The Lone Ranger is going to be one of those iconic characters that never rides off into the sunset. We need heroes like him - an underdog who fights the good fight, doesn't kill, and has some serious mojo when the chips are down.

I had a blast writing the Ranger in 'The Great Dinosaur Rush' for the Moonstone collection. The story turned out to be twice as long as it was supposed to be, but I was having fun. I even showed the Ranger in his 'old prospector' disguise, and I had some nice exchanges between the Ranger and Tonto.

Once I got the Lone Ranger role, I didn't want any other.

I'm kind of a grinder. I'm a Cinderella, an underdog story who fights.

When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question, How would the Lone Ranger handle this?

People only rooted for the underdog in movies, not in middle school.