Brubaker and Phillipss books have always been about eight years ahead of their time.

I just want to take a realistic look now, now that we have enough distance.

All writing is the same: It's just making up lies until it starts to sound like the truth. That's what I do.

Gert: Wake me when the fight scene's over. Kitty Pryde: Oy, tell me about it. Hey, I'm Kitty. You the token pacifist of your group? Gert: Not exactly. Pacifists are like vegans, I'm more of a vegetarian. I enjoy fish and occasional maulings.

I'm not afraid of the world. I'm afraid of a world without you.

Brubaker and Phillipss books have always been about eight years ahead of their time.

I think a lot of creators are attracted to those toys they got to play with when they were young, and everyone wants to write a Superman story or a Batman story or a Spider-Man story. I don't know, if it's been successful for me, it should be successful for anyone. "Hit the ground with your feet running" is the secret of breaking new characters when it seems like no one else is having any luck.