Quotes by Superhero I think that the superhero-as-metaphor involves a superhero being some sort of intellectual, emotional, or other such concept writ large. But I don't know that it's a necessary part of the appeal that the superhero be superior. Kurt Busiek superhero emotional thinking I think James Bond is a spy. He's not superhuman. Calling him a superhero is like calling James Bond movies "comic-book movies." Kurt Busiek superhero book thinking I've always been positive about superheroes. Kurt Busiek superhero I'm that mild-mannered guy, but when we get on that stage, I think there is a magical force, and everyone sort of turns into a superhero. I get my gear on and I just go to battle. When you hit that stage, something comes on. It creates a different kind of energy. Lajon Witherspoon superhero guy thinking I'm like a superhero. Call me Basketball Man. LeBron James superhero basketball men Discipline? I don't know the meaning of the word. Liam Gallagher oasis superhero discipline Anything is possible in the superhero world. Lisa Yee anything-is-possible superhero world Whats great about The Avengers is that its the next step. Its not just superhero fights super-villain and superhero wins. Its about superheroes that come together and interact. Its a clash of the egos. You could do Avengers 1 without a villain, just with all these guys coming together. They could sit down and just have a discussion. Louis Leterrier superhero fighting winning All the superhero stuff is Greek myths and Greek gods, wearing tights and capes. That's what they are. That's what I gravitate towards. Louis Leterrier superhero capes greek I think you just have to appreciate who you are and hopefully they can see what a superhero is about. Lucy Liu superhero appreciate thinking I loved Superman as a kid, and to me, this was my superhero. Maja Ivarsson superhero kids I'm a very big believer that the reason you've seen this huge surge in superheroes both on television and in film is...part of it of course is zeitgeist. There's no denying that there's a huge appetite on the part of the audience in both TV and film for these kind of adventures. Marc Guggenheim superhero adventure television People, they think that animation is a style. Animation is just a technique. It's like, people, they think that comics is a style, like comics is a superhero story. Comic is just a narration, and is a medium, you can say any kind of story in comics and you can say of any kind of story in animation. Marjane Satrapi superhero people thinking Here's the problem: the description of the world is always reduced to yes or no, black or white. Superficial stories. Superhero stories. One side is the good one. The other one is evil. Marjane Satrapi superhero evil white The superhero genre speaks to a vast swath of humanity these days, and studios are in the business of constantly renewing their money-printing licenses. I sense we're nearing a saturation point with some of these icons, where it becomes more about the action figures and Happy Meals than it does the mythological heartbeat of the core ideas. Mark Frost superhero icons ideas All my kids love superheroes, but my middle daughter in particular is obsessed with Wonder Woman and Batgirl. Mark Millar superhero daughter kids I've done so many superhero comics, and I've actually just been really excited about sci-fi, and Chrononauts and Starlight were both sci-fi, which I had a great time doing. Mark Millar superhero excited done I often look around me and think about this specific place in time, and what things will endure and become objects of nostalgia for the future. Pokémon? Urban Vinyl figures? Superheroes? Vampires? iPhones? It will be the things that resonate with the collective consciousness of this current time. Mark Ryden vampire superhero thinking I just think adding superheroes to something instantly makes it more interesting. I have a friend who says every movie should either be a Spider-Man movie, or at least have Spider-Man in it. I thought it was such a brilliant quote. It kind of is true, in a weird way. Mark Millar superhero interesting thinking A superhero is someone who, at some point or in some way, inspires hope or is the enemy of cynicism. Even if you bog it down with political allegory, or even if you're doing celebrity allegory. You still need to take the cynical out of it. Mark Waid superhero cynical political «345678910111213»