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.

Their argument, and I think it's a correct one, is that they'll make more money from the trades and the hardcovers if nobody messes with the creative team.

The heart is a muscle, and you strengthen muscles by using them. The more I lead with my heart, the stronger it gets.

If you want to build a high performance organization, you've got to play chess, not checkers.

If you feel the need to make everyone happy, you should be a wedding planner not a leader.

I wanted to portray very, very dark subject matter and a deceptively complex story in the brightest colours and simplest lines possible to leave the readers reeling.

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.