#comic

Because of the audience I get and the fact that these people aren't traditional comics buyers I don't think the comic industry looks at that and thinks that is a very respectable thing. I'm very used to it. I'm not the guy who wins awards and gets mentioned in magazines. ↗

— Jhonen Vasquez

#awards #because #buyers #comic #comics

I've heard that Alfred Hitchcock said that by the time he was ready to shoot a film, he didn't even want to do it any more because he'd already had all of the fun of working it out. It's the same thing with these Frank comics. ↗

— Jim Woodring

#alfred hitchcock #already #any #because #by the time

...If you genuinely believe that only the death of a loved one can motivate a human being to take up a cause...then get your pathetic, cynical ass out of my way so I can do my job! ↗

— Mark Waid

#commentary #literary-criticism #death

At one point in the story, following a brazen daytime bank robbery, Electro is shown escaping from the authorities by climbing up the side of a building, as easily as Spider-Man . . . we see one observer exclaim, "Look!! That strangely-garbed man is racing up the side of the building!" A second man on the street picks up the narrative: "He's holding on to the iron beams in the building by means of electric rays—using them like a magnet!! Incredible!" There are three feelings inspired by this scene. The first is wonder as to why people rarely use the phrase "strangely-garbed" anymore. The second is nostalgia for the bygone era when pedestrians would routinely narrate events occurring in front of them, providing exposition for any casual bystander. And the third is pleasure at the realization that Electro's climbing this building is actually a physically plausible use of his powers. ↗

— James Kakalios

#electro #electromagnetism #physics #inspirational

I never thought Cathy would get married in the comic strip. And I also thought I would never get married. ↗

— Cathy Guisewite

#cathy #comic #comic strip #get #get married

I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic. ↗

— Steve Martin

#comedy #comic #course #did #fame

If a comic comes out on the scene and it's really knock-out brilliant, the community is pretty good about getting the word about good newcomers. ↗

— Scott McCloud

#brilliant #comes #comic #community #getting

'Comic book' has come to mean a specific genre, not a story form, in people's minds. So someone will call 'Die Hard' a 'comic-book movie,' when it has nothing to do with comic books. I'd rather have comics be the vehicle by which stories are told. ↗

— Frank Miller

#books #call #come #comic #comic book

In a way, 'Sin City''s designed to be paced somewhere between an American comic book and Japanese manga. Working in black and white, I realized that the eye is less patient, and you have to make your point, and sometimes repeat it. Slowing things down is harder in black and white, because there isn't as much for the eye to enjoy. ↗

— Frank Miller

#because #between #black #black and white #book

To paint comic books as childish and illiterate is lazy. A lot of comic books are very literate - unlike most films. ↗

— Alan Moore

#childish #comic #comic books #films #illiterate