By coincidence and not design, 'Everstar' is written and drawn by an all-female creative team, and it makes me smile to think that there may be young female readers out there, future writers and artists, who get to see that comics doesn't have to be a 'boys' club.'

In a perfect world, I'd like to start running comics for kids - by kids.

I think it's imperative of me to advance that theory that you can win your small victories against the dark.

The best stories, the most-fun 'Avengers' stories, explore the relationships between the characters.

I'd still love to work with John Romita Sr. at some point. That's the dream.

What I need is for comics to not cheapen out and just do what they think a bunch of bloodthirsty 15 year old fans want.

I'll still do print comics; as long as there's a market, I'll still be there. I just have a hard time believing that's the future.

For me, it's infinitely more interesting to read or watch a character making decisions they think are right, but the audience knows differently, and seeing that disconnect. The only way characters can grow and learn is by making the wrong decisions and then learning from them.

Everyone knows what it's like to make the wrong decision for the right reasons. For me, wrong decisions are the heart of drama - a character who's always making the right decisions is boring.

In Marvel Comics, the worst thing was always that your loved ones could be attacked, or you could be horribly beaten in a knock-down, drag-out fight, but in the Superman comics, you would be run out of town with people throwing rotten vegetables at you and waving a sign that said, 'Superman, Who Needs You?'

Style and entertainment tastes change, but the core emotions of being a kid - which, not coincidentally, are the core foundations of any good story - are constant.

There have been many days when I have had to work up to writing 'Irredeemable' because I just didn't feel like wallowing in that world, feeling those emotions... but that's the process.

To my mind, a mix of veterans and rookies is number one on the list of 'things that make a good Avengers team.'

Younger characters are just much more emotional.

We have a lot of supergeniuses in the Marvel universe, but very few of them are women.

I don't know if you'd do a Marvel story on Ferguson, because it trivializes what the real flesh-and-blood people on the ground are doing there. But you can make an allegory and deal with the bigger questions.

I know my 'Archie' history.

I wouldn't mind taking a stab at... I'd love to take a shot at 'Doctor Strange' at some point.

I think superheroes are about flying. They're not about moping.

I knew I really wanted to work in comics in 1979.

I love Jughead. I love his one-step-removed perspective on everything in Riverdale. And I love the fact that he wears that stupid hat.

The idea of lasting consequences isn't your usual 'Archie' trope.

It's Marvel's toybox; I'm just glad I'm able to play with the toys and have some impact on what goes on. I didn't create Daredevil, so I'm not about to stand here and say that I'm the only one who gets to play with the toy.

I don't write stories about despair. I write stories about hope.