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There are a lot of Chinese comics, but the Chinese comics tend to be more historical and conservative. Japanese culture, just the comics are amazing. They're like films: very few words; they move so much in these books with hundreds of pages.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: Amazing Books Chinese Comics Conservative Culture Few Films Historical Hundreds Japanese Japanese Culture Just Like Lot More Move Much Pages Tend Very Words

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When you choose the sword over a gun, just like Green Arrow chooses an arrow over a gun and Catwoman chooses a whip over a gun, you have to be highly skilled and highly trained. I can grab Green Arrow's bow, but I'm not strong enough to shoot it. I can grab Catwoman's whip, but have you ever tried to whip a whip? It's not easy.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: Arrow Bow Choose Chooses Easy Enough Ever Grab Green Gun Highly Just Like Over Shoot Skilled Strong Sword Trained Tried Whip You I Can

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Comics shouldn't be 'tools' for anyone's agenda except for the characters. And I am speaking only of super hero action comics. I love many of the alternative comics that are like journalistic stories. Documentary comics, a mix of reportage and fiction. Those are just great.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: Action Agenda Alternative Am Anyone Characters Comics Documentary Except Fiction Great Hero Journalistic Just Like Love Many Mix Only Speaking Stories Super Those Tools I Am I Love

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I actually have a peculiar feminism that does not involve the idea that women shouldn't be sexy. Female characters written in comics have always been pretty damned sexy, and used their sexuality. And I don't have any problem with that.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: Actually Always Any Been Characters Comics Does Female Female Characters Feminism Idea Involve Peculiar Pretty Problem Sexuality Sexy Used Women Written

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I'm dying to fool around with the distance between Selina Kyle and Catwoman. And, you know, the whole double identity thing is endlessly fascinating. I mean, you can always find another riff for it.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: Always Another Around Between Distance Double Dying Endlessly Fascinating Find Fool Identity Know Mean Riff Thing Whole You

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Green Arrow was a very complicated character to take on because he has archaic weaponry. Catwoman, I think is more of a simple archetype to grasp, so it will be about nuance. But I think you need three or four issues before you say, 'Ah ha! Now I really know how to write this character!' You're carrying them around with you.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: About Around Arrow Because Before Carrying Character Complicated Four Grasp Green He How Issues Know More Need Now Nuance Really Say Simple Take Them Think Three Very Will Write You I Think Ah

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I'm very much about stories that are fast but character development that moves slow.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: About Character Character Development Development Fast Moves Much Slow Stories Very

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There was a Japantown in San Francisco, but after the internment camps that locked up all the Japanese, Japantown shrunk down to just a couple tourist blocks.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: After Blocks Camps Couple Down Francisco Internment Japanese Just Locked Locked Up San San Francisco Tourist Up

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Is it possible to run a big industrial corporation in a benevolent fashion? We see these days that even the hippest companies hide some rotten practices to make their profit margins work.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: Benevolent Big Companies Corporation Days Even Fashion Hide Industrial Make Margins Possible Practices Profit Rotten Run See Some Work

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I've never written a character that wasn't burdened by years of pain and trauma. Let's face it: Most comic-book heroes have some serious baggage. Not Green Arrow. He's a healthy guy - imagine that? Carrying your hero around in your head, imagining the world through his eyes, is just a hoot.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: Around Arrow Baggage Burdened Carrying Character Eyes Face Green Guy He Head Healthy Hero Heroes His Hoot Imagine Imagining Just Most Never Pain Serious Some Through Trauma World Written Years Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: January 17th, 1957

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