I don't think X-23's past is the most interesting thing about her, but it's not like she can escape it, either.
It's great we have a female Thor. It's great we have a black Captain America. But those are just optics; it's optics of change... Unless you have the structural diversity, the structural change behind the scenes - more women, more people of color actually calling the shots and editing these books - those optics won't last.
There are many different ways to express intimacy - a look, a touch - and I think it enriches the characters and stories when you create those moments and then build on them.
I don't write fight scenes in comics all that well. I think they're a waste of space unless they can move a story forward in some compelling fashion. You've only got twenty-two pages to work with. Why throw that away on a set of meaningless punches?
It's very scary to become someone new, to take that path less followed.
As a writer - and a romance novelist, no less - I've always found it a bit odd when characters in comic books remain in relationship limbo for years at a time.
My solo series, in some ways, have been rarely truly solo.
We all know that I love writing Gambit.
I think we worry way too much about where books should fit inside genres. In a romance, the hero and heroine are on a journey together, and no matter how awful it gets, by the end of the book they'll be in love, with the probability of a happy ending.
I don't want it to be a mission, but of course I always love to see more diversity in comics. I always love to see more women.
Word of mouth is the saving grace of us all. If you love something and you think your friend will love it, just talk about it.
When I first came to comics, it was, like, dudes. The feeling, the air, the presence is overwhelmingly male.
