A selection of some of the funniest, most interesting and strangest quotes from the past week:

“I take this responsibility very seriously, and I promise to use this shield only to fight for justice … and to impress girls.”

– The Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert, who was bequeathed Captain America’s shield

“When I’m new to a project, I tend to labor over the pages longer than usual. Sometimes even scrapping whole pages (which I’ve done twice so far this issue). Nothing’s worse than spending a whole day drawing a page and realizing you don’t like it for whatever reason. There’s also a deadline chomping at your butt so you can’t dwell too long. But occassionally you have to bite the bullet and either do over and move on to the next page. To be honest, if I had time to be more of a perfectionist than I already am, I wouldn’t be able release more than three books a year. If that.”

– artist Tony Daniel, on nearing the completion of his first issue of The Flash

“I’d be the first to admit that a ‘revolving door’ attitude to characters’ deaths has bedeviled the industry for the past two decades — and the law of diminishing returns has kicked in with a vengeance. What’s depressing is when the resurrection isn’t even done with any kind of style or conviction and doesn’t carry any weight. Donne said ‘every man’s death diminishes me.’ He could have added ‘especially if there’s some lame-ass deus ex machina twist and he comes back again a year later.’”

– writer Mike Carey, on the emotional impact of death in comic books

“What if the second floor of the store caves in? I’m up here like 50 hours a week. We just put up two more bookcases of manga here at The Beguiling. 80cm Billy bookcases, making for another 40 linear feet of manga. ***Slurp*** The manga ate that up like it was there all along. They’re releasing like 2 and a half feet of manga a week. A week. This place is solidly built, but how are we supposed to deal with that? Start ‘not carrying’ certain series? Poppycock! But … It is worrying. As is every creak in the floor.

“Also, I counted? I think there are now 225 different Yaoi titles in print. YEAH. So much for that ‘niche.’ All your shelf space are belong to boys humping boys. Be afraid.”

– retailer and blogger Christopher Butcher, confronting his fears

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