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Superheroes are best imagined in comic books. The union between the written word, the image, and then what your imagination has to do to connect those allows for so much.

Writing about identity can be like maneuvering through a minefield, even when considering contemporary figures who have discussed the subject themselves.

After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well.

I had been working on this series called 'Everything Dies,' and it was basically me doing non-fiction essays, responding to religion and stuff like that, and I really got into this ideas of telling factual stories via comics.

We relate comics to the main super-heroes, but it's a great medium through which all sorts of stories are told.

While many comics have a secret persona, I fundamentally want to be myself.

My essential identity is that of a writer.

I think you just have to appreciate who you are and hopefully they can see what a superhero is about.

I used to describe myself as a comic novelist, but my concerns seem to have darkened over the past few years.

I'm used to comic books being reimagined, different takes on some of our beloved superheroes.