Chris Roberson
Chris Roberson
American science fiction author who founded the publishing company MonkeyBrain Books. He became well known for his Bonaventure-Carmody series.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 August 1970
CountryUnited States of America
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The direct market has evolved into a machine that is very good at selling corporate-owned superhero titles published by two main companies: DC and Marvel.
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So many of the fantasy stories I encountered growing up were set in worlds that were largely modelled on medieval Europe in one way or another. Lots of white folks in feudal societies, castles and kings, that kind of thing.
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One of the things that fascinates me most about the toys of the Sixties and Seventies is that they were characters without stories, as such.
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My 7-year-old daughter is not shy of telling me she can draw better than me, and she's right.
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I grew up on all of the great spy movies and TV series of the Sixties - not just Bond, but Derek Flint and the Avengers and Modesty Blaise and the Man from UNCLE and on and on. Every time I sit down to work on Cinderella, I'm writing a love letter to all of those characters.
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I grew up in the '70s and '80s, at a time that I'd argue was the absolute golden age of American popular culture. Because not only did we have all of the fantastic new stuff in print and on screens, but we had a constant supply of everything that came before, as well.
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If we're talking about someone creating something new, those rights are fairly well defined (in the United States, at least) under existing copyright law. But then there's often discussion about the rights of people who produce works under work-for-hire arrangements, which can be far more subtle and nuanced.
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I'm always really comfortable writing strong, smart ladies. That's kind of my bailiwick.
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I'm always amused when people point out that Benjamin's naivety about the publishing process is just so unbelievable in Starborn #1 since, of course, no aspiring writer in reality could ever be so naive.
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Getting the chance at 40 to make up stories that other people would draw and other people would then read is pretty weird.
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If the concept of the Enterprise crew meeting the Legion of Super-Heroes doesn't appeal to you, there may be something wrong with you.