Famous Quotes & Sayings

Adam Christopher

To be honest, writing comics is a dream come true - the form is unparalleled and is home to some of the most original and innovative storytelling around.

Adam Christopher

Historically, diversity has been a real issue for superhero comics - so we need to do something about it, crafting strong, modern heroes for a modern audience.

Alice Sebold

I went to church irregularly and was mostly reading comics in the pew.

Sinbad

People think comedians don't do drama. Comics are drama. And what is drama, as opposed to comedy? It's all the same to me.

Jeff Lemire

I've been reading comics since I was four. I used to get them when I would go grocery shopping with my mom. I remember getting the digest versions of old DC comics. The one that I remember reading first was Paul Levitz' 'Justice Society of America' stuff that he was doing in the '70s.

These are things kids struggle with every day, ... and these comics are a format that will grab their attention, then turn them toward biblical principles and truths.

Seth

When I started out in the eighties, the idea of creating serious comics for adults was pretty laughable to most folks, and for the longest time it was hard to even explain what alternative comics or graphic novels were. Nobody seemed to understand or care. Not so, any longer.

Marc Guggenheim

The thing that I've learned, not just from writing comics but also from writing television programs like 'Law & Order,' is that you can fool some of the people some of the time - but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

Martin Campbell

The thing is, the Superman comics have been around a long time, and so have the movies. They've done a lot of Superman movies, as they have with Batman.

Harvey Pekar

I've gotten more and more cut off from the regular comic-book world, from straight comics and stuff like that. Once in a while, I'll take a look at something.

Superman has been my favorite character since I was six years old, and I have more comics featuring Superman than any other single character.

Susanna Clarke

It's not easy to convey to someone who doesn't read comics just how Alan Moore has dominated the field since 'Watchmen.'

It started out as sketches of Popeye, and the old comics when I was a kid. Then one of my first paintings was of my 2 granddaughters. Then one day I told my wife I'm going to paint the presidents.

It's survival of the funniest -- it's like Darwinian evolution on the comics page,

Robert Crumb

If I didn't draw comics I was a worthless human being. It was tedious labor, so I worked fast to get it over with.

Scott McCloud

Comics is a powerful idea, but an idea that's been squandered, ignored and misunderstood for generations,

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Comics are in my blood. It's my strange addiction, and I love it.

Seth

Comics are given serious attention now and I'm quite surprised. You see them reviewed in major newspapers and exhibited in serious museums. I wouldn't have predicted it.

Comics are about the illusion of movement, and movies are about movement itself.

Amy Hoggart

By and large, I think that comics work seriously hard. Many have other jobs as well, plus you never really switch off, so you're always working.

Doug TenNapel

The difference between graphic novels and web comics is even greater than graphic novels and story boarding. Web comics really is a legitimately separate genre.