Mythology is one of my favorite styles of storytelling and has been really influential in how I view writing and storytelling in my own work. I think our modern superhero stories are in a lot of ways direct descendants of the stories of gods and heroes of antiquity, something you can see in how frequently those same Greek or Roman or Norse characters show back up in superhero stories. Centuries down the road, I think the characters who are most likely to still be remembered by future generations are likely to be our superheroes who in many ways are our modern mythologies. Superman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, I think these characters will have staying power beyond any other fictional characters of the last hundred years. Because of this, I disagree with the idea that these stories are less artistic or have less substance. When we talk about superhero stories, we’re not just talking to the current culture, but to future generations as well. I think this is one of the major reasons why superhero stories are so important, because it’s not just the characters that are larger than life, I believe the stories themselves will prove to be so as well.
