I’m very lucky that I have this other career that runs alongside my comic career, which is a film career, and I’ve been given this really lovely setup where they seem to make the movies very quickly as well.

One of the things that made Star Wars work was the kids didn’t know who their dad was.

Ever since 1980, sci-fi has generally been more Bladerunner than Star Wars. People talk about Star Wars being the most influential movie of all time and creating the blockbuster along with Jaws and that sort of thing, but really there’s not been a space opera that anyone can go and see.

Receptionist also added super-breath when I offered her twenty bucks.

Leaders don’t ever “arrive.” If we ever think we’re done, we are done!

You kind of worry for the characters in a way that you don’t normally in sci-fi, because sci-fi tends to be about the ideas, and this is about people.

Marvel books also feed into the smaller publishers and the fact that this is happening in the same month we’re launching Ultimate Fantastic Four is no coincidence.

For years I’ve wanted to work with this guy, so to actually write at the top of my scripts “Empress, Script by Mark Millar, Art by Stuart Immonen” is an absolute pleasure.

The one thing we can all relate to is family, and family has its traumas sometimes. Sometimes things don’t go well for people. Sometimes things are tough. So everybody kind of knows someone who’s been in this situation before, and I think that’s what makes it work.

I’m just running through this list of potential nannies and wondered if we should go for a superhero this time. Do you think Wolverine would be interested? He seems to be on every other team right now...