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" 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. "
Work
Girlfriend
Family
" As a gamer, I like to go up and look at people's faces and see how good of a job they did. "
Job
Good
Gamer
" As an artist, as I design and lay out a page, the less-important things, things I want you to spend less time looking at, I draw them very small, maybe even silhouette them. The more-important pivotal scenes, I draw them larger, maybe even a double-page spread. "
Looking
Page
Time
" At DC Comics, it has been a top priority that DC forges a meaningful, forward-looking digital strategy. "
Top
Strategy
Meaningful
" Bob Harras' personal and creative integrity is respected and renowned throughout the comic book industry. As an editor, he provides invaluable insight into storytelling and character. "
Character
Book
Integrity
" Creating and producing creative work, to me, those are all happy accidents. "
Work
Creating
Creative
" Even today, a lot of the CGI you see in movies is so clean and crisp that it just looks fake. It's weird: the more advanced they get, the faker it looks. "
Today
See
Movies
" Gene Colan was like no other artist of his generation. His ability to create dramatic, multi-valued tonal illustrations using straight India ink and board was unparalleled. "
India
Artist
Create
" 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. "
Beginning
Back
Season
" Jerry Robinson illustrated some of the defining images of pop culture's greatest icons. As an artist myself, it's impossible not to feel humbled by his body of work. Everyone who loves comics owes Jerry a debt of gratitude for the rich legacy that he leaves behind. "
Work
Gratitude
Culture
" Nick Cardy's work helped define some of the things we see in comics today and take for granted. He broke out of the mold in terms of covers and layout and created a truly interactive experience for the reader that directly points back to his time with the Eisner studio. "
Today
Work
Time
" Not everyone reads comics, although most people know the major superheroes, but the majority of people play video games. "
Video Games
Play
Know
" No true fan wants to go to Comic-Con and get assaulted with a marketing blitz about just any old show. "
Fan
True
Old
" One of the key characteristics of the comic book medium is that it is not brought to life by just one voice. "
Book
Just
Voice
" One of the strengths of the DC Universe has been the strength of the rogues' gallery. Often times they're as famous - if not more infamous - than our heroes. "
Heroes
Famous
Universe
" Outside of my work as a comic book creator and co-publisher, I'm an avid gamer. "
Creator
Book
Work
" People ask me, 'What happened in your life that might have pushed you as an artist to get to where you are today?' I always felt a little on the outside. And as such, you're always observing things. So, I'd be kind of re-creating these things in my mind, and I think drawing it was a way to deal with that. "
Be Kind
Today
People
" Prior to 'Action' and 'Justice League 1,' there was no label 'superhero' for a superpowered being. It's really the emergence of Superman and the Justice League that gets the public comfortable with the idea of people amongst us who have extraordinary power and that they've agreed to be our champions. "
Justice
Superman
Action
" The downside to becoming a doctor, I think, is it's a very long process; four years of medical school, three years of internship, two years of residency, umpteen years of specialization, and then finally you get to be what you have trained almost all your life for. "
Doctor
Think
Life
" 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. "
Digital
Destination
Great
" There was something special and unique about the love triangle that existed between Clark Kent, Superman and Lois Lane. "
Special
Love
Lane
" The video game market is huge, and the ability to tell stories, and tell different kinds of stories in the gaming space is quickly evolving and changing for the better. "
Tell
Better
Game
" What I love about WonderCon is that, while the focus is on the comics, it's also a celebration of games and movies and all the ancillary media. "
Movies
Love
About
" When a character has as wide an audience and as rich a history as Batman, it's truly exciting to see him introduced into an all-new storytelling medium. BATMAN LIVE will bring a completely new experience to fans of the character - it's great to be able to give them something they haven't seen before. "
Character
Experience
History
" When you try to do something bigger and more grandiose, a lot of times it's more apt to fall apart. It's a lot easier to lay down a bunch of singles than it is to get a home run. "
Run
Try
You
" You can see how he changed on the surface. But at the core of it all, I think Superman has remained the same - a character with incredible powers but almost superhuman humility and restraint. "
See
Humility
You
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