Okay, is anyone else worried that some of the fruit didn't fall far enough away from the tree?

After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well.

I sort of jumped out of movies and into the lifeboat of comics. I loved it right away. It was the opposite of film school. Whatever was in my imagination could end up in the finished product. There were just no limitations.

Just go out there and get your heart broken in, so it'll be ready when you really need it.

Doesn't matter if it's personal or professional, a good partnership takes work.

No. No, first comes boyhood. You get to play with soldiers and spacemen, cowboys and ninjas, pirates and robots. But before you know it, all that comes to an end. And then, Remo Williams, is when the adventure begins.

The biggest inspiration for everything I do is, of course, my wife, playwright Ruth McKee.