--- title: "1 Comics People Quotes By John Porcellino" description: "1 Comics People quotes by John Porcellino. Plus more from John Porcellino and more Comics People sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c00/john-porcellino-42521_art_tom-hart-david-lasky-ed-brubaker-megan-k_154419.jpg" --- > [Tom Hart, David Lasky, Ed Brubaker, Megan Kelso, Julie Doucet. These people lived comics. The people in Seattle got together every week to draw and critique each other's work. Outside of art school, I never did that. When I came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-porcellino/tom-hart-david-lasky-ed-brubaker-megan-kelso-julie-doucet-these/) [John Porcellino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-porcellino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c00/john-porcellino-42521_art_tom-hart-david-lasky-ed-brubaker-megan-k_154419.jpg) ## More by John Porcellino > [Tom Hart, David Lasky, Ed Brubaker, Megan Kelso, Julie Doucet. These people lived comics. The people in Seattle got together every week to draw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-porcellino/tom-hart-david-lasky-ed-brubaker-megan-kelso-julie-doucet-these/) [John Porcellino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-porcellino/) > [My parents knew that I did King-Cat, but honestly my mom didn't want to see a lot of it. She would tell me, "I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-porcellino/my-parents-knew-that-i-did-king-cat-but-honestly-my-mom-didn-t-want/) [John Porcellino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-porcellino/) > [The whole point was just to be yourself, no matter what that was. You didn't have to fit into a certain punk-rock cliché. Create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-porcellino/the-whole-point-was-just-to-be-yourself-no-matter-what-that-was-you/) [John Porcellino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-porcellino/) > [With my friends, it was always essentially true stories. That's how I always felt about doing King-Cat. This is something that really happened, whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-porcellino/with-my-friends-it-was-always-essentially-true-stories-that-s-how-i/) [John Porcellino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-porcellino/) > [Through my life and my experience, I believe getting "positive mental attitude" is true. Your brain has certain pathways in it, and if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-porcellino/through-my-life-and-my-experience-i-believe-getting-positive-mental/) [John Porcellino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-porcellino/) > [The way I grew up, I had a lot of personal issues with art. It's an individual thing, but I also think it's kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-porcellino/the-way-i-grew-up-i-had-a-lot-of-personal-issues-with-art-it-s-an/) [John Porcellino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-porcellino/) > ["Positive mental attitude" is totally hardcore. It's DIY.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-porcellino/positive-mental-attitude-is-totally-hardcore-it-s-diy/) [John Porcellino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-porcellino/) > [Punk rock was the first thing I found in my life that made me feel acceptable. The thing that got me into punk rock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-porcellino/punk-rock-was-the-first-thing-i-found-in-my-life-that-made-me-feel/) [John Porcellino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-porcellino/) > [It is more important to me to make art that is an honest expression of my life than it is to make pictures people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-porcellino/it-is-more-important-to-me-to-make-art-that-is-an-honest-expression/) [John Porcellino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-porcellino/) > [“...we tear down the places where birds live, and put up places where people live, or places where people work to earn the money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-porcellino/we-tear-down-the-places-where-birds-live-and-put-up-places-where/) [John Porcellino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-porcellino/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comics-people/john-porcellino/#itemlist", "name": "1 Comics People Quotes By John Porcellino", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Tom Hart, David Lasky, Ed Brubaker, Megan Kelso, Julie Doucet. 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