If it's accessible by hundreds of millions of people, then it's as mainstream as it gets.

I can be collaborative, for instance, in situations where I go and study the artist's work before I start writing. Then I can at least try to write towards their style.

I think blogging is a muscle that most people wear out.

I think the New Aesthetic is a series of observations. I think most of the trouble people have had with it comes from a misunderstanding of it as a movement.

A great director or leader knows his people, creates a great team, and then makes a great movie that can influence millions more than the readers of his column.

It's always difficult with the superhero stuff because you're working with characters who have been written by 100 to 200 people over the past 20 years, at least, so they never sound the same or act the same. The best approach is to try to draw the best fitting line through all of the interpretations.