if you could go back in time and change something about the comic industry, what era would you go to and what would it be? (I know, you being a comic writer probably knows that's a bad idea, but just assume that it's all good and no time issues result)

I would love to have made two changes.

One, I would like to have seen girl comics continue to be a priority after the fifties. When comics started, they made them for EVERYONE, but that dwindled away after the war, for a number of reasons having little to do with economics. That cost us dearly over the decades.

And I wish the major companies had not put ALL their eggs in the direct market. I love comics shops to pieces, but this strategy almost eliminated the idea of comics for all ages for a number of years. I’m over-simplifying, but it had a huge impact.