Comic Quotes · Page 51

It is the business of a comic poet to paint the vices and follies of human kind.

— William Congreve

I'm not opposed to comics on the Internet. It's just not interesting to me.

— Daniel Clowes

I started my own zine, and riot grrrl became a huge part of my identity.

— Kate Nash

A superhero is someone who, at some point or in some way, inspires hope or is the enemy of cynicism.

— Mark Waid

It's amazing what these superhero movies have become.

— Stan Lee

That's what I love about working for Marvel is how welcoming and kind everyone is.

— Tom Holland

Whether it's Batman, Superman, Watchmen, the 300 story, we just make stuff that I want to see.

— Thomas Tull

I keep saying my books don't have superheroes. They have ordinary people in extraordinary situations.

— Ravi Subramanian

I didn't read comic books, growing up. I was more of a science fiction/fantasy novel guy. I loved reading Edgar Rice Burroughs'…

— Jesse L. Martin

What we're increasingly seeing is comics are becoming better known across the world. They're recording shows wherever they are, then putting them…

— Romesh Ranganathan

Superheroes have always been my thing. I've always loved their great allure, whether it's your traditional superhero like Batman or Superman, or…

— Cedric Alexander

I don't think comics necessarily think in literary terms. There is an element of developing your stage persona and your comedic voice,…

— Ted Alexandro

To paint comic books as childish and illiterate is lazy. A lot of comic books are very literate - unlike most films.

— Alan Moore

I seem to like playing with form, and the superhero genre has an awful lot of formula to it. It has a…

— Kurt Busiek

I will say that Marvel is 100 times more secretive than 'Game of Thrones.' Like, they're not even on the same playing…

— Finn Jones

I guess my inspiration is this - I like to pretend that every story that ever happened to 'Batman' was real and…

— Grant Morrison

I think theres escapist moviemaking, and we want to be captivated and taken away. If its done right, you can craft an…

— Ryan Reynolds

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 looked out into the audience, saw dozens of faces I knew well - LGBTQ folks, mostly - all avid comics readers…

— Gail Simone

It's Marvel's toybox; I'm just glad I'm able to play with the toys and have some impact on what goes on. I…

— Mark Waid

I already love the idea that Barry has a colleague. It seems like a love/hate thing between my character and his already.…

— Tom Felton

Mr. Freeze is motivated by different things. He doesn't really have that much of an axe to grind with Batman. Batman is…

— Paul Dini

I think I've been able to build up a wide range of styles in storytelling, using comics in different ways from project…

— Jeffrey Brown

Through my newspaper comic strip, public speaking, and filmmaking, I try to tell as many people as possible, of all ages and…

— Jim Toomey

What is a superhero? They're supposed to represent hope, opportunity, and strength for everybody.

— Aldis Hodge

Comics definitely embody the importance of practicing free speech.

— Ted Alexandro

Read comics. All comics. And then cut them open to steal their power.

— Warren Ellis

One of my favorite graphic novels of all time is Grant Morrison's 'Earth-2.'

— Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Along with all else, Sandman is a comic strip for intellectuals, and I say it's about time.

— Norman Mailer

From the time I was 5 years old, I collected comic books.

— Jim Cornette

With comics you can put interesting and solid information in a format that's pretty palatable.

— Joe Sacco

Luke Cage is a beast, man. You can't take that guy down no matter what.

— Khris Middleton

I made the first Moebius strip without knowing what it was.

— Max Bill

If I go crazy will you still call me superman? If I'm alive and well will you be there holding my hand?

— 3 Doors Down

Marvel Studios has depicted the Marvel superheroes so beautifully that the whole world loves them.

— Stan Lee

One of the things about comics is people can linger on images and words as long as they want.

— Kelly Sue DeConnick

I had no television when I was little, just a stack of old, beat-up comics from the 1950s and 1960s.

— Daniel Clowes

'Watchmen' is not only the greatest comic ever written, it's a really important work of fiction.

— Gerard Way

I created Batman about 10 years before Ian Fleming created James Bond.

— Bob Kane

As a kid, I was a big comic fan and I liked foreign comics as well.

— Shigeru Miyamoto