Comics Quotes · Page 12

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

— Chris Claremont

The comics were not only stories to enjoy; for me they were drawings that possessed me.

— Jean Giraud

I love comics and have since I was a kid. That is what gave me the idea to create my own.

— Candace Kita

That's the biggest part of doing comics: You have to create stuff that makes you want to get out of bed every…

— Daniel Clowes

I had a lot of ideas on how comics worked and pretty early on I had this idea that it would be…

— Scott McCloud

One similarity I see between peers and some of the people who read my books is that comics were definitely an outlet…

— Brian Michael Bendis

“You taught me we are all human. And however will we learn, if you never give us the chance?”

— Chris Claremont

Joan Rivers was a role model to comics everywhere, but especially to women. She got the first laugh and the last laugh.

— Judy Gold

I actually very rarely see comedy myself, and although I admire the work of some comics, it does come from all over,…

— Dylan Moran

Some comics have long routines to get them in the mood - I just prefer to sit down, write out the same…

— Jack Whitehall

Growing up, I didn't have many comics, but I grew to love these characters through their film and television universes. I've been…

— Ray Fisher

The fact that so many comics were waiting to jump on the bandwagon of hate toward me - what is it about…

— Carlos Mencia

“...when you look at a photo or realistic drawing of a face, you see it as the face of another . But…

— Scott McCloud

When I first got interested in comics at the time I was studying architecture and I discovered comics as a medium through…

— Francoise Mouly

From my personal taste, it needed more of a visual style. It's so hard when you're adapting something that's so visually scrumptious…

— Brian Michael Bendis

I've always been aware of 'Spiderman' on the newsstands, but I never followed the comics with any great zeal, probably because I've…

— Nicholas Hammond

I have been a comic book fan nearly all my life. My fascination began as a refuge after my father left because…

— Andrew Aydin

In the Depression, besides everybody being poor, our entertainment was much more primitive and innocent. The comic strip, which I so venerated,…

— Jules Feiffer

And then as I got older, see, I think a lot of times with comics, your life kind of permeates your act.…

— Billy Gardell

The comics I read as a kid were all about guys in tights. But here was a guy who wore a fedora.…

— Frank Miller

Just in terms of being able to be a professional artist, but also it's nice to not have to dread introductions. "What…

— Adrian Tomine

My parents read the comics to me, and I fell in love with comic strips. I've collected them all of my life.…

— Ray Bradbury

I've seen a tremendous shift especially in indie comics. I see all these young women who are out there creating. They're making…

— Marjorie M. Liu

“At one point in the story, following a brazen daytime bank robbery, Electro is shown escaping from the authorities by climbing up…

— James Kakalios

A lot of superhero stuff now looks great but it's so difficult to read if you don't know how to read comics.…

— Jamie McKelvie

I think comics do need permission to fail. I think comics do need permission to go up and try stuff.

— Chris Gethard

There's no rap against comics that isn't true. They were sexist, they were racist, you name it - and they kind of…

— Jules Feiffer

I hate comics who look at comedy as therapy. But at least it gets things out of my system in a funny…

— Lisa Lampanelli

I'm just an actor who happened to love these [Marvel] comics when I was a kid, and got to rediscover them.

— Clark Gregg

It's always fun when you see different comics at different weights or with different hair.

— Hari Kondabolu

I like comics like Janeane Garofalo who is very stream of conscious in an honest way.

— Bert Kreischer

“Yeah, well I'm a cop, Ma'am. I can tell you the X-Men aren't the only people sworn t'help a world that fears…

— Scott Lobdell

“He likes to pretend he lives inside the comic books. I guess a fake life inside a cartoon is a lot better…

— Sherman Alexie

For a lot of arcane shipping reasons, new comics, even digital ones, have a long history of only being released on Wednesdays.

— Brian K. Vaughan

I do think there are some great female comics: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph. They're the whole ball of…

— Carol Burnett

That was the appealing thing about comics: There literally is no budget in comics. You're only limited by your imagination.

— Brian K. Vaughan

You don't meet many comics who came from rich families or were captain of the football team and had a nice car.

— Sinbad

Comics is all about making it believable and helping people to get completely lost in a fictional world.

— Dave Gibbons

I enjoy the fact that we have these mobile comics now, which are sort of a cross between a comic book and…

— Stan Lee

I would love to do a pay-what-you-want but that just doesn't work for physical comics so well.

— Charles Forsman