Comic Quotes - page 7

I get bored with the constant probing for the cliched tears of the clown, the dark side of the comic. (Chris Lilley)
I think to be a successful comic, you have to be exceptionally smart and exceptionally perceptive. View quote
Christopher Meloni
Comic timing... is how to have a relationship with the camera and deal with the camera without looking like you are. View quote
Colleen Haskell
For a long time I wanted to be a comic strip artist but when I started doing them in my teens they were getting really elaborate with tons of poses and a lot of information. View quote
Craig McCracken
Comics don't like to see other comics do well. View quote
Carrot Top
I think it's the fact that I do something different and that I actually have some success with it. That bothers a lot of people... especially comics. View quote
Carrot Top
But you don't hire Ang Lee to do a typical children's movie. But it's such an interesting combination, whoever thought of getting Ang together with a comic book, that was just great. View quote
Dennis Muren
I'm a huge, huge comic book fan. I love the superhero movies so much. If I had to be one of the Avengers, I would go with Thor. I would have to. I just think I look the part too much, and I'm a fan of all of them, but Thor would be something that I think I could put on. I think I could make it happen. View quote
Derek Theler
What made me want to go into doing comics was I was working as a laborer with my father, a gardener. View quote
Dan DeCarlo
You can give some kind of spark of life to a comic that a photograph doesn't really have. A photograph, even if it's connecting with you, it seems very dead on the page sometimes. View quote
Daniel Clowes
When I was a kid, I always thought that I'd be a comic book artist. It took a long time to start thinking that I could be a musician. (Daniel Johnston)
I came to think that nobody from England could draw American comic books, because they were clearly all done by this sort of Mafia, all these guys with Italian and Irish names who had the whole thing sewn up. It was actually seeing a comic book drawn by Barry Smith, who was about my age, and English. View quote
Dave Gibbons
I just really respond to comics. I find it a really exciting medium. View quote
Ellen Forney
Half of me is this wacked-out comedienne who will do anything for a buck and a laugh. Well, at least for a laugh. But the other half is a lot darker, sadder and more pensive. It's the dark side that feeds the outrageousness and allows it to surface. I think that's true for anyone with comic flair. View quote
Faith Prince
I really like dating stories, like in Betty and Veronica comics; I like David Lynch and H.P. Lovecraft for the dark gut-wrenching stuff, and I'm inspired by Miyazaki's films for the subtle heart-warming moments, as well as the moments that blew up my imagination. View quote
Fred Seibert
Whether I'm doing music or I'm walking down the street or I'm in a record store buying a record or I walk into a comic store and I'm buying comics or having a drink with my friends, it's the same me. View quote
Glenn Danzig
Of course, I started really being a comics fan with the underground stuff in the '70s. View quote
Glenn Danzig
I just like the comic book sensibility. If I can turn them into films and TV series, that's just icing on the cake. View quote
Gale Anne Hurd
Most comics worship music on some level. It's more rock-n-roll to get up there for an hour and make people laugh. View quote
Greg Behrendt
The copycat effects of media violence, similar to those previously attributed to westerns, radio serials and comic books, are easy to exaggerate. View quote
Hugh Mackay
I'm a huge comic book collector. When I was a kid, I had both Marvel and DC. I was my own librarian. I made card files. I had origin stories of all the characters, and cross-referenced when they appeared in other comic books. I was full on. (James Mangold)
I used to love comic books, and I love American comedy, and neither are afraid to tackle big themes. View quote
Jamie Hewlett
The comics were not only stories to enjoy for me they were drawings that possessed me. View quote
Jean Giraud
My mother had all these maxims - like, classy girls never chew gum, never read comic books, never get their ears pierced, never get their hair dyed. View quote
Jennifer Tilly
I think as time goes by you'll get female comics who are weirder - you'll get a female Mighty Boosh. View quote
Jenny Eclair