#comics

So many comics have such low self-esteem. ↗

— Debra Wilson

#low #low self-esteem #many #self-esteem #such

Historically, Hollywood comedy has arrived in skinny envelopes. From fence post Buster Keaton to herky-jerky Jerry Lewis to wiry nerve-bundle Woody Allen to hung-loose Richard Pryor to whippy contortionist Jim Carrey, its comics and clowns have tended to be sliced thin and bendable. ↗

— James Wolcott

#arrived #buster #carrey #clowns #comedy

I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything. ↗

— Val Guest

#bits #bits and pieces #comedy #comics #contract

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#comics #i #i love #love #them

One similarity I see between peers and some of the people who read my books is that comics were definitely an outlet for us. ↗

— Brian Michael Bendis

#books #comics #definitely #i #i see

I used to read comics when I was a kid. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#i #kid #read #used

It got to the point in the late 70s and early 80s that I was spending so much money buying golden age comics that I could only justify it if I got work in the media. ↗

— Bill Mumy

#buying #comics #could #early #golden

I decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb. He was the cartoonist. I started realizing comics weren't just kid stuff. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

#cartoonist #comics #crumb #decided #going

It seemed to me you could do anything in comics. So I started doing my thing, which is mainly influenced by novelists, stand-up comedians, that sort of thing. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

#comedians #comics #could #doing #i

I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about any art form. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

#any #anything #art #art form #comics