Kurt Busiek
Kurt Busiek
Kurt Busiek is an American comic book writer known. His work include the Marvels limited series, his own title Astro City, and a four-year run on Avengers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComic Book Author
Date of Birth16 September 1960
CountryUnited States of America
break characters crowded hard similar spotlight whatever
Marvel's got a crowded universe, and there are already so many characters hogging the spotlight that it's hard to break through that. First off, whatever character you're creating, odds are, there's already someone similar in one way or another.
characters matter
That's the way it happens - some characters you set out to use, some are happy accidents. As long as it works, it doesn't really matter how you got them.
backup characters comics created high lantern lots pro school
I created lots of characters in high school and college, and the first character I created in pro comics was Liana, Green Lantern of M'Elu, for a backup story in 'Green Lantern #162,' my first professional sale.
character metaphor
The metaphor is the story, not the character.
character thinking very-strong
I think the Hulk has always appealed very strongly to much younger readers than Spider-Man, because Spider-Man is an adolescent character, and the Hulk is a very childlike character.
character trying heroic
I'm not building each one character around one metaphor, so much as trying to build a heroic archetype that can be used to express the kind of metaphors that I find in each story.
character different metaphor
The characters are, by their nature, archetypes that can serve different metaphors.
character done metaphor
If there's ever a character who can only serve one metaphor, I'll probably tell one story with that character and be done with it.
character names superhero
At one point, I worked up a list of five requirements for a superhero: superpowers, a costume, a code name, a mission, and a milieu. If the character had three out of the five, they were a superhero. But that's just my definition.
attitude character play
Youve got to leave the reader with more than just a name and a costume - they need to know who the character is, what theyre like, what kind of attitude they have, what sort of role they play.
strong character ideas
What really matters is not how well a character fits a definition, but how strongly he or she resonates. Characters with strong, resonant ideas at their core will have more of an impact on the cultural consciousness than a character who's just an empty collection of attributes.
gotten playing time universes
Between 'Avengers,' 'JLA/Avengers,' and 'Trinity,' I've gotten down and dirty in the big universes and had a hell of a time playing in those sandboxes.
days dc love stuff
I love creator-owned comics. Most of my favorite books these days are creator-owned, from stuff DC publishes, like 'Fables,' to books like 'Saga,' 'Fatale,' 'Hellboy,' and 'Courtney Crumrin.'
stories varied
Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.