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Portrait of Jim Lee

Jim Lee

(1964) Comics Artist

92 quotes in 810 categories

Jim Lee’s words capture the dynamism of a legendary artist who shapes iconic panels with bold lines and daring ideas, offering a glimpse into the creative engine behind beloved heroes.

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Jim Lee is a comics artist, best known for Batman.

Quick Facts About Jim Lee

Born: August 11, 1964
Profession: Comics Artist
Notable works: Batman

About Jim Lee

Jim Lee is a Korean-born American comic book artist, writer, editor, and publisher. As of 2023, he is the President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics. In recognition of his work, Lee has received a Harvey Award, Inkpot Award and three Wizard Fan Awards.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Jim Lee

Wonder Woman is a lot of fun to draw.

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Wonder Woman isn't even American; she's an Amazon princess.

Amazon

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A-list stars go to Comic-Con to woo the nerd demographic.

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I don't think you can be a comic book fan and not hate change.

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Alasdair Fraser's Culburnie Records has quietly become one of the best Celtic music labels today.

Celtic

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One of the key characteristics of the comic book medium is that it is not brought to life by just one voice.

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I don't think you can measure your love or your passion for whatever you're working on.

Love

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At DC Comics, it has been a top priority that DC forges a meaningful, forward-looking digital strategy.

Been

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Not everyone reads comics, although most people know the major superheroes, but the majority of people play video games.

Although

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I want all my stuff to be converted into digital format so I can have my reference library to carry with me…

Carry

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As a gamer, I like to go up and look at people's faces and see how good of a job they did.

Did

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When you have a Green Lantern mixing with a foil like Batman, you get scenes that are comic-book history. There's the epicness…

Batman

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More often than not, the fans really gravitate towards who's on the cover as opposed to how it's drawn or how it's…

Art

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There's an obvious marketing component to doing something digitally where you're reaching out to new readers that you can't do in the…

Component

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Once I started down the path of co-founding Image Comics, and even co-publisher, it just seems a lot more like a career…

Books

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One of the strengths of the DC Universe has been the strength of the rogues' gallery. Often times they're as famous -…

Been

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I think sometimes with new characters, you can kind of hit a creative valley, and it's important to recognize when you're in…

Back

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Gene Colan was like no other artist of his generation. His ability to create dramatic, multi-valued tonal illustrations using straight India ink…

Ability

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Nick Cardy's work helped define some of the things we see in comics today and take for granted. He broke out of…

Back

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I try to do a lot of asymmetrical, triangular compositions - I find those work really well for comic book covers in…

Always

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People ask me, 'What happened in your life that might have pushed you as an artist to get to where you are…

Always

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Prior to 'Action' and 'Justice League 1,' there was no label 'superhero' for a superpowered being. It's really the emergence of Superman…

Action

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It's interesting - a lot of what you accomplish in your lifetime either as an individual or as a company is determined…

Accomplish

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When a character has as wide an audience and as rich a history as Batman, it's truly exciting to see him introduced…

Able

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The way you challenge Superman is by having things happen very, very quickly in different places and then asking, 'Who does he…

Asking

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I don't buy comics anymore, for the most part. I eat my lunch off of them.

Anymore

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One of the most difficult things for any artist to do is create a world that looks both completely alien yet real…

Alien

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When I was a kid, I never felt that what I was drawing really represented me; it was just something I enjoyed.

Artist

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I really want to try to explore the characters from angles you've never seen and keep them classic and iconic.

Angle

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I paint in acrylic and sometimes in oil. Sometimes I'll paint my kids. And I'll occasionally do some photography.

Artist

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From an artist's point of view, I always want to work with the writers I admire.

Admire

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Superman tends to stand very upright, and he's very symmetrical, and those are actually the most difficult poses for me to draw.

Actually

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Any time you change something classic or iconic, you're going to have some part of the fan base up in arms.

Any

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I think the very simplest way to show Superman's power is to have him punch someone that's powerful.

Comic

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'The Authority,' by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, really pioneered the widescreen, action-packed style of storytelling.

Authority

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Creating and producing creative work, to me, those are all happy accidents.

Accidents

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I always figured Metropolis was north of New York, actually. Between New York and Boston, in my mind.

Actually

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I certainly wouldn't buy a DVD series of a hit show and start at Season 7. I would want to go back…

Back

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No true fan wants to go to Comic-Con and get assaulted with a marketing blitz about just any old show.

About

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Outside of my work as a comic book creator and co-publisher, I'm an avid gamer.

Avid

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