Anonymous asked:

"And having done this job for more than two decades now, I see no reason why I should stop simply because you would like me to." I would completely agree, if many others and sagging sales did not support my "opinion". Time to find a new adventure and give someone else a turn.

brevoortformspring answered:

To be the man, you’ve got to beat the man.

I’m the last of my generation, I’ve seen dozens, probably closer to hundreds, of editors young and old, new and experienced, come and go through the halls of Marvel. To say nothing of the rest of the industry.

I sometimes joke that I don’t bother to learn a person’s name until they’ve been at Marvel five years, because it isn’t worth the effort otherwise.

I’ve seen boom and bust, bankruptcy and Bill Jemas. The lows and the highs.

And I’m still standing.

Now, what does that tell you?

Ready when you are!