--- title: "4 Matt Wagner Quotes - Famous Comics artist (Grendel)" description: "Matt Wagner is an American comics artist and writer who is best known as the creator of the series Mage and Grendel. Browse 4 Matt Wagner quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-matt-wagner-65507.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Matt Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-matt-wagner-65507.jpg) # Matt Wagner (1961) Comics Artist United States **4** quotes in **28** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Matt Wagner is a comics artist from the United States, best known for *Grendel*. ## Quick Facts About Matt Wagner Born October 9, 1961 Nationality United States Profession Comics Artist Notable works Grendel ## About Matt Wagner Matt Wagner is an American comics artist and writer who is best known as the creator of the series Mage and Grendel. ## Awards & Honors Inkpot Award ## Quotes by Matt Wagner > [Despair kinda smells like burnt hair. Sounds great, but smells lousy. Now fear... fear you can taste! Let's see, fear kinda tastes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-wagner/despair-kinda-smells-like-burnt-hair-sounds-great-but-smells-lousy/) [Matt Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-wagner/) [Bone marrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bone-marrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/matt-wagner-66233_bone-marrow_despair-kinda-smells-like-burnt-hair-sou_711312.jpg) > [My mother was an English teacher before she became a full-time mom, and a huge proponent of reading, so she made sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-wagner/my-mother-was-an-english-teacher-before-she-became-a-full-time-mom/) [Matt Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-wagner/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/matt-wagner-66233_books_my-mother-was-an-english-teacher-before_1522201.jpg) > [“I have no clan, nor any rank. I am unique.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-wagner/i-have-no-clan-nor-any-rank-i-am-unique/) [Matt Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-wagner/) [Clan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/matt-wagner-66233_clans_i-have-no-clan-nor-any-rank-i-am-unique_2112930.jpg) > [With good art, that's what happens - it comes directly out from inside of you almost instinctively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-wagner/with-good-art-that-s-what-happens-it-comes-directly-out-from-inside/) [Matt Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-wagner/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18a/matt-wagner-66233_art_with-good-art-that-s-what-happens-it-com_2236217.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-wagner/#itemlist", "name": "Matt Wagner Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Despair kinda smells like burnt hair. 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