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interview with palmiotti and ennis re: punisher

MAXIM ONLINE: Pure Punishment
What’s the best kind of editor to work with?

ENNIS: The ones who aren’t company men. The smart ones have a sort of attitude where they say this place has its good points and bad points, and if you come with me, I’ll keep the idiots off your back. Then there are people who get idealistic and romantic about this stuff, but at the end of the day, they’re using these characters to sell donuts and coffee and burgers and other such shit. So when they’re talking about protecting modern American icons, you do have to look askance at that.
I went into Dunkin Donuts to get my 710-milliliter-more-than-a-fucking-pint of coffee — whoever came up with that is a fucking genius — and I saw a life-size cutout of Hugh Jackman and Halle Berry shilling something called Wolverine’s Redberry Rampage. And I think, There’s my modern American icons being treated with the respect they deserve. [laughs]

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