Holy Hangover, Batman

The plot and book specific captions come up during the writing. In issue #3 I had one that said, ‘Hey that tiger is flying a spaceship!’ When I was going through and adding tags and I got to that page it struck me how that’s the definition of a comic book. It’s something fun and strange that you just want to stop and appreciate for a moment,” Fraction continued. “Then for the captions where we mention other books I go through previews and the write ups of books I’m excited to read. I do all of the copywriting and editorial offers no suggestions. So it’s books I want to checkout or want other people to check out. Overall I want readers to feel like they’re getting their money’s worth. I’m always looking for any place that we can fit more words, thoughts, and presents.

Matt Fraction on the gutter captions in DEFENDERS. Besides the book really being “Casanova Avengers” as Mr. Brevoort said somewhere, I found the captions are a pleasant and completely rad surprise. “Hey that tiger is flying a spaceship!” It is just fun comics.