That people can be threatened by a fictional character speaks volumes about them.

It was cynical for Wizard to have brought their muscle to bear deliberately opposite HeroesCon in Charlotte and expect people to flock.

A character wandering around asking, 'Who am I?' isn't, in and of itself, a story I'm interested in telling.

There are so many great characters because one of the things that makes Batman fantastic is that Batman is tragic. I've said this elsewhere; I've said it over and over again, but the beauty of the character is that he's a Don Quixote.

I think when you're working with a character that another writer is acting as - for lack of a better word - custodian of, your obligation as a professional is to not do anything that violates that 'primary' take.

We seek to craft characters who inspire empathy: characters our audience will care for and, as a result, will care about what happens to them and thus will share the journey we have charted. A story, after all, is the character's journey.