--- title: "1 Stories Meant Quotes By Neal Adams" description: "1 Stories Meant quotes by Neal Adams. Plus more from Neal Adams and more Stories Meant sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93a/neal-adams-10689_books_my-view-is-that-comic-books-are-meant-to_2254307.jpg" --- > [My view is that comic books are meant to be long-form stories. They're meant to be novels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-adams/my-view-is-that-comic-books-are-meant-to-be-long-form-stories-they-re/) [Neal Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93a/neal-adams-10689_books_my-view-is-that-comic-books-are-meant-to_2254307.jpg) ## More by Neal Adams > [The first work I ever did in comics was for Archie Comics, and I didn't do that very long because I did other stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-adams/the-first-work-i-ever-did-in-comics-was-for-archie-comics-and-i-didn/) [Neal Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-adams/) > [Nothing is gained by not being kind and courteous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-adams/nothing-is-gained-by-not-being-kind-and-courteous/) [Neal Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-adams/) > [Neal has a good time all the time. It's really nice to be Neal Adams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-adams/neal-has-a-good-time-all-the-time-it-s-really-nice-to-be-neal-adams/) [Neal Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-adams/) > ['The Dark Knight Rises' does not beat 'The Avengers. ' The reason? It is a totally different kind of movie - to compare them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-adams/the-dark-knight-rises-does-not-beat-the-avengers-the-reason-it-is-a/) [Neal Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-adams/) > [Believe me, when I do a story - if you read 'Batman: Odyssey,' I never do something without there being a reason. There's always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-adams/believe-me-when-i-do-a-story-if-you-read-batman-odyssey-i-never-do/) [Neal Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-adams/) > [It used to be that comic strips were the big thing, and comic books were toilet paper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-adams/it-used-to-be-that-comic-strips-were-the-big-thing-and-comic-books/) [Neal Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-adams/) > [Most of what we know or assume to know is wrong one way or another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-adams/most-of-what-we-know-or-assume-to-know-is-wrong-one-way-or-another/) [Neal Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-adams/) > [I have always felt that effect covers are very good covers. They bring you into the story if you pay attention to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-adams/i-have-always-felt-that-effect-covers-are-very-good-covers-they-bring/) [Neal Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-adams/) > [There's a bad thing that we have in America, and that is a slow, sticky way that we get out of prejudice. We get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-adams/there-s-a-bad-thing-that-we-have-in-america-and-that-is-a-slow-sticky/) [Neal Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-adams/) > [Sometimes you're forced to do the cover before the story is done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-adams/sometimes-you-re-forced-to-do-the-cover-before-the-story-is-done/) [Neal Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-adams/) > [Back in the olden days when we were rubbing sticks together, everybody wanted to have a comic strip, to live in Westport Connecticut, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-adams/back-in-the-olden-days-when-we-were-rubbing-sticks-together-everybody/) [Neal Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-adams/) > [Not too many people draw black people as well as I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-adams/not-too-many-people-draw-black-people-as-well-as-i-do/) [Neal Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-adams/) > [What populates a comic-book convention? Well there's actors, and there's dealers, and there's comic-book artists and writers, and there's cosplay people, toy sales people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-adams/what-populates-a-comic-book-convention-well-there-s-actors-and-there/) [Neal Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-adams/) > [Nobody is looking for work who doesn't need work. That's why we look for work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-adams/nobody-is-looking-for-work-who-doesn-t-need-work-that-s-why-we-look/) [Neal Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-adams/) > [I want a Superman that men will look up to - that somehow he manages to go out and work out and add muscles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-adams/i-want-a-superman-that-men-will-look-up-to-that-somehow-he-manages-to/) [Neal Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-adams/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stories-meant/neal-adams/#itemlist", "name": "1 Stories Meant Quotes By Neal Adams", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My view is that comic books are meant to be long-form stories. 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