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(on Elvis Presley in 1957) Sung, played and written for the most part by cretinous goons; and by means of its almost imbecilic reiterations and sly, lewd - in plain fact, dirty - lyrics it manages to be the martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the Earth. This rancid-smelling aphrodisiac I deplore. His kind of music is deplorable, a rancid smelling aphrodisiac . . . it fosters almost totally negative and destructive reactions in young people.

- Frank Sinatra

There’s a new Man of Steel in Metropolis, and he’s ready to take fans up, up and away! With the recent announcement of Starman writer James Robinson picking up full-time duties on Superman starting in June, Wizard Universe took a few minutes to chat with the fan-favorite scribe about his upcoming gig, his plans to tie the book together with Geoff Johns` Action Comics and headbutting the sh-- out of Wizard reporters! So James, it’s been a while since you’ve been in comics. Why did you come back now, and why Superman? Honestly, I have always wanted to work with Geoff Johns. He is one of the greatest comic book creators currently working. And as an old fossil, it’s just nice to be invited to be part of the party. What about Geoff made you want to work with him? Well, if you met him, he’s a genuinely good man that you just want to be around and want to be friends with. So, that’s it. He’s a good man. End of story. How did you get approached to work on the title? Geoff called me up and asked if I wanted to do it. And I jumped at the chance. In fact, if you want to be comic-booky about it, he’s Hal Jordon and I’m Oliver Queen. And that’s very close to the truth. So, I was thrilled to work with him and I am very excited about all the ideas we have. We have so many ideas and hopefully we’ll make Superman less of a putz and more of a book people want to read each month. I’ve been reading Geoff’s stuff in Action Comics, and I love the direction he’s taken the character. What sort of direction will you be taking on your book? Well, I’m wary to tell you. Only because Geoff has a lot of ideas and I’m very much allowing him to run the show. But I will say this: By the end of it, you will care about every major character in the Superman universe. You will care about Superman, you will care about Clark Kent, you will care about Lois, you will care about Jimmy Olsen. It’s going to be a great book when we’re done with it. Actually, that’s a bad thing to say because that means we’d be done and we’d be leaving it. You will love this book while we are writing it. And I honestly see myself on this book for two years. And so does Geoff. So, can we expect more consistency between Superman and Action Comics? More crossovers and such? Yes, you can. You definitely will. This is one of the things we’re excited about. In the past, it’s been broken up. No one cares about Superman broken up. You want consistency. Geoff and I will give you consistency. You will be happy every week a Superman book comes out. I guarantee, once we’re up and running, Superman and Action will be book you want to read. So, it’s kind of like the Batman and Detective Comics stories you did for One Year Later? No, it’s better than that. I would not be doing this if it were just a frolic. This means a lot to me. I want this to be a great piece of work for Geoff and me. Geoff Johns is a fantastic comic book writer. I really believe in him. And I think he and I together can really make Superman into a book...everyone considers this character as superpowered, super-this, super-that, but really boring and not interesting. We will make this character and Metropolis into something you care about. And I’m not somebody that speaks this way with idle threats or boasts—I really am having fun writing these books. So hopefully, you readers will have fun reading what I have done. You mentioned you can’t say too much, but is there anything about character you particularly like? Actually, I can’t say too much more. We have so many plans, that if I say anything, it will ruin it. This book will be fantastic. If you want any indication, Geoff’s run with the Legion of Super-Heroes—that is the smallest aspect of what is planned. Can you talk about any other possible projects you might do? Would you ever go back to Justice Society of America? I don’t need to. I think Geoff Johns is doing a fantastic job and he doesn’t need me to do it. I met Geoff years ago when he was a fan. It’s one of the times when you believe in somebody and they follow through and it’s everything you had hoped for. I’m so proud of him. He doesn’t need my help doing Justice Society. He is solid gold. You mentioned that you met Geoff before and you respect him as a writer. I know for me, I love how he makes each character unique and gives them their own voice. What about how he writes do you like? Yeah, he’s character-driven. I mean, we’re all talking about Justice Society, but let’s remember he did Flash. And he turned that into a fantastic book. I mean, you’re the comic guy, I’m not, who’s the guy who ran Keystone Prison? He was little bit of a Nazi, but he hated supervillains. I can’t believe I don’t think I know this. Oh, you have not been reading Geoff’s work. (EDITOR’S NOTE: Gregory Wolfe is the warden of Iron Heights Prison in Keystone.) Come on man, what are you doing to me? Anyway, my point is, (Geoff) is solid gold in terms of characters. Yet, he knows the world. He knows superheroes. He manages to take reality. Keystone is like Pittsburgh or Detroit—it’s a working-collar place. He manages to take reality, turn it something surreal, turn it into something imaginary, and yet brings it back and makes you believe in it. I enjoyed his run on Flash. I enjoyed his run on Justice Society. And the fact that I get to work with him on Superman and Action is just a big perk for me. I still can’t believe you got me on this Keystone thing. Well, I could quiz you on Starman, and you’d be completed screwed. Am I right on that? (Laughs) See, Starman is a series I’ve always wanted to read but never got a chance to. Kevin, you’re a cool young man. I know that. And you’re getting all nervous. Relax, guy. We’re having fun here. Don’t worry. But yeah, I just finished my introduction to the Starman Omnibus. We’re doing six of them. And all the letters pages and all the extra bits I wrote and added in will all be included. And I actually have to thank the editor for that, who has done a fantastic job of putting everything together. So, where can I read all this? And just because I can get very violent, where do you live? Because if I don’t like what you’ve written, I’m going to beat the sh-- out of you, you know that? (Laughs) I’m not joking. Well, I’m a black belt, so you should be careful. You are a black belt? Well, perfect for you. I can do a devastating headbutt though. (Laughs) Yeah, I’d need to watch out for that. You’re British, correct? Oh yeah. I am very British. I actually have fought black belts before. And I’m not afraid to take a kicking to give one. Not that I think this will come to that. Are you going to be at WonderCon? No, but I will be at New York. Oh. Actually, I just found out I’m going to be at New York. Yeah, I’m going to beat the sh-- out of you. Yeah. That’s when we can have our fight. Bring it on. I’m going to headbutt you all over the place. You’re just going to be aching. I’ll just be punching everyone. So you better say, “Hello” and do so quickly.

- James Robinson

(On her reaction to hearing about RoboCop 2 (1990)): "I suppose this was the first thing that made me think about making a sequel, because they used to say "well, she is going to return as a robot..." I never thought that as a real possibility, because everybody expected it, if you`re going to make a sequel, you cannot stay with the predictable. I think I wouldn`t like to play a robot, I don`t know how Peter manages it, I suffer from claustrophobia! If I have to tell the truth I never thought to make a sequel, when people used to talk about it I thought that was ridiculous. The first time that I seriously thought about it was when Jon Davidson (the producer) called. "You know it, right? RoboCop2?" then I thought: "oh, that`s interesting"

- Nancy Allen

Well, I think they`re all basically the same story. Every culture in the world has them. When you strip it down and analyze it, it`s the young man or girl who goes through a trial or ordeal and hits a very low ebb but manages to get guidance from a Merlin type figure.

- Liam Neeson

He is one of the best. He`s outwitted the empire on numerous occaisons, and he has made some very fast deals. One of his problems is that he gambles quite heavily and that`s where he loses most of his money. He`s tough and sharp, but never manages to scrape together enough to get any power...He`s slightly self-destructive and he sort of enjoys being on the brink of disaster...You might meet him and he may be worth ten billion dollars and the next time you meet him he`s in debt up to his ears. - Describing Han Solo

- George Lucas

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- Beth Smith

I was supposed to play the world`s most dangerous woman and do a lot of action scenes. Then you can`t come in there like a couch-potato... so I started training at gyms, weight-lifting and all things possible, and then I`ve just continued with that a couple of times a week. (on how she manages to keep so fit when playing her "Alias" success-character Irina Derevko)

- Lena Olin

I don`t think you work with Godard, you experience... Doing a movie with Godard - I have done two, which means I have spent almost two years with him - it`s more like doing an incomparable experience. Just watching Godard - it`s a gift for an actress to make films with him. When I say you don`t work with Godard I mean that you don`t go through any classical path where you build a character. With Godard it`s degree zero - you don`t do anything, it`s a very strange feeling. And yet it is acting - it`s very highly stylised and he`s very directive. The reason is always very precise, there is never any improvisation. I think, finally, he manages to get everybody to talk like him. It`s true! He always wants to close the sense at the end of a line. He closes the sense. It`s very strange. You can`t say, "I`m doing a Godard and I`m playing a prostitute," because Godard is so far away from any assembly of images you may have about that character. That`s why he`s a great director - more than a great director, a great thinker of cinema.

- Isabelle Huppert

He?s a great judge of talent. He manages the game the right way. That combined is a pretty good foundation to be a manager. He?s a people-person guy.

- Bill Mueller

I am just praying that, once again, he somehow manages to pull through against all the odds. My thoughts and prayers are with him.

- Alex Best

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- Chuck Adams

She manages to combine European lines with Australian style and that`s what makes her so exciting. It`s great to be here and see her success.

- Tina Arena

I think the government has enough money. The government can just be more efficient in how it manages the money.

- John Gordon

And Seaman, just like a falling oak, manages to change direction.

- John Motson

What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has.

- Len Wein

At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.

- P.G. Wodehouse

When evil acts in the world it always manages to find instruments who believe that what they do is not evil but honorable.

- Max Lerner

The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.

- Aaron Krach

Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, a good mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, and unaggressive.

- Adam Schoenfeld

If al Qaeda or any other enemy of our country manages to create a situation or explode a bomb or murder or incapacitate large numbers of our people, we cannot wait for 7 weeks of a special election in order to deal with that.

- Alan Norquist

Management manages by making decisions and by seeing that those decisions are implemented.

- Alexander Hungate

(How well an online retailer manages chargebacks and fraud can aid customer retention and help build profits, Jeff Foster, executive vice president at Retail Decisions, told the conference.) There are a lot of things in common between customer service and customer care and the transactions that you determine you`re going to accept or deny, ... And there`s a lot of customer care involved in how you manage chargebacks.

- Arnaud Montebourg

She always had an angel following her around, ... She always manages to get out of stuff.

- Barbara Downey

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.

- George Bernard Shaw

Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, good mother, good looking, good tempered, well groomed and unaggressive

- Leslie McIntyre