Being online works really well for any creative work, but especially comics. — Ryan North Being Copy Share Image
Being hungover is like winning the lottery, only they pay you in regret. — Ryan North Lottery Copy Share Image
We need to encourage our kids to express their feelings. We need to help them find their voice. — Ryan North Child Copy Share Image
There's tons of people doing awesome things with comics online - I'm just one dude! — Ryan North Awesome Copy Share Image
The funny thing with Ophelia is that I remembered her being this really cool, awesome female character when I read 'Hamlet' in… — Ryan North Character Copy Share Image
We're all already aware of boobies; it is the general state of most people in North America! THANKS, MEDIA AND THE MALE… — Ryan North America Copy Share Image
It's like jazz: You learn the rules to break them - as long as you can break them in a meaningful way. — Ryan North Education Copy Share Image
If you're going to be adapting something across media, you should at least have the moves that people want you to hit… — Ryan North Copy Share Image
I think with most things online, if you treat your audience like friends instead of like Impressions and Clickthrough Percentages and Returns… — Ryan North Friendship Copy Share Image
Don't worry, it's very clear that the painting was done by a human, most likely a human with one eye removed and… — Ryan North Anatomy Copy Share Image
In earlier comics, my only priority was telling a joke in the last panel, but now I try to make every panel… — Ryan North Comics Copy Share Image
There may be this hidden, hate-filled community of online cartoonists, but if there are, I haven't found it yet. We're all generally… — Ryan North Cartoonists Copy Share Image
What I thought would be fun would be Squirrel Girl being this computer science student, working in STEM, because you don't see… — Ryan North Computer science Copy Share Image
I've always found it funny when people call 'Romeo and Juliet' 'the greatest love story ever told' because - man - it… — Ryan North Funny Copy Share Image
Squirrel Girl is basically a Silver Age character in the modern age, and that makes her a fish out of water in… — Ryan North Age Copy Share Image
I've never written a novel before, and part of the reason I haven't is I was worried about getting 50,000 words into… — Ryan North Book Copy Share Image
I believe that a good comic script can succeed despite being drawn badly, but that a bad script can't be saved by… — Ryan North Art Copy Share Image
As all C.S. students know, first year is super easy, but second year is when things get harder. At least that's how… — Ryan North Animal Copy Share Image
I think the best villains are ones that you can look at and say, 'Yeah, he's obviously going about this the wrong… — Ryan North Copy Share Image
The secret to writing sound effects is having a room you can be alone in, trying to make the sounds yourself, and… — Ryan North Book Copy Share Image
Social media has been a great change. It's also a great way to disseminate comics and market them. — Ryan North Change Copy Share Image
When I graduated, I sort of went from school to being a cartoonist, and I couldn't draw. — Ryan North Being Copy Share Image
You have to recognize as a creative person that not everyone's going to be into what you're doing. — Ryan North Creative Copy Share Image
I can see people sharing my comics and talking about them, which is very gratifying. — Ryan North Comic Copy Share Image
You care a lot about these stories you're writing, and you hope that someone else will care, too. — Ryan North Copy Share Image
“Everyone loves brunch. OBVIOUSLY, but you super-love brunch. You are so big into brunch that your middle name should be "Brunch"...” — Ryan North Brunch Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel like I must be hinting at this deep well of knowledge when, really, I just skim off the surface. — Ryan North Copy Share Image
I love the idea that if you're going to travel through time, you do it in this insanely dangerous car travelling at… — Ryan North Copy Share Image
I read all these Marvel wikis, and there are characters that just stand out to you, and you think, 'How is this… — Ryan North Being Copy Share Image
But giving up's easy. You know what's hard? To believe in your own worth, to know you've got something special in you… — Ryan North Copy Share Image
The nice thing about Squirrel Girl is that she's smart, and she looks for situations that don't necessarily involve punching people all… — Ryan North Girl Copy Share Image
They are "sexcellent". That is a pun for you, you will find lots of puns on the internet! Also: blonde jokes. — Ryan North Copy Share Image
Progress! Progress through everybody dying and their kids eventually not caring who their parents hated! — Ryan North Caring Copy Share Image
The challenge is to stay true to the characters while also having them be entertaining every day, because it turns out that… — Ryan North Day Copy Share Image
