Comic Quote by Thornton Wilder

The "essence" of comics is fundamentally the weird process of reading pictures, not just looking at them. I see the black outlines of cartoons…

— Chris Ware

We're comic. We're all comics. We live in a comic time. And the worse it gets the more comic we are.

— William Gaddis

We, the comics that we like, we're all, like, post-humor.

— Tim Heidecker

Comics speak, without qualm or sophistication, to the innermost ears of the wishful self. The response is like that of a thirsty traveler who…

— William Moulton Marston

The comic element is the incorrigible element in every human being; the capacity to learn, from experience or instruction, is what is forbidden to…

— Mary McCarthy

The masters of the comic spirit are often our prophets.

— Penelope Gilliatt

What we do as comics can be a service to people. It can make them laugh and take their mind off their problems for…

— Lisa Lampanelli

The comic spirit masquerades in all things we say and do. We are each a clown and do not need to put on a…

— James Hillman

There are lots of theories that the simpler a comic character is drawn the more relatable they become. People can imprint themselves onto the…

— Charles Forsman

The way I process things, they way I express myself, is in comics, just as poets process things that they are trying to understand.

— Ellen Forney

Part of being a comic is being flexible, being versatile.

— Iliza Shlesinger

Comics were a place where captivating images lit your imagination and showed you that you can create new kinds of people and worlds.

— Kerry James Marshall