Some more of Busiek's thoughts:
On his favorite titles and writersI read tons of comics, new and old. I just did my Westfield order for the month, and it was about $250. And that's with getting all the DC books free and only buying trades from Marvel.
Some favorites these days include Y THE LAST MAN, FABLES, SAVAGE DRAGON, SLEEPER, USAGI YOJIMBO and PVP.
Alla them writers of those books are good.
On his favorite Superman storyI'm pretty fond of "The Miraculous Reappearance of Jonathan Kent" and the multi-part Luthor story that both hit shortly after ACTION #500. I thought they were the peak of Cary Bates's impressive run -- although Cary noted to be recently that the B-plot in the Jonathan Kent story, about a hippe named Starshine, has not aged well.
Perhaps surprisingly, I think SUPERMAN VS. MUHAMMAD ALI was a very strong book, too.
His favorite manga titlesI like Rumiko Takahashi's stuff most -- especially MAISON IKKOKU and ONE-POUND GOSPEL. That and a police procedural called FATHER & SON that as far as I know has never been translated.
On writers he follows, no matter the character, artist, or publisherStan Sakai, Paul Grist, Chuck Dixon, Mark Waid, Robert Kirkman, Ed Brubaker, Joss Whedon, Geoff Johns -- and others, I'm sure, that aren't leaping to mind just now.
On JLUI've seen all of the JLU episodes, and a few of the earlier ones. I liked the two-parter that was adapted from Englehart's first full JLA story, with the Manhunters. And I liked the recent one with Booster Gold...
His feelings on the Golden and Silver Age storiesAs with anything else, I like the good ones.
On whether he misses that kind of storytellingNo, I have lots of it. Any time I want to read a Cary Bates Flash story, I can choose from scores of them.
On whether he wants to see that kind of storytelling come backFor the most part, no -- as I noted, different times, different styles. It's fun to see that sort of thing occasionally, but I don't want to see modern books regularly imitating the Silver Age any more than I want to see modern TV shows striving to duplicate 1960s sitcoms.
As I've said, he's a pretty interesting guy.