--- title: "1 Successful Comics Quotes By Jim Lee" description: "1 Successful Comics quotes by Jim Lee. Plus more from Jim Lee and more Successful Comics sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/jim-lee-7346_books_as-lifelong-fans-of-comic-books-dan-didi_270951.jpg" --- > [As lifelong fans of comic books, Dan Didio and myself, we definitely have our own takes on what make for successful comics and the kind of comics that we want to publish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-lee/as-lifelong-fans-of-comic-books-dan-didio-and-myself-we-definitely/) [Jim Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/jim-lee-7346_books_as-lifelong-fans-of-comic-books-dan-didi_270951.jpg) ## More by Jim Lee > [One of the key characteristics of the comic book medium is that it is not brought to life by just one voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-lee/one-of-the-key-characteristics-of-the-comic-book-medium-is-that-it-is/) [Jim Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-lee/) > [Wonder Woman isn't even American; she's an Amazon princess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-lee/wonder-woman-isn-t-even-american-she-s-an-amazon-princess/) [Jim Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-lee/) > [I don't buy comics anymore, for the most part. I eat my lunch off of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-lee/i-don-t-buy-comics-anymore-for-the-most-part-i-eat-my-lunch-off-of/) [Jim Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-lee/) > [“Mutants, super beings, gods, aliens, a guy who sticks to walls at one extreme, a creature who eats planets at the other; Each one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-lee/mutants-super-beings-gods-aliens-a-guy-who-sticks-to-walls-at-one/) [Jim Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-lee/) > [I like having pairs of characters to play off each other. I love drawing Batman, but he's more fun with Robin. Batman charges ahead,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-lee/i-like-having-pairs-of-characters-to-play-off-each-other-i-love/) [Jim Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-lee/) > [The thing that weighs the most on how your final artwork turns out is the amount of time you have and the speed at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-lee/the-thing-that-weighs-the-most-on-how-your-final-artwork-turns-out-is/) [Jim Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-lee/) > [There's also a lot of punch you get from doing an extreme closeup and have it just be that image with nothing around it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-lee/there-s-also-a-lot-of-punch-you-get-from-doing-an-extreme-closeup-and/) [Jim Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-lee/) > [Part of running DC Comics is that it's much larger than Image Comics is, or was. There's a challenge to being one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-lee/part-of-running-dc-comics-is-that-it-s-much-larger-than-image-comics/) [Jim Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-lee/) > [No true fan wants to go to Comic-Con and get assaulted with a marketing blitz about just any old show.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-lee/no-true-fan-wants-to-go-to-comic-con-and-get-assaulted-with-a/) [Jim Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-lee/) > [As lifelong fans of comic books, Dan Didio and myself, we definitely have our own takes on what make for successful comics and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-lee/as-lifelong-fans-of-comic-books-dan-didio-and-myself-we-definitely/) [Jim Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-lee/) > [There is the intent of the writer and the interpretation by the artist. What the writer intended and what the artist interprets is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-lee/there-is-the-intent-of-the-writer-and-the-interpretation-by-the/) [Jim Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-lee/) > [Whether it be in comics, games or film, you can trace the art direction and influences back to some earlier, real-life historic period or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-lee/whether-it-be-in-comics-games-or-film-you-can-trace-the-art-direction/) [Jim Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-lee/) > [I don't think you can be a comic book fan and not hate change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-lee/i-don-t-think-you-can-be-a-comic-book-fan-and-not-hate-change/) [Jim Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-lee/) > [Al Plastino helped redefine Superman in the 1950s. His work on Supermans Girlfriend, Lois Lane, Adventure Comics and pretty much any title in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-lee/al-plastino-helped-redefine-superman-in-the-1950s-his-work-on/) [Jim Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-lee/) > [Many in the creative professions were nerds in their pasts because they spent so long reading comics and using their imaginations when they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-lee/many-in-the-creative-professions-were-nerds-in-their-pasts-because/) [Jim Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-lee/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/successful-comics/jim-lee/#itemlist", "name": "1 Successful Comics Quotes By Jim Lee", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As lifelong fans of comic books, Dan Didio and myself, we definitely have our own takes on what make for successful comics and the kind of comics that we want to publish.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jim Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-lee/as-lifelong-fans-of-comic-books-dan-didio-and-myself-we-definitely/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/jim-lee-7346_books_as-lifelong-fans-of-comic-books-dan-didi_270951.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/jim-lee-7346_books_as-lifelong-fans-of-comic-books-dan-didi_270951.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/jim-lee-7346_books_as-lifelong-fans-of-comic-books-dan-didi_270951.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As lifelong fans of comic books, Dan Didio and myself, we definitely have our own takes on what make for…” — Jim Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/successful-comics/jim-lee/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/successful-comics/jim-lee/", "name": "Successful Comics Quotes by Jim Lee", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/successful-comics/jim-lee/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/jim-lee-7346_books_as-lifelong-fans-of-comic-books-dan-didi_270951.jpg" }, "description": "1 Successful Comics quotes by Jim Lee. 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