John Byrne citations

John Byrne né le 6 juillet 1950 est un auteur de comics qui commença comme dessinateur, avant de devenir aussi scénariste.

Il connaît un grand succès dès ses débuts dans les années 1970 avec la série Uncanny X-Men puis Fantastic Four dans les années 1980. C'est en 1986 qu'il devient incontournable avec sa version très controversée de Superman. En 1992, il propose sa propre série Next Men qui connait alors de bonnes ventes. Son expérience fera qu'il dessinera ensuite à peu près tous les super-héros majeurs : Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Wolverine, Demon, Avengers, Justice League, etc. Il est encore en activité aujourd'hui et s'occupe de séries comme Star Trek ou Angel... Wikipedia  

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John Byrne: Citations en anglais

“Imagine, 24 pages of superhero adventures produced by the same writer and artist every month!! How did they do it?”

What? By being professional about it? But that's too much like work!
2008
http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26500&PN=1&totPosts=7
Monthly comics and creator's ability to keep on schedule

“I have no interest in this grave robbing.”

2008
http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=23711&PN=1&totPosts=1
On the reconstruction of Jack Kirby's original FF #103, a project endorsed by Kirby's daughter, Stan Lee and inked by Joe Sinnott

“No. Sorry, but no. I fully appreciate how much “trouble” I will get into for this, but no. I cannot let this pass without comment. Using the only hours past death of your own mother to make a point about a comic book story? There are not sufficient words in the English language to properly express my disgust.”

2008
http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22720&PN=0&TPN=43
When a fan and forum member made the announcement in one of the message board threads that his mother had passed earlier in the day

“If you had paid any attention, instead of just scanning for places you can display your sparkling wit, you might have noticed that I use this forum in much the same way firemen use fire to fight fire. But, since you ask, I can shut it down for you.”

2007
http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19499&PN=0&TPN=1
When asked if he had considered closing his forum, since it was part of the Internet fandom “problem”

“It’s too late for someone to steal this story now, I suppose. I intended Doom to return to Latvaria and absolutely freak out when he discovered what his robots had done to Kristoff. Basically—he’d need a whole lot of new robots by the time he calmed down. And then he would devote a whole lot of time and energy to restoring Kristoff.”

I had not decided if he would be successful. Part of my brain wanted him to realize he needed the help of the other smartest guy on the planet—and there was no way he could ever go there!
2007
http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22307&PN=2&totPosts=21
Revealing his aborted plans for a character named Kristoff he created in 'Fantastic Four

“To harken back to the pre-Crisis days is to play to exactly what I find most wrong with DC these days—their idea of “innovation” is to press “rewind”. And that is most definitely catering to the “old” crowd.”

2007
http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18603&PN=2&totPosts=19
On taking comics back to the basics; ‘rewinding’ or ‘resetting’ to the status quo

“Heroism I believe involves choice.”

Christopher Reeve

“As I have said many times, I don’t care if they wipe away every trace of every book I have ever worked on. I just wish they’d stop doing so by pressing the “rewind” button. That’s just creative bankruptcy.”

2005
http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18193
On taking comics back to the basics; ‘rewinding’ or ‘resetting’ to the status quo