Comics Quotes

420 quotes by 262 authors

Amazingly, much of the best cartoon work was done early on in the medium's history. The early cartoonists, with no path before them, produced work… — Bill Watterson
Comedy is a socially acceptable form of hostility and aggression. That is what comics do, stand the world upside down. — George Carlin
Today's comics use four-letter words as a shortcut to thinking. They're shooting for that big laugh and it becomes a panic thing, using four-letter words… — Red Skelton
It's too bad for us "literary" enthusiasts, but it's the truth nevertheless -- pictures tell any story more effectively than words . . . If… — William Moulton Marston
We wanted to hear from viewers about why they watch or participate in call-ins on C-SPAN, ... Viewers of all ages and walks of life… — Brian Lamb
I never thought of doing anything but comics, except maybe being a pilot. — Ernie Colon
When I was a kid, I read many more Marvel comics than I did DC. As I got older, in high school and then in… — David S. Goyer
There's quite an overlap between musicians - especially drummers - who have an affection and a proclivity towards comedy and comedians who fantasize about being… — David Cross
I was a big TV kid.When I was a kid, I would go home at 3:00 and watch TV straight through to the end of… — Judd Apatow
I started a radio show where I interviewed comics.And I interviewed Leno and Seinfeld and John Candy and Father Guido Sarducci and Garry Shandling, all… — Judd Apatow
The comics I've talked to have varied styles as stand-ups, but the throughline is that it's the most intense thing they've ever done. — Scott Raab
In comedy timing is everything, but Betty White is the rarest of comics who seems to have mastered time itself. — Brian Williams
A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics are a natural target whenever an election comes up. — Neil Gaiman
So the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is out there preserving and fighting for, and sometimes winning and sometimes losing, the fight for First Amendment… — Neil Gaiman
It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn't… — Dick Gregory
Everybody that loves Nancy loves it in a slightly condescending way. Nancy is comics reduced to their most elemental level. — Bill Griffith
I like all of the early relationship strips that were collected in 'Love Is Hell,' where I pretended to be an expert in relationships and… — Matt Groening
I'd love to see more equal representation of female and male cartoonists on the comics page. — Cathy Guisewite
I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction. — Bobby Darin
I have had issues with depression all my life, and it's probably true to say there was a tendency towards it even when I was… — Jack Dee

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