“When I was offered 'Hawkeye,' it was very intimidating at first because that book is so loved and so successful, commercially and critically. The worst thing you could do is try to imitate what they did because, in the end, you're just going to get a watered-down version of what they did.”

Canadian comic book writer, artist, cartoonist, and television producer

Jeff Lemire is a Canadian comic book writer, artist, cartoonist, and television producer. He is known for acclaimed graphic novels and for work across major publishers in American comics. His best-known titles include the Essex County Trilogy, Sweet Tooth, and The Nobody. He has also written for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image Comics, and Valiant, with series such as All-New Hawkeye, Extraordinary X-Men, Moon Knight, Old Man Logan, Superboy, Animal Man, Justice League Dark, Green Arrow, Absolute Flash, Black Hammer, Mazebook, Descender, Gideon Falls, and Bloodshot Reborn.