A selection of some of the interesting, funny and strange quotes from the past week:

“When I was in college, I was belittling the woman who later become my wife for not knowing who Boba Fett was, and she responded by asking me if I knew who the Prime Minister of Israel was. Surprisingly? Not Mon Mothma.”

Writer Brian K. Vaughan

“Why do we as readers so often settle for ‘good enough’?

“Here’s what I mean by that. I see post after post, review after review from people who clearly aren’t enjoying the books they’re reading. And yet, back they come, month after month, even when things don’t get better for them. In other cases, we’re willing to suffer through long runs of average stories, either hoping for a change to the positive or for some other reason (”I don’t want to break up the run” being one that comes to mind.)”

Marvel Editor Tom Brevoort

“To comment on the direct-to-consumer initiative, all I can say is I understand the motivation. Honestly, on our nearly 22 years of publishing I have never felt a greater sense of disconnect from the direct market than I feel right now. I don’t think I am alone in that feeling. Yet, the audience is out there based on our web sales and our sales at conventions.

“Things have gotten to the point where I am researching buying our own print-on-demand equipment to keep some of our stuff out there and to develop new creators.”

SLG Publisher Dan Vado

“There’s a difference between survival and triumph, and it seems to me like the two things are being disproportionately portioned out to a certain class of character. Part of that is the difference between an A-list character and those who are further down the alphabet, obviously, but the A-list might become larger and more diverse and more interesting if everyone else got a chance to be victorious.”

Blogger David Welsh, commenting on Greg Rucka’s comments about writing minority characters

“Graeme, I mean this with all respect: If you liked NEW AVENGERS/TRANSFORMERS, I’d really think I’d done it wrong.”

Stuart Moore

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