The breadth of the potential readership is also a factor.

I'm so used to artists saying to me, "Listen, I'm going to have five pages done next week," and then three weeks later I'm phoning them, begging them for two pages. And Stuart [Immonen]is a guy who will promise you five pages and deliver six pages, and the six pages are even better than you could have ever imagined.

Jesus, man. Why do people want to be Paris Hilton and nobody wants to be Spider-Man?

Guess that's thirty-one pieces of silver you've got now, huh? Sleep well, Judas.

Wanted has gone into second, third and fourth printings of the individual issues and the north American printings of Wanted #1 are now close to 100,000.

There's almost a universe as big as the Marvel Universe with X-Men. I mean, Deadpool is something I think everybody was taken surprise by, except for the people who read the comic book.

Marvel movies, are seeming slightly less exciting now that Star Wars has appeared and everything.