I Prefer To Write And

My Feeling Is That The Hero Has Now Been Defined By Phrases Like The Odious One That We Were All Raised With - Crimes Does Not Pay. Of Course It Pays, You Schmuck. That's Not Why We Don't Do It. We Don't Do It Because It Is Wrong.

The Comics I Read As A Kid Were All About Guys In Tights. But Here Was A Guy Who Wore A Fedora. He Fought Crime Like They Did In Marvel And Dc, But He Did It In The Real World. I Had Just Turned 12 When I Met The Spirit And It Was A Strange Coincidence. At The Same Time I Discovered Girls I Fell Out Of Love With Guys In Tights.

And I Was Going To Be Damned If I Was Older Than Batman.

Alfred: Hmf. I Suppose You'll Take Up Flying Next, Like That Fellow In Metropolis.

I Moved To New York And Was Told, "go Back Home. We Don't Need You. Go Pump Gas. You're From Vermont. We've Got No Use For You. You're Not Drawing Guys In Tights." So, I Learned How To Draw Guys In Tights, And I Put Them In As Many Crime Situations As I Could.