So how is it being the head of the Television division?
[Laughs] It’s been about a day! In general, it’s been something that Dan Buckley, Joe Quesada, and [Marvel President] Alan Fine and I have been talking about for awhile, so to be finally able to take flight is hugely exciting. It’s not often that you really get an opportunity to take the two things that you love most and get to work on them [together]. I’ve worked on comics and television side-by-side for years… As anyone who worked with me would tell you, my biggest challenge would be to spend a full day on the set, or in the writers’ room, and then go home and know that I had another ten hours worth of writing comics to do. Say goodbye to the weekend… But I loved doing it, and now, being able to marry those experiences at a company whose characters I’ve loved since I was a kid – I just have a huge smile on my face.
Is this some unexpected culmination of everything you’ve been working on for the last few years?
In a very odd way. It’s not like I’ve been working towards this particular goal. I love working in comics, and I love working in television, and to find myself in the unique position of being able to be part of bringing Marvel into this new medium is a combination of good fortune and moving at the right time. You know, one thing could not have happened without the other. I’m super-grateful, not only to everyone at Marvel, but to the fanbase as well, because I always say that I can’t do what I do unless the fans and the readers do what they do. They’ve been incredibly supportive of what I do for so long that this feels like a chance to give something back, as well as make sure that, when Marvel goes into television, it’s done with the same care that Marvel publishing looks at the books and Marvel Studios looks at the movies that they’re making.
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