Awareness Quote by Dov Davidoff

I like 'Batman,' as a comic and a movie franchise, but as a Black comic fan, he's always been a problem.

— Jason Johnson

When I started my career, I started with black comics: Bruce Bruce, Mark Curry, Bill Bellamy. It takes all kinds of influences.

— Iliza Shlesinger

Black comics, they only watch Black comedians. You're a comedian; you're not just a Black comedian. You're a comedian. I try to get that…

— Chris Rock

I could be an alternative comic. I could be that really dark - I was - I was a very dark comic to begin…

— Louie Anderson

For a lot of comics who aren't as silly or physical but more intellectual, we get looked at as 'alt comics.' No, I'm still…

— Amanda Seales

I'd say a lot of black comics were forced to do the black comedy circuit. I'd go into black comedy clubs and see what…

— Sinbad

When you're a black superhero you can't erase the notion that you're black.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Let's face it: there aren't a lot of black superheroes. So, in dealing with a black superhero, you're going to deal with ugly history…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I don't consider myself a comic but a performer. A comic tells bad jokes.

— Sandra Bernhard

Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, the ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with…

— Henry Ossawa Tanner

My first black-on-black picture was 'The Portrait of an Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self.' I started using it as an emblem…

— Kerry James Marshall

So many comics have such low self-esteem.

— Debra Wilson