#comic books

Oh yeah, I was one of the first guys writing comic books, I wrote Captain America, with guys like Stan Lee, who became famous later on with Marvel Comics. ↗

— Mickey Spillane

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We never thought we were writing for posterity, because at the time everyone assumed that all the great standards had already been written by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein... The songs we were writing were supposed to be temporary things, of the period, like comic books. ↗

— Mike Stoller

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I've learned to look like I'm listening to long confusing plots of cartoons and comic books when I'm actually sound asleep or making grocery shopping lists in my head. ↗

— Patricia Heaton

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Comic books and The Chronicles of Narnia. My mother used to read those to me and my twin brother growing up. ↗

— Shawn Ashmore

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I had to find my way of translating the excitement you get when you're reading comic books to the big screen. ↗

— Ang Lee

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Kids don't even read comic books anymore. They've got more important things to do - like video games. ↗

— Ang Lee

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I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

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People who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

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I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books. ↗

— Matthew Vaughn

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I grew up on the old EC comic books before the Comics Code in North American and with all sort of good-natured fun. I never had nightmares I think because all of the old horror stuff that I was exposed to was well meaning in a certain sense. ↗

— George A. Romero

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