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" I wholeheartedly believe that super heroes can play in virtually any storytelling genre. "
Cullen Bunn
Heroes
Any
Storytelling
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" I don't want to be a slave to nostalgia. "
Cullen Bunn
Want
Nostalgia
Slave
" My hope is that each of the villains I write will have his or her own motivation that readers can understand, whether they agree or disagree. "
Cullen Bunn
Own
Understand
Motivation
" If you go out in the country, spend a lot of time on decaying farms, and you see a lot of crumbling tobacco farms, and wandering the woods, there's something beneath the surface; there's something older... more sinister. "
Cullen Bunn
Woods
You
Country
" Reilly Brown is a master of balancing action, humor, and extreme violence, and his character designs for some of the alien races and technology that we encounter is just amazing. "
Cullen Bunn
Humor
Character
Technology
" I've been writing stories, in one form or another, since I was a kid. "
Cullen Bunn
Stories
Writing
Form
" I've loved comics since I was very young, and I've always liked telling stories. "
Cullen Bunn
Telling
Stories
Young
" When I was younger, my goal in life was to work in special FX makeup. Liquid latex and fake blood! That was the dream! "
Cullen Bunn
Makeup
Work
Life
" The goal is to write a story that you're proud of and hope the fans like it as well. "
Cullen Bunn
You
Fans
Goal
" There are plenty of characters I'd love to write. Swamp Thing, Etrigan the Demon, Man-Thing, Howard the Duck, Dr. Strange, Dr. Druid, Ghost Rider, the Micronauts, the Shogun Warriors... the list goes on and on. "
Cullen Bunn
Love
List
Ghost
" My first short story sale was to a magazine that sat on the story forever... and never did publish it. "
Cullen Bunn
Forever
First
Story
" The great thing about writing 'Deadpool' is that he can demolish expectations and typical comic book conventions with monster truck force. There are few other characters who can transition so easily from one type of story to the next. "
Cullen Bunn
Great
Truck
Book
" I always wanted to tell stories. Well, at least, I always came back to the notion of storytelling when the glitz and glamour of being a special effects designer or a fighter pilot or a DEA agent wore off. "
Cullen Bunn
Special
Always
Back
" If I had my way, I'd love to see 'Wolverine' in a cosmic adventure all by his lonesome. "
Cullen Bunn
Cosmic
Love
Way
" I loved 'Lobo' in the '90s, but I think that character is hard to connect with, especially for new readers. "
Cullen Bunn
New
Think
Hard
" I've always liked telling stories. That probably came from my dad, who definitely had the gift of gab and who wove a kind of personal folklore about his youth - stories full of adventure and ghosts and wild antics. "
Cullen Bunn
Gift
Adventure
Ghosts
" 'Magneto' is a tragic figure. He is a man who has stared right into the face of ultimate evil... and he was broken into pieces by what he saw. When he healed, he healed stronger, but he also never fully recovered. "
Cullen Bunn
Broken
Face
Man
" I think Vikings have always been popular, haven't they? I remember being a kid and being in second grade reading a book about this Viking warrior. "
Cullen Bunn
Reading
Think
Warrior
" In times of crisis, different people react in different ways. Some might try to escape. Others might attempt to batten down the hatches and ride out the storm in a safe haven. "
Cullen Bunn
React
People
Escape
" As a writer, I feel like your favorite character shouldn't be safe. "
Cullen Bunn
Safe
Character
Feel
" There are a lot of stories I remember with 'Wolverine.' 'Days of Future Past' is one that jumps out in my mind. "
Cullen Bunn
Future
Mind
Out
" Writing 'Deadpool' can be a lot of fun. When I first started working with the character, I wasn't sure I'd like him. I quickly realized, though, that a writer can do pretty much anything with him - comedic stories, serious stories, completely nonsensical stories. "
Cullen Bunn
Him
Fun
Serious
" I had a job right out of college writing for a small newspaper called 'The Unterrified Democrat.' Ghastly, ghastly job. "
Cullen Bunn
Writing
College
Job
" I always liked 'Green Lantern,' but I wasn't necessarily a diehard fan. I read stories here and there when I came across them. "
Cullen Bunn
Fan
Always
Green
" Writing 'Magneto' as part of a team took a little getting used to. "
Cullen Bunn
Little
Writing
Team
" You want fans to connect to the book, even movie fans. But if your sole purpose is to write towards a certain kind of fan, that way leads madness. "
Cullen Bunn
Want
Kind
Purpose
" When I first started submitting my work professionally - and we're talking years and years ago - I had no patience for editorial response times. I hated waiting to hear back from people, hated waiting to see my work in print. "
Cullen Bunn
Waiting
Patience
People
" Horror used to be one thing, and I think that's starting to broaden - there can have subgenres, and other things can be going on in a horror story. In comics, you'll never get the 'Boo' effect in a comic; you can go for mood, atmosphere and personal tragedy to build the horror elements and sense of dread. "
Cullen Bunn
Story
Mood
Horror
" I sent in tons of submissions and proposals, and I collected my share of form rejection letters. Eventually, I found myself working at a comic book shop, where I met my future collaborator Brian Hurtt. "
Cullen Bunn
Book
Myself
Future
" Aside for the dream of writing the core X-Men team, I think I would love to write an Excalibur book. "
Cullen Bunn
Love
Team
Writing
" Deadpool's' probably pretty proud of his comic book hero physique. "
Cullen Bunn
Proud
Book
Comic Book