Jim Lee

“Superman is the hardest character to draw. There are a couple of things that make him difficult. He's got a very simple costume and doesn't have the long cape like Batman. He's not a character that is necessarily always in shadow, and he doesn't have a mask.”

“I don't think you can be a comic book fan and not hate change.”

“When I was a kid, I never felt that what I was drawing really represented me; it was just something I enjoyed.”

“I think the very simplest way to show Superman's power is to have him punch someone that's powerful.”

“I want all my stuff to be converted into digital format so I can have my reference library to carry with me wherever I go.”

“There are a lot of global decisions that you can make as a co-publisher, and only publishers can make those kind of decisions. At the same time, there are some things you can do only as a penciler or creator. I want to keep my hands in both pots, so to speak.”

“There was something special and unique about the love triangle that existed between Clark Kent, Superman and Lois Lane.”

“I certainly wouldn't buy a DVD series of a hit show and start at Season 7. I would want to go back and start from the beginning.”

“I don't think you can measure your love or your passion for whatever you're working on.”

“Not everyone reads comics, although most people know the major superheroes, but the majority of people play video games.”

“I paint in acrylic and sometimes in oil. Sometimes I'll paint my kids. And I'll occasionally do some photography.”

“Superman tends to stand very upright, and he's very symmetrical, and those are actually the most difficult poses for me to draw.”

“Wonder Woman isn't even American; she's an Amazon princess.”

“I rarely draw myself, in general, and if I do, I tend to do little cute manga-esque, almost bite-sized drawings of myself.”

“The great thing about having digital comics is that it is like having a comic-book shop on your digital device. It has turned comics from a destination buy to an impulse buy.”

“Al Plastino helped redefine Superman in the 1950s. His work on 'Superman's Girlfriend,' 'Lois Lane,' 'Adventure Comics' and pretty much any title in the Superman family will be fondly remembered for years to come. He will be missed.”

“In the '50s, a lot of stories were built around radiation and the proliferation of new technology. In the '70s, there were a lot of stories that dealt with the Vietnam War. So comic books have always been a reflection of the times we live in.”

“Any time you change something classic or iconic, you're going to have some part of the fan base up in arms.”

“Most video games, you build up toward the big, bad boss. And it's just a bigger, more powerful version of what you've been fighting all along in the game.”

“When you have a Green Lantern mixing with a foil like Batman, you get scenes that are comic-book history. There's the epicness of it all.”