#comic

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

#assumed #because #been #berlin #books

I just wanted all the wars to be over so that we could spend the money on starships and Mars colonies. ↗

— Grant Morrison

#comics #exploration #humanity #war #money

Words and pictures are yin and yang. Married, they produce a progeny more interesting than either parent. ↗

— Dr. Seuss

#parenting

He pinned me in place with a direct look, his dark brown eyes smoldering. “You’re Mary Jane,” he said finally. “And you have all these Flash Thompsons and Harry Osborns hovering around you, trying to make a move. Because...you’re basically amazing. ↗

— J.M. Richards

#comic-books #geek-girl #geek-love #hero #heroines

Hell, if someome wrote a book about you, well, it'd sell a million copies the day it was released. And if someone else was clever enough to write a parody - you know, to privide som comic relief during these extremely difficult economic times - that would probably be an even bigger seller, or at least it shoud be. So, just come clean with me, Ed. Your secret's safe with me, and whoever reads my internet blog. You...are...a...vampire! ↗

— Stephen Jenner

#parody #stella-crow #twilight #twilite #internet

Comics are drawings, not photographs, and as such they present a subjective view of reality. ↗

— Frederik L. Schodt

#culture #japan #manga #japan

I don't remember when exactly I read my first comic book, but I do remember exactly how liberated and subversive I felt as a result. ↗

— Edward W. Said

#comics #liberation #subversion #liberalism

I'm about to start reading it again, because what good is a story you only want to read once? ↗

— Bill Willingham

#fantasy-fiction #unwritten-preface #fantasy-fiction

Ah, I do so love this charmingly rustic, elvin kingdom!-Baozhai ↗

— Mar Mai

#dragon #dragons #fun #the-dragon-tutor #writing

These characters were like twelve-bar blues or other chord progressions. Given the basic parameters of Batman, different creators could play very different music. ↗

— Grant Morrison

#comics #music