe, and when I found it, I thought that I’d share with visitors a really essential part of my life and how I make my living simply because all of the downfalls I’ve created in getting successful may assist some would-be writer to become a published writer.