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* [[Schedule Slip]]: Occurred for nearly a decade due to mercury poisoning; this mainly affected his work on ''[[Astro City]]'', and eventually caused the title to go from a regular monthly schedule to periodic limited series as a result.
{{quote| '''Busiek:''' "I'd spend days at a time unable to concentrate enough to write, and when it cleared a little bit, I'd have to get as much done as quickly as possible in order to stay on schedule."}}
* [[Self
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: Busiek's works tend towards the Idealistic side of the scale, with heroes who are noble and selfless models that the citizens admire. While he does veer into cynicism and disgrace at times, in the end idealism wins, and even former criminals can redeem themselves if they try. In his non-super-hero works however, this expectation is sometimes brutally shattered, such as ''Arrowsmith'', where the lead character realizes no side of the war is living up to their ideals and millions of innocents are suffering.
* [[Star
* [[Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum]]: In ''[[Astro City]]'', Infidel narrates that he once destroyed the universe in a "fit of pique." After discovering even that wouldn't kill Samaritan (and Samaritan realizing the same for Infidel), they collaborated to put everything back together.
* [[The Un
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