Comic Quotes · Page 37

We need more cartoonists to truly retire when they retire, and not run repeats.

— Stephan Pastis

I'm sort of the comic relief after a hard day at work. My message is that it's OK to relax.

— Larry King

Comics can definitely be subversive on the whole, but it's a stylistic thing.

— Ted Alexandro

You know you are really famous the day you discover you have become a comic character!

— Nelson Mandela

“I think the world is often like that.” “Like what?” “Comic, but only at the right distance.”

— Daniel Abraham

“The humorous story is American, the comic story is English, the witty story is French.”

— Mark Twain

You look up at drama, down at comedy. A singer, looking up is okay. A comic, it's death.

— Buddy Hackett

Comics deal with fundamental archetypes. We've been called the myth-makers of the modern age.

— Chris Claremont

If I were to fight one Marvel superhero, I think I would fight Captain America. We would start all aggressive and then…

— Simu Liu

People should really horde their Blu-rays like old comic books and baseball cards. Because they're really beautiful, and will be worth something…

— Oliver Stone

When you're a kid and you're a superhero lover, the holy trinity is Batman, Superman and Spider-Man, so to be able to…

— Alex Kurtzman

You can't relate to a superhero, to a superman, but you can identify with a real man who in times of crisis…

— Timothy Dalton

Comics are stories; they're like novels or anything else. So the first thing you have to do is become a good storyteller.

— Stan Lee

I've always had an argument with my best friend that Spider-Man was way better than Batman. I was a massive fan growing…

— Tom Holland

There's not a lot of comics with anything to say. It's entertaining, but when you think of Chris Rock, Richard Pryor or…

— Jim Breuer

Out of all of the Spider-People, including Peter Parker, Gwen Stacy has the most over-developed sense of responsibility.

— Seanan McGuire

I think there's a possibility that comic book movies are getting a tiny bit better on the one hand because they're no…

— Joss Whedon

The day I'm in England performing, English security let a man in a Batman suit climb Buckingham Palace. I felt so much…

— Christopher Titus

“There are two types of people on planet Earth, Batman and Iron Man. Batman has a secret identity, right? So Bruce Wayne…

— David Wong

We like smashing genres into each other, so if you can find something that's really idiosyncratic in respect to superhero genre and…

— Joe Russo

I do still read comics since I started writing for DC, but nowhere near as much as I used to, and I'm…

— Karen Traviss

Reading a good comic is a creative act. Watching a film is often a more passive experience, and since I'm interested in…

— Dave McKean

I love bad comedy more than I love good comedy, so I love open mics. Or I used to. But the thing…

— Paul F. Tompkins

Almost any tale of our doings is comic. We are bottomlessly comic to each other. Even the most adored and beloved person…

— Iris Murdoch

All of the 'X-Men' characters really intrigue me. Wolverine is my favorite character.

— Juliana Harkavy

Why am I still waiting ? Superman ain't coming he isn't even real !

— Jinique

Well, every superhero has to have a super look, right?

— Adrian Pasdar

Chris [Farley] - I would consider him a comic animal. With the emphasis on "animal."

— Rob Lowe

Comics are a wonderful form. You can do so much with it.

— Philip Pullman

For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.

— Anonymous

Gad! This comic's a real page turner. It's thlopping over with gripping suspense.

— Daffy Duck

It is so comic to hear oneself called old, even at ninety I suppose!

— Alice James

My dream was to be the biggest comic with the biggest band, touring together.

— Jim Breuer

I never liked my own species. On why so many of his comics are about animals, in an interview.

— Gary Larson

I have never met a superhero, but why are we so obsessed with superheroes?

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Black Card, Red Chucks, Batman & Robin. Spider-man eatin' up the money, Green Goblin.

— Jae Millz

X-Force was made like a brutal X-Men club - they're doing special forces, R-rated things.

— Stefan Kapicic

I think that what Wonder Woman stands for is gorgeous and incredible.

— Patty Jenkins

I mean, I'm on a comic book. I'm in a video game. This is not real life.

— Mary Wiseman

Definitely in everything I do, the comic is a part of it.

— David Berman