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.

I love that the book [Paper Girls ] gets to kind of evolve and change in each era. Our third storyline is our best so far.

They hurt you. You hurt 'em back. Or maybe it is the other way around. Whatever. Someday you might find a way to forgive each other. But it won't be like it used to 'cause that pain never really goes away.

Happy endings are bullshit. There are only happy pauses.

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

Fans of my books have just been supremely nice.

Some people are haunted by their pasts, but not my family. I mean, how can you be haunted by something that never really dies?