Brian K. Vaughan
Brian K. Vaughan
Brian K. Vaughanis an American comic book and television writer, best known for the comic book series Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Runaways, Pride of Baghdad, and Saga...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
writing thinking hands
Not a word of my writing has ever been changed by another person's hands, and I don't think many screenwriters can say that.
jobs book writing
I write the book for one person — for Fiona [Staples, the artist]. I spend a lot of time just thinking how she'll react to things and manipulating her into drawing perverse, horrific things. It's a really weird job but I enjoy it.
writing gay ethnicity
To try and imagine that I'm another person is always going to be hard - whether I'm writing about a truck driver or someone who is gay, who's trans, who is of a different ethnicity or creed. But it would be boring if I always had to write about myself and my limited viewpoint.
writing trying why-not
Immigration confuses and terrifies me, so why not try to write a comic and make some sense of it?
writing superhero leader
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.
confused writing self
I start with something that makes me angry or confused, and then I write about it. It's a form of self-help.
lying writing sound
All writing is the same: It's just making up lies until it starts to sound like the truth. That's what I do.
almost lives stories
Fantasy/science-fiction stories have been around almost as long as each genre, but every hybrid now lives in the shadow of 'Star Wars.'
yeah terror
Yeah, that's right. Flee in terror, bitches!
film fewer
Comics are essentially films with fewer frames per second.
angel tv-shows tvs
It's TV shows like BUFFY and ANGEL that usually have an incredible cliffhanger every commercial break that amaze me.
crap
I just make crap up more than anything else.
artist editors stories
If a good editor will let me tell my story with the right artist, I'm happy.
talking names two
I'm the one who started spreading that particular factoid, about Bendis, Azz and me all being bald Brian's from Cleveland, just to get my name mentioned in the same sentence as two much-better writers, and it's worked like a goddamn charm. Next up, I'm going to grow a big, disgusting beard, just so people will start talking about Alan Moore and me in the same breath.