Comic Quotes

777 quotes by 558 authors

Am I a guy who writes about himself in a comic book, or am I just a character in that book? If I die, will… — Harvey Pekar
I was an avid radio fan when I was a boy, as well as a great lover of comic strips — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Executive Severance, a laugh out loud comic mystery novel, epitomizes our current cultural moment in that it is born from the juxtaposition of authorial invention… — Marleen S. Barr
It's really a pity that there are observers who view political events like comic strips. There has to be a Zorro, there has to be… — Thomas Sankara
I, like all artists in Western cultures, am a shaman...come in the guise of a comic...to heal perception by using...'jokes'... — Bill Hicks
What before seemed a...frustrating wall, the comic deftly and fearlessly steps through, proving the absurdity of it all. — Bill Hicks
I'm no prophet, but I'm guessing that comic books will always be strong. I don't think anything can really beat the pure fun and pleasure… — Stan Lee
I decided honestly that comic art is an art form in itself. It reflects the life and times more accurately and actually is more artistic… — Alex Raymond
Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book. — Sam Raimi
The fabliau, then, is a short story that is a tall story. It combines a burly blurting of dirty words with a reveling in humiliations… — Christopher Ricks
Since I was eight years old. I didn't have a TV, so comic books were definitely my television, my soap operas, and all that. — Method Man
And I had worked at the comic-book store almost by accident, because I was deciding to make a living as an artist, be it as… — Brian Michael Bendis
He [Jesus] speaks in parables, and though we have approached these parables reverentially all these many years and have heard them expounded as grave and… — Frederick Buechner
One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. I was a comic book reader. I… — Geoffrey Canada
Comic book companies are like comic book villains; they keep coming back after they die. — Jim Steranko
For the past thirty years or so, much American poetry has been marked by an earnestness that rejects the comic. This has nothing to do… — Stephen Dobyns
Even in a gleefully negative comic, there is optimism, although it's slightly hidden: It comes out through a comic character's sheer tenacity. He keeps going… — Lev Yilmaz
For thousands of years art was seen as a source of responsible moral and ethical leadership. Today, taking that stance is almost seen as comic. — Jack Beal
In this land of unlimited opportunity, a place where, to paraphrase Woody Allen, any man or woman can realize greatness as a patient or as… — Vincent Canby
Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, the ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and… — Henry Ossawa Tanner

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